RCom to halve debt with Infratel sale to Brookfield
Canada-based Brookfield Asset Management (TSX:BAM.A) has signed a non-binding term sheet to buy what is believed to be a majority stake in Reliance Communications’...
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Vlad Wolfson appointed head of MegaFon’s merged consumer business and corporate business development departments
Russian telco Megafon has announced that its COO Evgeny Chermashentsev and director for consumer business Konstantin Likhodedov have tendered their...
Orange names Jérémie Dutray as new deputy CFO in charge of M&A
Orange has promoted Jérémie Dutray, chief operating officer of its Belgian unit, to the role of deputy CFO of the...
Türk Telekom denies shareholder’s missed loan payment will affect it
Türk Telekom has responded to news that its majority shareholder Ojer Telekomünikasyon (Otas) has missed a payment on a US$4.75bn syndicated loan...
Frontier inks US$315m loan for refinancing
Frontier Communications has signed a US$315m senior secured term loan facility to refinance existing debt. The US rural broadband and DTH operator...
Sky TV in partnership talks with 2degrees in bid to secure clearance for Vodafone NZ merger
New Zealand’s Sky Network Television is reportedly in partnership talks over content with the country’s number three mobile operator 2Degrees, as the regulator’s...
Orange interested in Egypt 4G licence as regulator sets new terms
Orange’s Egyptian unit has reportedly restarted talks to buy a licence to operate 4G services in the country for US$484m. The...
NCC clears transfer of Visafone to MTN Nigeria but not spectrum licence
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has given the green light for the transfer of Nigerian CDMA operator Visafone to MTN’s Nigerian unit, but...
FreedomPop creates JV with Dish Mexico, Variv to offer free mobile services
US MVNO FreedomPop plans to extend its free mobile service to Mexico in partnership with Dish Mexico and Mexican investment...
BC Partners well placed to acquire CenturyLink data centres
Private equity firm BC Partners reportedly leads the bidding to acquire US telco CenturyLink’s data centre business. Meanwhile, an analyst...
