Cellnex answers regulatory questions to close Italy towers deal
Cellnex has closed the Italian portion of its European towers mega-deal, adding over 9,000 sites to its growing European footprint.
Cellnex has closed the Italian portion of its European towers mega-deal, adding over 9,000 sites to its growing European footprint.
Cellnex’s mega-deal to acquire CK Hutchison’s telecoms towers has come up against a regulatory hurdle in Italy.
Three UK parent CK Hutchison is keen to monetise its mobile infrastructure, and to that end it has hammered out an agreement with Spain-based towerco Cellnex.
Xiaomi is a smartphone company that doesn’t play by the rules, Hutch is a telecoms giant that takes no prisoners. Together they’re dynamite.
CK Hutchison, parent company of British serial moaner Three, has agreed to sell its fixed network in Hong Kong in order to focus more acutely on the mobile space.
Enterprise customers of CK Hutchison-owned Three Group will be able to access Jasper through national networks and the Hue services division.
Börje Ekholm’s first official day as Ericsson CEO coincides conveniently with the announcement of a big win with Cisco to virtualize Vodafone Australia’s network.
The merger of Hutchison and VimpelCom’s Italian assets has been approved by the European Commission, setting a new precedent for market consolidation.
French telecoms conglomerate Iliad is reportedly in talks to launch Italy’s fourth mobile network operator should the Hutchison/VimpelCom merger of Three Italia and Wind go ahead.
A variety of operators are reportedly awaiting the availability of assets if the Three Italia/Wind merger is given the go ahead.
The European Commission has formally announced its widely expected decision to block the proposed acquisition of O2 UK by Hutchison (Three UK).
Hutchison won’t be making any further concessions to the EU in a bid to push through its proposed acquisition of O2 UK, according to reports.
There is a growing consensus that European competition authorities will soon formally veto the proposed merger of MNOs Three and O2 in the UK.
The European Commission will probe the proposed Hutchison-VimpelCom Italian subsidiary merger, citing concerns over the effect it may have on the competitive market.
The Chairman of Three UK has issued a public retort to Ofcom and made three promises in a bid to convince Europe to allow the acquisition of O2 UK.
The European Commission has said it will not refer the planned acquisition of Telefónica UK by Hutchison to UK competition authorities.
The European Commission says it has opened an ‘in-depth’ investigation into the proposed acquisition of Telefónica UK by Hutchison.
The director general of the GSMA, Anne Bouverot, has sent an open letter to EC Commissioner Neelie Kroes calling for policy reform that will encourage investment in Europe’s telecoms sector. Bouverot secured endorsements from the CEOs of ten European operators with a combined European mobile customer base of almost three quarters of a billion subscriptions, according to data from Informa’s World Cellular Investors service.
Industry consultants have attacked the recent Austrian LTE spectrum auction process, claiming that the outcome took too much money out of the market and threatens competition in the Austrian mobile sector. The fact that incumbent Telekom Austria was able to acquire half of all the spectrum made available could be particularly detrimental.
Hong Kong conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa has announced plans to take its emerging markets spin off, Hutchison Telecommunications International (HTIL), private with a $545m offer.
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