Sigfox brings on Salesforce, Tamer, Total and others in €150m funding round
French IoT network operator Sigfox has raised €150m (US$159m) in its latest funding round, bringing on new investors including San ...
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Warburg Pincus takes control of Inexio, eyes additional assets
US-based private equity firm Warburg Pincus has completed its acquisition of a majority stake in Germany’s Inexio in a deal that values the fibre-based ...
KKR and Brookfield signal interest in Telxius minority stake
US buyout firm KKR and Canada’s Brookfield Asset Management are reportedly interested in Telefónica’s Telxius. TelecomFinance understands that several other private equity firms and investors have ...
Vivacom denies sales talks with Orange
Bulgarian Telecommunications Company, which trades as Vivacom, has refuted reports that it is in sales talks with French incumbent Orange. In a short statement, ...
Orange looking to enter Bulgaria with Vivacom purchase
French incumbent Orange is eyeing Bulgaria’s largest telco Bulgarian Telecommunications Company, which trades as Vivacom. CEO delegate, finance and strategy Ramon Fernandez confirmed Orange’s ...
Nanosat startup ELSE finalising seed round for US$50m Astrocast M2M constellation
Swiss newspace startup ELSE is close to securing seed funding for its 64-nano satellite M2M constellation AstroCast that will cost US$50m to build and launch. Despite its operations being ...
Megafon and Mail.ru confirm talks, telco could take stake in internet company
Russian telco Megafon has confirmed that it is in talks with local internet group Mail.ru that could see it become a shareholder ...
UrtheCast readies ECA deal for Earth observation system
Canada’s UrtheCast aims to secure as much as C$250m (US$186m) in export credit agency-backed funding in the next few months for its ...
MD operations and strategy Bruno Duarte is third EE exec to leave this year
British incumbent BT’s mobile unit EE has lost his MD for operations and strategy, Bruno Duarte (pictured), TelecomFinance has confirmed. His role has now ...
Netia names Bogusław Kowalski chair of TK Telekom
Polish fixed-line operator Netia has hired Bogusław Kowalski as the new chair of its railway fibreco TK Telekom. Kowalski has over 20 years’ experience in managerial positions ...
