EC to recommend extended spectrum licence duration to encourage investment
The European Commission (EC) is reportedly set to recommend that telecoms spectrum licences are allocated for at least 25 years...
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BTL and Huawei partner up for Belize undersea cable system
Incumbent Belize Telemedia (BTL) has teamed up with Huawei Technologies USA and Huawei Marine Networks, subsidiaries of Chinese vendor Huawei, to build an undersea cable system that...
FCC kick-starts second phase of incentive spectrum auction
The US’ Federal Communications Commission (FCC) launched yesterday the second stage of its two-part incentive spectrum auction, known as the...
Egyptian regulator approves 4G licence revised terms
Egypt’s National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) has reportedly given the thumbs up to the 4G licence revised terms and will...
Spark New Zealand opposes Sky-Vodafone merger, names Ed Hyde as head of Spark Ventures
New Zealand incumbent telco Spark has made a submission to the country’s Commerce Commission, saying it opposes the NZ$3.44bn (US$2.45bn) merger between satellite pay-TV provider Sky...
Zain KSA in US$600m loan switch to lower financing costs
Zain Saudi Arabia has signed a US$599.8m (SR2.249bn) long-term commercial loan facility agreement with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the telco said...
SingTel revives talks to buy stake in Thailand’s Intouch
Telecoms incumbent Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) has restarted discussions with local state investment company Temasek Holdings about buying part of its 41.6% stake in Thai telecoms...
CyrusOne closes US$395m share offering
US data centre operator CyrusOne has closed a previously-announced public offering of 7.82 million shares of its common stock, including 1.02 million shares sold...
Ziggo more than doubles leveraged loans ahead of merger with Vodafone NL
Liberty Global’s Dutch cableco Ziggo has more than doubled the amount it plans to raise in loans to US$3.9bn. The company, which is looking...
TPG to acquire RCN, Grande Communications for US$2.25bn, Google Capital to take minority stake in cablecos
TPG Capital has agreed to buy regional US cablecos RCN and Grande Communications for US$2.25bn from private equity firm Abry Partners. The deal, which will see TGP pay...
