TalkTalk to raise £300m in debut notes to diversify funding
TalkTalk aims to raise £300m (US$365m) in the British telco’s first ever bond offering to diversify its funding sources. TelecomFinance understands ...
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Goodix eyes acquisitions as Moore’s Law slows amid industry consolidation
Chinese chipmaker Goodix is eyeing purchases of semiconductor and software developers to better compete in the fast-consolidating industry. Goodix could deploy the ...
AT&T and Time Warner predict smooth regulatory review amid continued Trump opposition
While AT&T and Time Warner appear confident their planned US$85.4bn merger will have a relatively easy regulatory ride, not having to undergo ...
Dos Santos’s Unitel ups stake in Angolan bank to become majority shareholder
Angola’s largest telco Unitel has become Banco de Fomento Angola’s majority shareholder by buying a further 2% in the institution from Portugal’s Banco Português de ...
Nextel Argentina gets regulatory nod to buy 4G spectrum owners
Cablevisión’s Argentinian telco Nextel has received approval from the country’s National Communications Entity (Enacom) to buy 100% of 4G spectrum owners WX Telecommunications, Greenmax Telecommunications, Fibercomm and Gridley ...
Apple confirms its US$1bn commitment to Softbank’s tech fund
Apple’s confirmation of plans to invest US$1bn in Softbank’s technology fund has prompted a flurry of speculation about the smartphone giant’s ...
KPN buys DearBytes to bolster cyber security
Dutch incumbent telco KPN has agreed to buy cyber threat prevention firm DearBytes amid a global wave of data breaches and ...
GCI continues shopping spree with Freedom Communications buy
UK managed IT services provider GCI has marked its fifth acquisition in less than a year with the purchase of ...
Vivendi appoints Amos Genish as chief convergence officer
French media conglomerate Vivendi has appointed Amos Genish, former president and CEO of Telefonica Brasil, to oversee the group’s convergence ...
Deutsche Telekom financing helps strengthen T-Mobile US credit
Deutsche Telekom’s latest round of financing for T-Mobile USA is helping to bolster the financial strength the US telco has been recently building. Deutsche ...
