Softbank promotes Ken Miyauchi to president and COO
Japan’s Softbank has appointed domestic telecoms director Ken Miyauchi as the group’s new president and COO. Miyauchi replaces Nikesh Arora, who resigned from the company, but ...
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Softbank sells Supercell to Tencent for US$7.3bn
Japan’s Softbank has agreed to sell all of its 72.2% stake in Finnish smartphone game maker Supercell to Chinese media and communications holding company Tencent for ...
Editor’s Viewpoint Issue 246
TelecomFinance’s Editor Pauline Renaud discusses the latest industry developments in “Open sesame“. This Viewpoint ran in TelecomFinance Issue 246. TelecomFinance’s Editor ...
Dish offers US$2bn junk bond for strategic transactions
US satellite broadcaster Dish Network is offering a US$2bn high-yield bond for strategic transactions that “may include wireless and spectrum-related” deals. The issuance ...
Softbank to sell GungHo stake for Y73bn, upsizes Alibaba offering to US$10bn
Japanese telecoms giant Softbank plans to sell the majority of its 25.77% stake in local mobile gaming company GungHo Online Entertainment back to the ...
Softbank prices Alibaba share sales, expects to raise US$8.9bn
Japanese telecoms giant Softbank expects to raise US$8.9bn from the sale of shares in Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba announced yesterday. Alibaba said in its own ...
Softbank to sell US$7.9bn in Alibaba shares to cut debt
Japanese telecoms group Softbank has said it will sell at least US$7.9bn worth of shares in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, equivalent to a ...
Sprint CFO Tarek Robbiati says spectrum leaseco will launch within “several months”
Sprint CFO Tarek Robbiati has confirmed that the company is working on a spectrum leasing company to complement its existing handset ...
Charter’s Tom Rutledge hints at potential wireless offering
Charter Communications CEO Tom Rutledge has said the cable giant could potentially launch a nationwide wireless service as its purchase of ...
Kerrisdale launches stinging attack as it shorts Dish stock
Hedge fund Kerrisdale Capital has slammed Dish Network’s spectrum strategy after raising a reported US$100m to short the US satellite broadcaster. Less than two ...
