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AT&T snaps up Verizon assets
AT&T buys Verizon assets Nationwide US carrier AT&T has announced that it is to buy wireless assets from Verizon Wireless — including licences, network assets and 1.5 million subscribers — for...
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T-Mobile, Orange UK merger raises more questions than answers
T-Mobile, Orange UK merger raises more questions than answers Months of speculation about consolidation in the UK mobile market finally came to an end in early September when European carriers France...
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Bharti, MTN call off merger talks
Bharti and MTN have called off merger discussions once again Merger talks between emerging markets giants Bharti and MTN have been called off once again, after the two firms failed to convince the...
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Swiss Competition Commission blocks Orange TDC deal
The Swiss competition authority has blocked the proposed merger of Orange and Sunrise ComCo, the Swiss Competition Commission has ruled that the merger of France Telecom’s Orange Switzerland with...
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Verizon has no objections to AT&T/T-Mobile merger
Verizon's CFO Fran Shammo has said the carrier has no objections against the propsed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile Leading US Carrier Verizon Wireless has no concerns over the proposed merger of...
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Vodafone pulls out of Greek merger
Vodafone pulls out of a proposed merger with Greek operator Wind Hellas Vodafone Group has confirmed that it has abandoned its plans to merge its operations in Greece with local operator Wind Hellas,...
View ArticleWhat a difference 70 years makes
Telecoms is an industry so fast-moving that even reflecting back on how things were a decade ago evokes sepia-tinged images of people from the past walking unnervingly fast to the soundtrack of frantic...
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Telefónica acquisition of E-Plus gets conditional all-clear
Cleared at last The European Commission has announced the conditional approval of Telefónica’s bid to acquire German operator E-Plus, almost a year after the deal was first announced, which will result...
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Liberty Global set to begin LatAm acquisition spree with Choice
Liberty Global wants to expand in Latin America Liberty Global has announced that together with investment firm Searchlight, it has signed an agreement to acquire Puerto Rican Choice Cable, the...
View ArticleAT&T set to continue Mexico expansion with Nextel acquisition
AT&T has announced it has entered into an agreement with NII Holdings to acquire its subsidiary Nextel Mexico for approximately $1.88 billion (less outstanding net debt). The move, which will...
View ArticleTelecom Italia set to buy out broadcasting division
Telecom Italia has announced it is planning to buy out its media division of which it already owns 78%. The telco said the incorporation of Telecom Italia Media (TI Media), which has been publicly...
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Hutchison, VimpelCom in Italian mobile assets merger talks – report
Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa and Dutch operator group VimpelCom are in advanced talks over an agreement to merge their respective Italian mobile assets Three Italy and Wind, a report has claimed....
View ArticleHutchison and Telefónica confirm O2 acquisition
Consolidation is the new black in the UK mobile market, as Telefónica has confirmed the sale of O2 to Hutchison Whampoa, the owner of Three. The deal, valued at £10.25 billion, is expected to be...
View ArticleComcast confirms termination of Time Warner Cable merger
The merger of US cable giants Comcast and Time Warner Cable has officially been abandoned following the companies’ failure to persuade US regulators to approve the move. “Today, we move on,” said...
View ArticleHutchison and Vimpelcom in talks to merge 3 Italia and WIND
European telco consolidation continues apace with the news that Hutchison Whampoa and Vimpelcom are in talks to merge their Italian subsidiaries: 3 Italia and WIND, respectively. Both companies...
View ArticleEquinix absorbs Telecity in $2.35bn datacentre merger
Equinix and TelecityGroup have agreed the terms of a merger that will see the American datacentre incumbent pay $2.35bn for all issued Telecity shares, reports BCN. The deal also means the proposed...
View ArticleT-Mobile US said to be mulling merger with Dish Network
The US multiplay convergence race looks set to continue with the WSJ reporting that scrappy mobile operator T-Mobile US is in talks to merge with cable TV player Dish Network. The potential deal comes...
View ArticleVodafone and Liberty in talks to “exchange assets”
UK telco Vodafone has confirmed it is in talks with cable giant Liberty Global, but stressed an outright merger is not on the current agenda, rather an exchange of assets. For some reason Vodafone...
View ArticleTeliaSonera and Telenor pull out of Danish merger
The merger of the Danish business units of TeliaSonera and Telenor, which was announced in December 2014, had been abandoned following the failure to come to an agreement with the European Commission....
View ArticleCharter-Time Warner merger would drive out OTT providers claim opponents
The $65 billion merger between Charter Communications, Bright House Networks and Time Warner Cable would create a giant whose dominance would put other service providers out of business, opponents of...
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