Eurobites: Iliad gets on board with FiberCop in Italy
Also in today’s EMEA regional roundup: former Royal Mail boss in line for BT chairman role; Nokia wins at Delta Fiber; Brexit’s roaming ramifications.
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Iliad-UPC tie-up will make Poland a market to watch
Iliad is making good on its ambitions to enter the Polish fixed-line market, making an offer for number two player UPC worth the best part of US$2 billion.
Eurobites: Xavier Niel bids €3.1 billion to take Iliad private
Also in today’s EMEA regional round-up: Proximus earnings slip in Q2; Sparkle teams up with Google on subsea links; Orange sets targets.
Iliad delays Italy fixed-line launch
Iliad is upbeat about its progress in Italy, but nonetheless is delaying the launch of its planned fixed-line service in the market.
Iliad to offer fixed services in Italy soon
Having made its mark on the Italian mobile market over the past three years, Iliad has now confirmed it will add to its portfolio and launch fixed services in Italy in the coming months.
Iliad Italia switches on 5G in 27 cities with €10 offer
Emulating its strategy in France, the latest entrant to Italy’s 5G market undercuts its competitors with a €9.99 per month offer.
Iliad can Play with Europe’s big boys
Play’s shareholders have overwhelming backed a takeover offer from Iliad, leaving the French firm in a position to call itself one of the biggest mobile groups in Europe.
Iliad raises funding for 5G as mobile business upticks
Iliad has signed a €300 million loan deal with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to fund 5G rollout, shortly after the publication of Q3 numbers that showed a return to growth at its domestic mobile business.
Iliad becomes Europe’s sixth largest mobile operator with Poland move
Iliad has announced its intention to acquire Poland’s Play, a move that it claims will make it the sixth largest mobile operator in Europe.
Iliad joins the Italian convergence race
Only a matter of days after Sky Italia expanded its offering, Iliad has inked a broadband wholesale agreement with Open Fiber to drive towards the convergence dream.
Iliad revenue surges but device sales dampen the party
Disruptive French telco Iliad has reported 6.9% growth in consolidated revenues for the three months to March 31, but depressed device sales took some of the shine off.
Iliad is starting to look very light on infrastructure
French telco Iliad has confirmed a deal to sell 51% ownership of its fibre assets to InfraVia for roughly €300 million.
Could Iliad Italia be a victim of Corporate Darwinism?
Iliad’s Italian business unit has lodged complaints with Italian and European regulators regarding network sharing deals, but could these objections be effectively ignored?
Iliad calls on courts to block Wind Tre and Fastweb sharing deal
Wind Tre and Fastweb have been attempting to take network sharing in Italy to a new level in recent months, but once again, Iliad has its objections.
Iliad joins the tower divestment trend
Iliad has confirmed the sale of its tower businesses in France and Italy to European infrastructure giant Cellnex.
Iliad confirms Nokia for France and Italy 5G push
In a much needed win for Nokia, the Finnish network vendor will be the central cog to the Iliad 5G deployment strategy across France and Italy.
Iliad flogs a bunch of towers to reduce debt pile
French telecoms conglomerate Iliad is selling most of its tower assets in France and Italy to Cellnex for €2 billion.
Mobile data could get even costlier after T-Mobile and Sprint merger
Reports by Rewheel showed US citizens already have the most expensive mobile data among all four-operator markets, but a move to reduce the number of MNOs could make it even worse.
Iliad Italy hits 2.2 million subscribers in Q3 2018
French telecoms group Iliad has released its Q3 2018 numbers and they reveal continued strong subscriber growth from its new Italian business.
Iliad threatens Italy with legal action over 5G spectrum extensions
Iliad is reportedly on the verge of taking Italian watchdog Agcom to court over licence extensions in the valuable 3.5 GHz band which were offered to various WiMAX operators back in 2008.
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