Elisa expands into content in Estonia with Starman purchase
Finnish telco Elisa has agreed to buy Estonian cableco Starman in a €151m (US$160.5m) all-cash deal enabling its local unit to ...
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Telekom Austria’s Vipnet mulls further M&A, may look at H1 Telekom
Telekom Austria’s Croatian unit Vipnet is considering additional acquisitions following its recent agreement to acquire a controlling stake in local ...
Analysts don’t rule out Orange-Canal+ deal after Vivendi denial
French media conglomerate Vivendi’s denial that it is in talks with Orange about the sale of its satellite pay-TV and content ...
Teledyne agrees US$780m takeover of E2V to broaden sensor portfolio
California-based Teledyne Technologies has had an offer accepted by the board of E2V Technologies to buy the British sensor specialist for US$780m and increase ...
Vipnet executive Mladen Markoski picked as Mtel CFO
Telekom Austria has appointed Mladen Markoski to be CFO of its fully owned Bulgarian unit Mtel, replacing Milan Zaletel. Markoski was controlling director of ...
COO Markus Haas to replace Thorsten Dirks as CEO of Telefónica Deutschland
German telco Telefónica Deutschland has promoted Markus Haas to CEO after Thorsten Dirks tendered his resignation to join the aviation industry as an executive ...
TDC to buy back €350m of notes to cut debt
Danish incumbent telco TDC has launched a €350m (US$369.3m) bond buyback to cut debt a week after Apollo Global Management reportedly ...
21st Century Fox makes renewed attempt to consolidate Sky with US$14bn offer
Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox has reached a preliminary agreement to take full control of Sky in a deal valuing the UK ...
Orange CEO signals Vivendi on Canal+ acquisition to confront OTT competition
The CEO of French telecoms incumbent Orange has said he would consider a bid for French satellite pay-TV and content provider Canal+ if its ...
SKY Perfect JSAT allies itself with KSAT to capitalise on LEO boon
SKY Perfect JSAT has made strides towards launching its LEO-focused ground station services business by partnering with Norway’s Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) to ...
