Verizon and Comcast join Disney in scrum for Fox assets
Rumours are circulating that US carrier Verizon is interested in 21st Century Fox assets, including its 39% stake in UK satellite broadcaster Sky. ...
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Towers rise on T-Mobile and Sprint deal demise | Viewpoint
T-Mobile US and Sprint’s blockbuster merger looks dead in the water, killed off not by regulatory pressures but valuation differences ...
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 ...
Charter Communications prices US$1.5bn in senior notes for possible buyback
US cableco Charter Communications priced US$1.5bn in senior secured notes for a potential stock buyback, a week after pulling an offering of ...
Merger-related risks line next generation landscape | Viewpoint
As SoftBank closes in on the last US$7bn piece of its US$100bn mega tech fund, could the time finally be ...
Deutsche Telekom posts record 18-month stock gain as Sprint and T-Mobile talk merger
SoftBank-owned US telco Sprint Corp has reportedly initiated merger talks with Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile US to create a stronger and more competitive three-player market. Financial and legal ...
TPG picks fight with Australia’s top telcos as it forges a national mobile network
Australian ISP TPG Telecom plans to build a national mobile network for an estimated A$1.9bn (US$1.4bn) amid intensifying competition and steady growth in ...
Comcast challenges top US carriers with Xfinity launch
US cable giant Comcast has launched new mobile telecoms operator Xfinity Mobile as it seeks to retain customers who have been switching to rivals’ “quad-play” ...
Veteran Dave Watson named CEO of Comcast Cable as Neil Smit is promoted to group vice chair
US cable giant Comcast has appointed Dave Watson (pictured) to CEO and president of Comcast Cable, effective 1 April. Watson replaces Neil Smit, who moves into ...
Trump designates net neutrality challenger Ajit Pai as FCC chair
President Donald Trump has promoted Republican FCC commissioner Ajit Pai to head the US Federal Communications Commission. Pai will succeed Tom Wheeler who ...
