Altice sells Belgium and Luxembourg business to Telenet in rare disposal
French billionaire Patrick Drahi’s Altice has sold its telecoms business in Belgium and Luxembourg to local cableco Telenet in a €400m (US$418m) deal to ...
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Cable & Wireless Communications promotes Garfield Sinclair to Caribbean head
Cable & Wireless Communications, which was recently acquired by cable giant Liberty Global, has picked Garry Sinclair to lead operations in the 15 units ...
21st Century Fox submits £11.7bn formal takeover offer for Sky
Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox has made a firm offer to take full control of Sky in a deal valuing the UK pay-TV market ...
T-Mobile NL gets nod for Vodafone Thuis takeover bringing Vodafone-Ziggo merger a step closer
Deutsche Telekom-owned T-Mobile Netherlands has won approval from the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) for its acquisition of Vodafone Thuis. Vodafone Netherlands agreed ...
21st Century Fox makes renewed attempt to consolidate Sky with US$14bn offer
Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox has reached a preliminary agreement to take full control of Sky in a deal valuing the UK ...
Virgin Media launches US$750m term loan for refinancing
Liberty Global’s UK and Ireland unit Virgin Media is launching a senior secured term loan of at least US$750m due ...
John Reid confirmed as CEO of Cable and Wireless
Interim CEO John Reid has been confirmed as head of Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC), which was recently acquired by cable giant Liberty Global. In his ...
Arqiva to hire banks for £5bn sale
UK communications infrastructure firm Arqiva Group has reportedly started contacting banks and financial advisers to put itself on the market, with a ...
UK gov’t pledges to invest £1bn in digital infrastructure, sets aside £400m for smaller players
The UK government plans to invest some £1bn (US$1.24bn) in digital infrastructure to boost private investment in fibre networks and ...
Vodafone Deutschland acquires network analysis firm RadioOpt
Vodafone’s German unit has acquired mobile analytics company RadioOpt to help it enhance its networks and roll out new technologies. Commenting on the ...
