Hutchison finalises £10.3bn O2 takeover agreement
Hutchison Whampoa has signed a binding agreement with Spain’s Telefonica to acquire its UK mobile division, O2, for £10.3bn (US$15.3bn) and combine ...
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MTS India to reapply for foreign ownership boost
MTS India, a joint venture between Russian conglomerate Sistema and India’s Shyam Group, is working on a new application to boost its ...
India raises US$18bn in bumper spectrum auction
India has reportedly raised more than Rs1.1trn (US$18bn) from its latest spectrum auction, which concluded today after 19 days of ...
Orange might divest assets to Yoigo or MasMovil
French incumbent Orange has reportedly agreed to transfer some of its Spanish network assets to smaller local carriers Yoigo or MasMovil. The move ...
Vodafone closing in on Metroweb – report
Vodafone is reported to have a preliminary agreement in place to buy infrastructure fund F2i’s 53.8% stake in Italian dark ...
Turkey targets €2.23bn-plus from 4G auction
The Turkish government aims to raise at least €2.23bn (US$2.38bn) from its upcoming LTE auction. The Information and Communication Technologies ...
Altice to sell Cabovisao
Luxembourg-based telecoms holding Altice is in early-stage talks to sell Portuguese cable operator Cabovisao in order to gain regulatory approval ...
British Chancellor pledges £600m to clear 700 MHz band
The UK government will allocate £600m (US$880m) to help put 700 MHz spectrum into the hands of mobile operators. Announced ...
Special report by Bird & Bird: Consolidation of and reconfiguration in the UK mobile sector
Richard Eccles and Colin Long, respectively partner and Of Counsel at Bird & Bird, examine the likelihood that remedies applied ...
Vodafone Europe head calls for changes to enable “true convergence”
Vodafone is committed to "true convergence", but this will not take place until there are changes to both regulation and ...
