Executive Moves Round-up Issue 251
A collection of the latest executive appointments, promotions, and moves in the global telecoms space. This collection ran in TelecomFinance ...
Tag: Telefonica Colombia (Movistar)
COO Markus Haas to replace Thorsten Dirks as CEO of Telefónica Deutschland
German telco Telefónica Deutschland has promoted Markus Haas to CEO after Thorsten Dirks tendered his resignation to join the aviation industry as an executive ...
Movistar’s head of operations Alfonso Gómez Palacio named CEO of Telefónica Colombia
Telefónica has promoted Alfonso Gómez Palacio (pictured) to the role of CEO of Telefónica Colombia, effective 1 January 2017. He replaces Ariel Pontón, who ...
Axtel reviews M&A options
Mexican fixed-line player Axtel would like to seize M&A or partnership opportunities, but has yet to make any such agreement, ...
AT&T to bid in Colombian spectrum auction
AT&T has been tipped as a bidder in Colombia’s upcoming 700 MHz spectrum auction with a view to scale up ...
CNMC approves Telefonica/Canal+ deal
Spain’s watchdog CNMC approved Telefonica’s 56% acquisition of Canal+ (DTS) last night after a nine month review. The market and ...
Private equity firms to buy Nextel Argentina – report
Nextel Argentina, a unit of bankrupt US telecoms group NII Holdings, is set to be sold to PE firms Kingsley ...
Telefonica writes down Venezuelan assets by US$3.2bn
Spanish incumbent Telefonica has lowered the value of its Venezuelan assets due to the devaluation of the country’s currency, the ...
Venezuelan operators to share infrastructure
Venezuelan state-owned mobile player Movilnet, a subsidiary of Cantv, has started building the first base station which it will share ...
Four interested in Argentina’s 4G auction
Leading mobile operators Claro, Movistar and Personal as well as potential new entrant Arlink are looking to take part in ...
