Extreme Networks to acquire data centre business directly from Brocade Communications
US tech company Extreme Networks has signed a purchase agreement directly with Brocade Communications Systems for the US$55m acquisition of...
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Intelsat and Intel file plan to share mid-band spectrum with terrestrial players
Intelsat has proposed a market-based framework for sharing parts of C-band spectrum with terrestrial telecoms companies in the US, a move...
Rays of optimism as satellite finds place in evolving data ecosystem | Viewpoint
News that SES’s upgraded O3b constellation will be far more powerful than expected comes amid growing optimism for the commercial...
Gogo launches US$100m bond add-on to hasten 2Ku service rollout
Seeking to hasten the rollout of its high-speed broadband service, US inflight connectivity provider Gogo is offering a US$100m add-on to...
Sprint poaches Vodafone’s Ivo Rook for new IoT VP role | Leadership
US mobile operator Sprint has appointed Vodafone’s Internet of Things executive Ivo Rook to its newly created IoT VP position. Rook, who until July...
Multi-billion dollar telecoms bonds lighten up the summer | Viewpoint
Heavyweight bonds from some of the world’s largest telecoms companies continued to rock the debt markets this summer, with AT&T’s...
Telecommunications industry M&A and financing mandates | Issue 258
TelecomFinance compiles the latest M&A and financing deals by country, company, mandate, and mandated. TelecomFinance compiles the latest M&A and...
Brazil regulator lashes AT&T’s proposed Time Warner tie-up
US telcoms giant AT&T faces a barrier to its proposed US$85.4bn acquisition of Time Warner after Brazil’s antitrust regulator panned the deal,...
Cox Communications buys managed network firm Bluprint RF to target hospitality growth
Cox Communications has acquired Blueprint RF, a provider of managed network solutions for US hotels, as it looks to the hospitality sector...
Telia Lietuva buys Duomenų Logistikos Centras to expand Baltic fibre highway
Swedish telco Telia’s Lithuanian unit is buying data centre specialist Duomenų Logistikos Centras to bolster its fibre services across the Baltics. State-controlled energy...
