Liberty Global, Telefonica and VMO2 confirm new joint network plans
Virgin Media O2 and owners Liberty Global and Telefonica have confirmed they are in discussions with a number of potential financial partners regarding a new fibre joint venture.
Virgin Media O2 and owners Liberty Global and Telefonica have confirmed they are in discussions with a number of potential financial partners regarding a new fibre joint venture.
The industry’s next towers deal could come in Belgium, where Liberty Global is reportedly mulling offloading passive infrastructure owned by its Telenet unit.
Liberty Global has teamed up with a private equity firm to invest in rolling out fibre infrastructure in Germany.
Communications group Liberty Global has joined forces with digital infrastructure investment firm Digital Colony to launch Atlas Edge Data Centres.
Liberty Global has announced the completion of the first phase of its UK electric vehicle charging initiative in the London borough of Waltham Forest.
Swiss operator Salt Mobile has been given the go-ahead by a US court to subpoena Liberty Global chairman John Malone and CEO Michael Fries.
French telco magnate Xavier Niel is mulling legal action to block UPC Switzerland’s acquisition of Sunrise.
Having tried and failed to do it the other way around, the parent of UPC Switzerland has decided to take Swiss consolidation into its own hands.
It could have certainly been worse, but it is impossible to avoid the lost revenues due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Telefonica and Liberty Global have confirmed plans to merge UK operations, O2 and Virgin Media, to challenge the connectivity market leader BT.
Two years ago, O2 CEO Mark Evans said he was not convinced by the idea of convergence, but as merger talks between O2 and Virgin Media swell, the telco has entered into moonwalking mode.
Sunrise has cancelled an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) to secure acquisition funds to acquire UPC Switzerland after investors rejected the move.
Some might suggest this is a knee-jerk reaction to the intentions of an activist investor, though the vulture fund should not be able to claim credit for this one.
Sky is reportedly in discussions with Liberty Global to add further fuel to the full-fibre machine which is engulfing the UK at an increasing rapid rate.
The European Commission has given the all-clear for Vodafone’s €18.4 billion acquisition of Liberty Global’s cable operations in Germany, Hungary, Czech Republic and Romania.
Telefónica Deutschland will be able to sell services that run on the combined Vodafone and Unitymedia cable network in Germany.
The European Commission has apparently notified Vodafone of some concerns it needs to be addressed before it will approve its acquisition of Liberty Global assets.
Liberty Global has continued its great withdraw from the European markets with another sale, this time convincing Sunrise its 1 million Swiss customers are worth $6.3 billion.
Liberty Latin America has terminated its conversations regarding a potential acquisition of Millicom International.
The UK market proved to a be a success over the last three months for Liberty Global, though the same could not be said for the Belgium and Swiss operations.
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