Dish denies it should be penalised to take part in spectrum auction
US DTH provider Dish Network has refuted arguments that it should pay higher fees to take part in the upcoming 600 MHz...
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Inwit buys 76 towers in Lombardy region
Inwit, the towerco spin-off of Telecom Italia, has completed a regional acquisition of towers amidst expectations that it will become a target for...
Seaborn closes US$500m financing for subsea cable project
Independent US cable operator Seaborn Networks has completed its US$500m project financing for Seabras-1 – a new subsea fibre optic cable system...
Tele2’s Anders Olsson to become TeliaSonera COO
TeliaSonera has named Anders Olsson as COO, amid the company's exit from Eurasia, fixed/mobile convergence in the Baltics and continued interest in selling Spanish...
Orange to acquire Cellcom Liberia
Orange has agreed to buy Cellcom Liberia, an asset within the portfolio of ECP Private Equity. The firm, which also owns stakes in...
SFR’s Eric Denoyer to step down as CEO amid management restructure
Altice-owned SFR has announced plans to restructure its management, and is on the lookout for a new CEO to replace Eric Denoyer, who...
Telefonica prepares to launch dual-track process for towers and cables
Telefonica has reportedly launched a process to spin off its Spanish towers and cables into a new entity which it plans...
BT appoints Clive Selley as CEO of Openreach
BT has named a new head of Openreach, the functionally separated infrastructure division rivals say needs new ownership. Clive...
VimpelCom appoints Jon Eddy as emerging markets chief
Vimpelcom has appointed an emerging markets chief to oversee its operations in Algeria, Pakistan and Bangladesh, following a year of...
Charter gets green light from NY for TWC merger
Charter Communications has made additional commitments to secure approval from the State of New York for its planned US$56bn merger with Time...
