Vodafone Australia continues to boost MVNO customers with Lebara deal closure
Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) has completed its acquisition of British-based MVNO Lebara’s Australian mobile business, further bolstering its MVNO subscriber ...
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Crown Castle buys FiberNet for US$1.5bn to boost fibre capacity
US towerco Crown Castle is buying fibre services provider FPL FiberNet Holdings and certain other subsidiaries from power company NextEra Energy Inc for US$1.5bn in cash. FiberNet has rights to approximately 11,500 route ...
Mobily, Saudi Telecom extend tower talks
Saudi operators Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) and Saudi Telecom (STC) have agreed to extend their MoU on the future of their tower assets for another 30 days. In ...
Brocade on the block to enhance cloud offering
US network equipment maker Brocade Communication Systems is reportedly for sale, with semiconductor developer Broadcom rumoured to be eyeing the company. Based on Friday’s price, Brocade ...
KKR and CPPIB eye Bharti Infratel
US buyout firm KKR and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) are reportedly in talks with Indian telco Bharti Airtel to acquire ...
MTN names Ralph Mupita as new CFO in latest key executive move
South African telecoms giant MTN (JSE:MTN) has hired Ralph Mupita, CEO of Old Mutual Emerging Markets, as its new CFO, ...
MTS plans Rbs10bn share buyback, Sistema stake to fall below 50%
Russia’s largest mobile operator Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) intends to buy back up to Rbs10bn (US$157.7m) of its shares from majority shareholder ...
CenturyLink strikes US$34bn deal for Level 3 to bring more fibre to enterprise customers
CenturyLink has agreed a US$34bn deal to buy Level 3 Communications to combine the target’s global connectivity backbone with its larger enterprise customer base. Explaining ...
Tele2 expands business unit with closure of TDC Sweden buy
Swedish telco Tele2 has completed its acquisition of local B2B telecoms services provider TDC Sweden, strengthening its position in the business segment. Tele2 has ...
NZ regulator still unconvinced by Sky-Vodafone merger
New Zealand’s Commerce Commission has again raised concerns over the merger between local satellite pay-TV provider Sky Network Television and mobile operator Vodafone ...
