Telecom Italia and Fastweb to create JV to boost fibre network rollout
Telecom Italia (TIM) and Swisscom’s fixed-line Italian unit Fastweb have agreed to establish a joint venture which will invest €1.2bn ...
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Ofcom says BT should run Openreach separately
British telecoms regulator Ofcom has ordered incumbent BT to run Openreach as a separate company so that the fixed-line infrastructure business is more independent. UK operators including Sky and TalkTalk, which ...
Liberty and Vodafone hint at future deals
Liberty Global chair John Malone and Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao (pictured) have both hinted that a future deal or deals between the companies ...
Antin puts FPS Towers on the block
Antin Infrastructure Partners reportedly plans to sell French towerco FPS Towers in a deal which could fetch some €1bn (US$1.1bn). Spanish ...
Eir prices €200m bond, considers further refinancing
Eir has priced a €200m (US$220m) tap issue of senior secured notes to repay part of its senior debt facility ...
Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg ousted by shareholders
Swedish vendor Ericsson has announced that Hans Vestberg (pictured) is stepping down from his seven-year tenure as CEO and president of the company, effective ...
Editor’s Viewpoint Issue 247
TelecomFinance’s Editor Pauline Renaud discusses the latest industry developments in “Weathering uncertainty“. This Viewpoint ran in TelecomFinance Issue 247. TelecomFinance’s Editor ...
Mandate Table Issue 247
TelecomFinance compiles the latest M&A and financing deals by country, company, mandate, and mandated. This Mandates Table ran in TelecomFinance Issue ...
2G/3G switch-off – strategic challenges need to be overcome
The rise of 4G means that it will soon become not cost-efficient for operators to continue to run their 2G ...
Masmovil and Orange in joint fibre investment
Spanish MVNO Masmovil has reached a deal with French incumbent Orange’s Spanish unit to invest in a joint new generation FTTH network. The investment, of ...
