Editor’s Viewpoint Issue 252
Group Editor-in-Chief Jason Rainbow discusses the latest industry developments in "Consolidation appetite paves the way for foreign exits". This Viewpoint...
Strategy and Markets
Nokia looks to enhance offering to operators with €347m Comptel purchase
Finnish equipment vendor Nokia has said it intends to buy local telecoms software developer Comptel for an estimated €347m (US$370m) as the firm struggles to...
Echostar transfers fibre backhaul and other assets to Dish Network to focus solely on satellite
US-based Echostar is transferring its fibre backhaul network, OTT development unit, and certain other assets to sister company Dish Network to become a pure-play...
Saudi Telecom buys towers from Etihad Atheeb Telecom after MoU with Mobily goes cold
Market incumbent Saudi Telecom has agreed to purchase an undisclosed number of towers from fixed-line operator Etihad Atheeb Telecom for SR230m (US$61.3m). The deal...
Airtel Kenya not on Bharti’s list of sellable assets
Airtel Kenya is not one of the operators Indian giant Bharti Airtel is considering divesting. The guarantee was given by the Kenyan telco’s...
Cellnex Telecom Q&A: Finding growth from rationalisation
Spanish towerco Cellnex Telecom finalised the acquisition of 500 towers from France’s Bouygues Telecom in December in its latest M&A deal to...
UPC expands fibre coverage in eastern Switzerland with network acquisition
Cable operator UPC Switzerland, a unit of Liberty Global, has bought a cable network in the Swiss canton of Schwyz from cooperative Genossenschaft der...
Vodacom considers US$1.1bn stake sale to black investors to comply with equality ownership rules
Vodafone’s Vodacom is reportedly contemplating the sale of a R15bn (US$1.12bn) stake in what could become South Africa’s largest deal ever addressed to black...
Sunrise examines towers disposal as it looks to pare debt
Swiss telco Sunrise has announced that it is contemplating the sale of its infrastructure two years after it raised SFr2.274bn (US$2.4bn) from...
BH Telecom eyed by Deutsche Telekom looking to reshape its CEE portfolio
Deutsche Telekom is reportedly interested in investing in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s state-owned telco BH Telecom as part of the German giant’s plan to expand...
