Altice boosts stake in SFR at same exchange ratio as blocked buyout offer
French billionaire Patrick Drahi’s Altice has agreed to acquire an additional 5.21% stake in SFR just 10 days after French market ...
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Vlad Wolfson appointed head of MegaFon’s merged consumer business and corporate business development departments
Russian telco Megafon has announced that its COO Evgeny Chermashentsev and director for consumer business Konstantin Likhodedov have tendered their ...
News briefs from Issue 206
A round-up of news briefs that featured in Issue 206 of SatelliteFinance. A round-up of news briefs that featured in ...
Orange names Jérémie Dutray as new deputy CFO in charge of M&A
Orange has promoted Jérémie Dutray, chief operating officer of its Belgian unit, to the role of deputy CFO of the ...
Türk Telekom denies shareholder’s missed loan payment will affect it
Türk Telekom has responded to news that its majority shareholder Ojer Telekomünikasyon (Otas) has missed a payment on a US$4.75bn syndicated loan ...
Delair-Tech looking for more scale after buying UAS assets from Trimble
France’s Delair-Tech is eyeing further acquisitions to build scale in the commercial drone sector after buying Trimble’s Gatewing Unmanned Aircraft System engineering and manufacturing unit. Its ...
Eutelsat opts for smaller replacement satellite under new capex saving strategy
Eutelsat has ordered its first satellite from Orbital ATK, kicking off its capex reduction plan with a DTH bird that is smaller than the ...
Danny Bottoms becomes chair of Six Degrees
UK unified communications company Six Degrees Group has appointed Danny Bottoms as chair of the company and Paul Mills as group sales director. Bottoms previously served ...
Tele2 gets €125m EIB loan to boost 4G expansion in Sweden and the Netherlands
Swedish telco Tele2 has signed a €125m (US$138.7m) loan agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB). The company will use the proceeds to expand ...
Bolloré increases Vivendi stake to more than 20% as its influence grows
French billionaire Vincent Bolloré’s investment company has increased its stake in media conglomerate Vivendi to more than 20%. The Bolloré Group said in ...
