Multi-billion dollar telecoms bonds lighten up the summer | Viewpoint
Heavyweight bonds from some of the world’s largest telecoms companies continued to rock the debt markets this summer, with AT&T’s ...
Tag: Euskaltel
Euskatel consolidates Basque telecoms market with €700m Telecable acquisition
UK TMT investment fund Zegona has sold its Spain-based cableco Telecable to Basque MVNO Euskaltel for €701m (US$771m) including debt. Zegona CEO Eamonn O’Hare said that the transaction ...
Zegona eyes European acquisitions as “buy-fix-sell strategy has never been better”
UK TMT investment fund Zegona Communications said it expects to make further Europe-based telecom acquisitions as consumer consumption, industry consolidation and convergence coalesce ...
Analysts: Euskaltel’s €750m acquisition of Telecable is overvalued
Merger talks between UK TMT investment fund Zegona’s Spain-based cableco Telecable and Basque MVNO Euskaltel have reportedly reached their final stages. Euskaltel will pay roughly €750m ...
Zegona names Dean Checkley CFO to free up Howard Kalika for M&A scouting
TMT turnaround investor Zegona Communications has stepped up the hunt for its next takeover by releasing Howard Kalika from his CFO duties to focus all ...
Telecable and Euskaltel revive talks to create northern Spain’s largest regional cable player
UK TMT investment fund Zegona’s northern Spain-based cableco Telecable is reportedly back in merger talks with Basque MVNO Euskaltel. The two regional players have been in informal ...
Euskaltel incoming CEO Francisco Arteche poached from Microsoft
The board of directors of Euskaltel has proposed to appoint Francisco Arteche as the company’s new CEO, replacing Fernando Ojeda. The Basque cableco said ...
Euskaltel closes R Cable acquisition
Euskaltel has completed its acquisition of R Cable, just months after UK-based TMT fund bought Asturian counterpart Telecable. Basque cableco Euskaltel (BME:EKT) has ...
Euskaltel to close R Cable deal; take out €850m loan
Euskaltel's (BME:EKT) acquisition of R Cable is reportedly set to close on 30 October, when both boards are due to approve the €1.12bn (US$1.27bn) ...
O’Hare’s Zegona to buy Telecable for €640m
Former Virgin Media finance head Eamonn O’Hare’s Zegona Communications (LSE: ZEG) has agreed to buy northern Spain’s Telecable for €640m (US$705m). Zegona, ...
