Q&A with Másmóvil CEO Meinrad Spenger
Meinrad Spenger, an Austrian national and former McKinsey executive, co-founded Másmóvil alongside Christian Nyborg, a Norwegian Ericsson alumnus. The two have set out...
Strategy and Markets
China Mobile to buy fixed-line assets from affiliate for Yn31.88bn
China Mobile subsidiary CM TieTong has agreed to buy assets from fixed-line sister company TieTong for Yn31.88bn (US$4.99bn) as it works to become a fully...
Megafon to create tower subsidiary
The board of Russian operator Megafon has resolved to set up an LLC to house its towers as it moves towards monetising...
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...
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...
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...
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'...
Telecom Italia can raise €3bn in 2016 – CEO
Telecom Italia CEO Marco Patuano has told the Italian Parliament that his company can reap €3bn in 2016, making a...
Zayo strikes C$465m deal to buy Canada’s Allstream
US B2B fibreco Zayo has inked an agreement to acquire Canadian operator Manitoba Telecom Services’ Allstream unit for C$465m (US$348m). US...
