Digicel taps bond market for US$1bn
Jamaica-based Digicel has upsized a new debt issue to offer US$1bn of senior notes with an eight-year maturity. The notes carry ...
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Etisalat lining up US$8bn loan for Maroc Telecom bid
UAE telco Etisalat is reportedly in talks with banks about a loan of up to US$8bn to fund a bid ...
Charter buys Optimum West in US$1.6bn cash deal
Charter Communications has reached an agreement with Cablevision Systems Corporation to buy cableco Optimum West. Charter will pay US$1.625bn in ...
AT&T issues US$2.25bn bond
US incumbent AT&T has issued US$2.25bn of unsecured three-year notes in two tranches. According to an SEC filing the first ...
Liberty details US$8bn debt financing for Virgin Media takeover
The US$23.3bn takeover of Virgin Media by Liberty Global (LGI) will be part-financed by up to US$4.3bn in senior loans and US$3.7bn ...
Liberty to buy Virgin Media in US$23.3bn deal
US cableco Liberty Global is set to acquire its UK-based counterpart Virgin Media in a stock and cash merger valued ...
KT hires 3 banks for Maroc Tel bid
South Korean telco KT Corp has mandated three banks to advise on its potential bid for Vivendi’s 53% stake in ...
Alcatel-Lucent closes €2bn loan facilities
France’s Alcatel-Lucent has raised its senior-secured credit facilities underwritten by Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs from €1.6bn to about €2bn ...
Alcatel-Lucent boosts refinancing to US$2.65bn – reports
France’s Alcatel-Lucent has reportedly upped the amount it aims to raise in its planned refinancing by US$550m to US$2.65bn following ...
Credit Suisse head of EMEA telecoms departs
Credit Suisse’s head of telecoms EMEA, David de Lanoy-Meijer, left the bank at the end of last year. Most recently, ...
