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 ...
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WideOpenWest could sell Chicago fibre assets for more than US$200m to reduce debt
WideOpenWest is reportedly in talks to sell fibre assets in Chicago to mobile operator Verizon Communications, in what would appear to be the ...
FirstLight expands in eastern US with Finger Lakes acquisition as competition mounts
US-based FirstLight Fiber has acquired data, internet and voice operator Finger Lakes Technologies Group from Trumansburg Telephone Company for an undisclosed sum to boost its fibre ...
Greg McCray named Google Fiber head
Alphabet has hired telecoms veteran Greg McCray as CEO of its Access unit that includes Google Fiber, the high-speed internet venture it has been reshaping ...
Banking veteran Fatine Layt to open and head LionTree’s Paris office
US telecoms boutique financial adviser LionTree has chosen Fatine Layt to open and lead its new European office in Paris. The advisory firm ...
CenturyLink to buy Seal Consulting to bolster cloud solutions
CenturyLink has agreed to acquire software provider Seal Consulting for an undisclosed sum to bolster its cloud-based application management solutions. CenturyLink (NYSE:CTL) has agreed ...
Verizon to offload non-core data centres to Equinix for US$3.6bn
Verizon has agreed to sell its portfolio of 24 data centre sites to Equinix in a US$3.6bn all-cash deal, enabling the US ...
Zayo snaps up Electric Lightwave for US$1.4bn to expand West Coast fibre network
US B2B fibreco Zayo has agreed to buy smaller player Electric Lightwave, previously known as Integra Telecom, for US$1.42bn in cash in a bid ...
Editor’s Viewpoint Issue 250
TelecomFinance’s Editor Pauline Renaud discusses the latest industry developments in “All eyes on America“. This Viewpoint ran in TelecomFinance Issue 250. ...
Lumos to buy Clarity to expand fibre footprint, hires UBS to offload LEC assets
US fibre operator Lumos Networks has agreed to acquire south-eastern-focused Clarity Communications Group for an undisclosed amount. Lumos also said it has hired UBS to help ...
