Telia sells Tcell stake amid plans to exit Eurasia by year-end
Sweden’s Telia has agreed to sell its 60% holding in Tcell to Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED). A Telia spokesperson told TelecomFinance that the ...
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Kcell and Beeline team up for 4G network in Kazakhstan
Kazakh mobile operator Kcell and its rival Beeline have signed a network sharing agreement for the joint rollout of 4G/LTE services in the country. However, ...
MTS sells stake in Uzbek operator to gov’t in wake of corruption probe
Russia’s largest wireless operator Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) has sold its 50.1% stake in Uzbekistan’s Universal Mobile Systems (UMS) to the ...
Masmovil completes funding for Yoigo and Pepephone acquisitions
Spanish MVNO Masmovil has finalised the funding necessary to pay for its €783m (US$878m) acquisitions of local MNO Yoigo and rival MVNO Pepephone, which the company ...
Bitė promotes Arūnas Dūda to CFO
Baltic telecoms operator Bitė has named Arūnas Dūda (pictured) as the company’s new CFO. He replaces Nikita Sergienko who was promoted to CEO early this week, the ...
Turkcell appoints Bülent Aksu as CFO
Turkcell has appointed Bülent Aksu (pictured) as its new CFO, effective 20 July. He replaces Murat Erden, who was interim finance chief since April 2012 and ...
Bitė names Nikita Sergienko as CEO
Baltic telecoms operator Bitė has appointed Nikita Sergienko (pictured) as its new CEO. He replaces Fred Hrenchuk who has decided to leave the group after close to nine ...
TDC rejects takeover offer
Danish incumbent TDC has rejected a takeover bid, saying it had found it financially inadequate, incomplete and not in the best ...
Turkcell plans acquisitions in EMEA and Asia
Turkcell is looking to launch a buying spree across North Africa, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia to compensate ...
Anvia shareholders clear Elisa deal, ending bidding war
Shareholders in Finnish regional fixed-line telco Anvia have approved the sale of its telecoms, IT and hosting businesses, as well ...
