Orange completes purchase of Airtel in Burkino Faso
Orange and its Côte d’Ivoire subsidiary have completed the purchase of Burkina Faso’s second largest mobile operator Airtel from Bharti...
Strategy and Markets
Altice closes Cablevision deal, outline US ambitions
Patrick Drahi’s Altice has completed its acquisition of Cablevision Systems in the US, creating the country’s fourth largest cable operator with...
Vertical Bridge closes financing deals worth US$721m
US mobile tower leasing company Vertical Bridge has closed a US$321m asset-backed securities offering and a US$400m senior credit facility...
CS&L to buy Tower Cloud in second acquisition of the year
US REIT Communications Sales & Leasing (CS&L), spun off from telco and ISP Windstream last year, has agreed to acquire privately-held...
Sawiris open to investing in Oi if granted exclusivity
Egyptian TMT tycoon Naguib Sawiris has reportedly said he is willing to invest in Brazilian telco Oi, which filed for...
Altice management reshuffle reflects increased focus on US
Patrick Drahi’s Altice has reorganised its management team ahead of the imminent closure of its second US cable deal in an...
Editor’s Viewpoint Issue 246
TelecomFinance's Editor Pauline Renaud discusses the latest industry developments in "Open sesame". This Viewpoint ran in TelecomFinance Issue 246. TelecomFinance's Editor...
“We believe the runway is still considerable”
US-based Phoenix Tower International (PTI) has sought to grow both organically and via M&A and is currently focused on infrastructure...
Service bundling can help operators to defend revenue and limit churn
Operators' convergence strategies demonstrate a strong belief in the long-term benefits of service blending. Take-up of fixed–mobile converged (FMC) services is...
Deutsche Telekom eyes Host Europe Group
Deutsche Telekom is reportedly considering partnering with US private equity firms to help fund a bid for web-hosting provider Host Europe...
