Sprint prices US$3.5bn spectrum-backed bond
Sprint has priced its US$3.5bn bond backed by wireless spectrum in a private transaction that should help ease concerns about its ...
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Qualcomm and NXP merger deal expected shortly
US-based semiconductor and telecoms equipment company Qualcomm is reportedly close to sealing a deal to acquire the Netherlands’ NXP Semiconductors for around ...
Two groups in running for Mexican shared mobile network project
Two consortia have presented financial and technical proposals to build and operate Mexico’s long-delayed 4G LTE mobile network project, the ...
Altice mulls float of US cable units as it weighs capital raising options
French billionaire Patrick Drahi’s Altice is reportedly weighing options to raise capital for its Altice USA unit, with an IPO of its ...
Northern Sky Research finds capacity prices for data markets in freefall
Northern Sky Research has reported that satellite capacity pricing for data-centric applications has fallen around 10% since the start of ...
AT&T and Time Warner discuss potential merger
A year after the jumbo acquisition of US DTH giant DirecTV for US$48.5bn, incumbent telco AT&T is reportedly looking at a merger with media giant Time ...
Executive Moves Round-up Issue 249
A collection of the latest executive appointments, promotions, and moves in the global telecoms space. This collection ran in TelecomFinance ...
Mandate Table Issue 249
TelecomFinance compiles the latest M&A and financing deals by country, company, mandate, and mandated. This Mandates Table ran in TelecomFinance Issue ...
Interest rate rise could hurt US telecoms and satellite companies
A significant rise in US interest rates could pose a threat to the financial health of the highest leveraged US ...
FCC forward auction fails to attract enough bids – again
The latest stage of the FCC’s ongoing incentive spectrum auction has concluded abruptly, ending after a single bidding round. Participants bid ...
