Analysis of the Irish tower market
With a population of 4.78 million and 4.9 million mobile connections, 60% of Ireland’s 4,000 telecoms towers sit in the ...
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Telefónica Ecuador secures US$75m IFC loan to pay for spectrum
Telefónica has received a US$75m loan from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group, to make ...
Vodacom drops bid to acquire Neotel
South Africa’s Vodacom has cancelled plans to buy the majority of Neotel’s assets because of “regulatory complexities and certain conditions ...
Tele2 and Kazakhtelecom complete mobile JV
Sweden’s Tele2 and Kazakhtelecom have completed their mobile joint venture deal in Kazakhstan, creating a more robust player with some six million customers, equal ...
RCom and Aircel to set up 50-50 mobile JV
Indian telcos Reliance Communications and Aircel, which have been in merger talks since last December, have reportedly decided to pool their mobile assets ...
Italian watchdog asks EC to refer 3-Wind review
The Italian antitrust authority has asked the European Commission to allow it to review CK Hutchison’s planned €21.8bn (US$24.6bn) merger of ...
Turkcell submits binding bid for Fintur stake
Turkcell has made a binding offer for TeliaSonera’s 58.55% stake in their Eurasian wireless joint venture, Fintur, and its 24% stake in Kazakhstan ...
T-Mobile spends big on spectrum
T-Mobile US has spent at least US$1.1bn on 700 MHz spectrum licences so far this year as it seeks to expand ...
Carlos Newbery plans to offer US$1.1bn for Telecom Argentina stake
Argentine telecoms veteran Carlos Newbery reportedly plans to outbid investment firm Fintech Advisory for Telecom Italia’s controlling stake in Telecom Argentina. Newbery, a former president of Argentine ...
Foxconn and Sharp work to resolve deal issues
Taiwanese manufacturer and mobile operator Foxconn has said it is in talks with Japanese electronics maker Sharp to resolve the situation ...
