Mexico moves ahead with shared network project
Mexico’s Telecommunications and Transport Ministry (SCT) will publish the preliminary bidding terms for the national shared network project on 17 ...
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Bharti Airtel inks US$2.5bn financing deals
Bharti Airtel has secured financing commitments of up to US$2.5bn from China Development Bank (CDB) and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China ...
MTS nets US$200m loan from CDB
Russia’s largest wireless carrier MTS has secured a US$200m equivalent term loan from China Development Bank in Chinese yuan and ...
Bharti Airtel to raise US$2bn to expand 4G – report
India’s Bharti Airtel reportedly plans to ink a US$2bn loan with China Development Bank to fund the roll-out of 4G services. Specifically, ...
Huawei names former BP CEO as UK chairman
Chinese vendor Huawei has named Lord Browne as chairman of its British business and added two other new directors to ...
TelecomFinance 2015: M&A to spur financing activity
Brussels’ more relaxed stance on in-market consolidation is likely to fuel M&A-related financing activity among European telcos this year, according ...
Alibaba takes stake in Chinese smartphone maker
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, in which Japanese telco Softbank is the largest shareholder, is paying US$590m for a minority stake ...
Zimbabwe’s NetOne obtains US$65m vendor financing
The Exim Bank of China has released US$65m for Zimbabwean mobile operator NetOne’s network expansion. The financing reportedly represents the ...
Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia resume merger talks – report
French equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent has reportedly revived merger talks with Finnish rival Nokia. The two vendors restarted discussions about a ...
Zain Iraq aims to launch 3G services by January
Zain Iraq plans to launch 3G services by January 2015 after securing government consent and paying the first instalment of ...
