Bell Canada to raise up to C$863m in stock sale
Bell Canada has agreed to sell up to C$862.84m (US$648.5m) of common stock on a bought-deal basis to a syndicate of...
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Telecom Italia shareholders to vote on Vivendi board seats
Telecom Italia has agreed to put Vivendi's proposal for an enlarged board, with four seats to be held by the...
Softbank Y370bn bond to repay Brightstar debt
Softbank has priced a Y370bn unsecured corporate bond at par. Proceeds will partly be used to repay notes issued by US...
Ooredoo names Youssef El Masri as Tunisia CEO
Ooredoo has named a new Tunisia CEO, weeks after appointing new chiefs at the Group and Qatar business. Ooredoo has...
VimpelCom and Warid to merge Pakistani mobile units
Vimpelcom and Warid Telecom have agreed to merge their Pakistani mobile units, marking the country’s first ever sector merger. Vimpelcom, which has done...
Comcast in US$1.49bn note issue
Comcast is offering US$1.49bn of unsecured notes due 2046 to refinance existing debt and for working capital and general corporate purposes....
Turkcell announces will bid for Fintur
Turkcell has revealed it plans to make a non-binding offer to buy TeliaSonera’s 58.55% stake in their Eurasian joint venture Fintur after the Turkish...
No Eir IPO unless markets improve
Eir has no plans to float in the short or even medium term, but CEO Richard Moat said he was sure Eir’s...
MTN Nigeria fine decision to lie with President Muhammadu Buhari
MTN executive chairman Phuthuma Nhleko will now need to lobby Nigeria's president directly, as he fights to renegotiate a painful US$5.2bn...
Comcast’s CTI Towers buys 120 towers, expands into new markets
Comcast majority-owned CTI Towers has acquired 120 towers from Vyve Broadband in what could be another signal it intends to move into wireless. The towers'...
