Japan’s Softbank has announced that UK chip designer ARM Holdings’ shareholders have overwhelmingly cleared the previously-agreed £24bn (US$31.7bn) takeover. Softbank has also named Ren Tanaka as Softbank’s...
French incumbent Orange is reportedly looking to acquire a stake in Mobile Telecommunication Company of Iran (MCI) from parent company Telecommunication Company of Iran (TCI) .Both companies...
The European Commission (EC) has cleared the US$20bn combination of Russia-focused VimpelCom and CK Hutchison’s Italian assets,on the condition that they both sell sufficient...
The US’ Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced that the second stage of its incentive spectrum auction will start on...
French conglomerate Bouygues, owner of mobile operator Bouygues Telecom, has appointed two additional deputy CEOs to assist chair and group chief...
Russia’s VTB Group has confirmed the completion of the sale of the Bulgarian Telecommunications Company, which trades as Vivacom, to...
Swedish telco Tele2 has announced that its COO Niklas Sonkin (pictured) is leaving the company on Friday. The company did not elaborate on where Sonkin is headed...
State-owned fixed-line operator Telecom Egypt has finalised the terms of its 4G mobile licence with the Egyptian National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, following...
Caribbean-focused telco Digicel has signed a US$150m debt facility to strengthen its financial flexibility, as the group’s IPO plans are on ice, TelecomFinance...
Kazakh mobile operator Kcell and its rival Beeline have signed a network sharing agreement for the joint rollout of 4G/LTE services in the country. However,...
