Telefónica adds banks for Telxius IPO, seeks to offload audio-visual unit
Spain’s Telefónica has reportedly added two additional global coordinators for the IPO of its infrastructure unit Telxius as it continues to...
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Charter’s Tom Rutledge hints at potential wireless offering
Charter Communications CEO Tom Rutledge has said the cable giant could potentially launch a nationwide wireless service as its purchase of...
Quintillion buys Arctic Fibre assets for major submarine cable project
Alaska’s Quintillion Subsea Holdings has acquired the assets of Canada-based Artic Fibre to help it build a submarine fibre optic...
Enel challenges TIM with formal Metroweb offer
Italian energy firm Enel has reportedly submitted a sweetened formal offer for Metroweb valuing the dark fibre provider, which Telecom Italia...
MTN boosts South Africa capex to US$757m for M&A, network upgrades
South Africa-based MTN has raised its capital expenditure target for 2016 by 50% to some R12bn (US$757m) to fund acquisitions...
Fastweb may stand to benefit from Wind-Three merger
Swisscom’s Italian unit Fastweb could reportedly snap up mobile assets VimpelCom’s Wind Telecomunicazioni and CK Hutchison’s Three Italia may be...
Cellnex looks elsewhere as Inwit sales process stalls
Spanish towerco Cellnex is looking into several other acquisition opportunities in Western Europe as the sales process for a stake in...
AT&T acquires Quickplay Media to support new streaming services
AT&T has agreed to buy OTT video player Quickplay Media from private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners to support plans to...
Liberty eyes new M&A opportunities as CWC deal closes
Liberty Global has completed its £3.5bn (US$5bn) acquisition of Caribbean and Latin American telco Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC), saying...
Q&A with Kash Pandya, CEO of Helios Towers Africa
In early May, independent towerco Helios Towers Africa (HTA) signed a deal with Indian giant Bharti Airtel which will see...
