Telefónica launches infrastructure spin-off
Telefónica has spun off certain global tower and undersea cable assets into a new company, Telxius, which could be listed. The previously...
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Saudi cellcos to join forces with tower JV – report
Mobily, Zain KSA and Saudi Telecom (STC) are reportedly considering a tower joint venture, following years of attempts to monetise their mobile masts. Mobily (TASI:7020),...
Airtel and Axiata discuss Sri Lanka merger – report
India’s Bharti Airtel and Malaysia’s Axiata are reportedly in talks to merge their Sri Lankan units. Such a deal would be...
United Internet to become biggest Tele Columbus shareholder
German ISP United Internet has agreed to buy a share package equal to a stake of about 15.31% in cableco Tele...
Millicom outlines ‘Plan A’ for Africa
Millicom’s ‘Plan A’ for Africa will see it “continue to improve on its market position and revenue,” said CEO Mauricio...
América Móvil confident that regulatory review will go well
América Móvil is confident that telecoms regulator IFT will find that the company has helped create a more competitive market, CEO...
Telenor writes down value of Danish business by NOK2.1bn
Norway’s Telenor has written down the value of its Danish business by NOK2.1bn (US$245.07m) following its failed attempt to establish a...
Turkcell makes offer for TeliaSonera share of Eurasian JV
Turkcell has made a non-binding offer for TeliaSonera’s 58.55% stake in their Eurasian wireless joint venture Fintur, according to CEO Kaan Terzioglu....
ViaSat orders two Boeing satellite platforms for new HTS constellation
ViaSat has picked Boeing to deliver satellite bus platforms in 2019 for the first two of three planned 1 Tbps payloads, each capable...
Tim Armstrong to lead Verizon’s potential bid for Yahoo
Verizon Communications has reportedly tasked Tim Armstrong, CEO of its AOL unit, with leading preliminary discussions about a potential bid for...
