AT&T to buy Time Warner for US$85.4bn in content push
AT&T has agreed to acquire Time Warner in a stock-and-cash transaction that values the media giant at US$85.4bn. The acquisition comes just a ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Protelindo issues Rp1.5trn bond for working capital
Independent Indonesian towerco Protelindo has issued a Rp1.5trn (US$114.8m) bond under its Rp6.5trn (US$498.4m) bond programme. Fitch Ratings, which assigned the bonds an AAA national long-term rating, said in ...
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 ...
Sky to open pre-registration for mobile services this month to become true quad-play operator
British DTH giant Sky has announced that UK customers will be able to pre-register for its highly anticipated new mobile service ...
Liquid Telecom expands telecoms ops in Botswana by leveraging power lines
African fibre and satellite broadband provider Liquid Telecom will leverage Botswana Power Corporation’s high voltage transmission lines to form a new telecoms network provider ...
