Dimitar Kovacevski poached from T-Mobile Macedonia to lead One Vip
Telekom Austria’s Macedonian mobile operator One Vip has named Dimitar Kovacevski as its new CEO, effective from December. Kovacevski, who has more than 18 years’ experience...
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Orange Côte d’Ivoire in US$306m refinancing for West African operations following expansion
French incumbent Orange’s Ivorian unit has entered into two loans worth US$306m to refinance its West African operations after expanding in...
Tanzanian mobile operators look set to miss listing deadline, run risk of fines and suspension
Tanzanian mobile operators are reportedly likely to miss the end-of-year deadline to list their shares on the local stock exchange,...
MTN Black Economic Empowerment public offer misses target
South Africa-based MTN Group has raised some R1.1bn (US$78.3m) in its Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) public share offer, missing its target. The...
CyrusOne increases credit facility to US$1.55bn to fund growth outlook
US data centre operator CyrusOne has expanded the total size of an unsecured credit facility agreement to US$1.55bn, by increasing an RCF...
Oi hires Laplace as financial adviser, halts sale of Timor Telecom
Oi has hired restructuring specialist Laplace Finanças, which is going to assist in the judicial reorganisation process of the company and its...
Telefónica Deutschland head Thorsten Dirks cedes role early
Telefónica Deutschland CEO Thorsten Dirks, who took the helm of the company in October 2014 after its merger with E-Plus, intends to...
Daisy to expand further with acquisition of rival Alternative Networks
UK B2B telco Daisy Group has agreed to acquire local rival Alternative Networks for some £165.3m (US$206.5m), building on previous purchases...
Tele2 to net SKr2.96bn from oversubscribed rights issue
Swedish telco Tele2 has announced that the rights issue aimed at maintaining its financial strength in connection with its purchase of TDC...
Avea inks €90m loan to finance 4G-LTE investments
Türk Telekom’s mobile unit Avea has secured a €90m (US$95.7m) nine-year loan to fund investments in 4G-LTE. The loan agreement was signed with BNP...
