Ooredoo and CK Hutchison merge Indonesian operations
Indosat Ooredoo and H3i are merging to form an Indonesian mega-operator valued at $6 billion.
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Liberty LatAm spends $200m on America Movil’s Panama ops
Liberty Latin America has agreed to acquire America Movil’s operations in Panama for US$200 million, boosting its existing presence in the country.
Deutsche Telekom moves towards US control with Softbank deal
Deutsche Telekom has agreed a share-swap deal with Softbank that will give it greater control of T-Mobile US, while the Japanese firm will take a stake in DT.
T-Mobile Netherlands sells for over €5 billion
Deutsche Telekom has announced the sale of its T-Mobile Netherlands business to funds managed by a pair of private equity big guns, quashing rumours of a big telco takeover.
Reliance reportedly closes in on acquiring T-Mobile Netherlands
India’s Reliance Industries is said to be lining up potential investors to finance its ambition to acquire Deutsche Telekom’s mobile business in The Netherlands, a deal that could cost the Jio parent company $5.7 billion.
Boost boosts low-end market presence with MVNO buy
Dish Network’s Boost Mobile has agreed to acquire Los Angeles-based mobile virtual network operator Gen Mobile.
Adtran adds Adva in €789 million fibre merger
Adtran and Adva have announced a merger deal designed to help them tap into the growth opportunity in fibre.
Partner latest to make buyout offer for Xfone
Israel’s Partner Communications has made an offer to acquire smaller rival Xfone, but is one of a number of telcos interested in taking over the firm.
Comcast Business gets a leg up with Masergy buy
Comcast Business has agreed to buy SDN and cloud specialist Masergy for an undisclosed sum, a move that should give it a lift in the enterprise services space.
Rogers goes for a summer Seaside deal
Canadian telco Rogers Communications is once again on the M&A trail, having brokered a deal to acquire rural telecoms provider Seaside Communications.
Nvidia acquisition of ARM in the balance as regulators take their time
US semiconductor company Nvidia has admitted regulatory investigations of its proposed acquisition of UK-based chip designer Arm won’t be completed within its anticipated timescales.
SK’s ‘Square’ spin-off targets semiconductor M&A
SK Telecom has named its planned spin-off company SK Square and provided some additional detail on the new venture, chief among which is its intention to invest heavily in the semiconductor space.
United’s Wind buy creates new converged player in Greece
United Group has agreed to buy Greek mobile operator Wind Hellas, a tie-up that will create a much stronger converged player in the country.
Exfo founder boosts offer to take company private
Germain Lamonde, who founded Canada’s communications-sector test, monitoring, and analytics equipment maker Exfo and is its majority shareholder, has boosted his offer to take the company private.
Lumen offloads consumer ops for $7.5 billion
Lumen has brokered a US$7.5 billion deal with Apollo Global Management that will see it part with its legacy consumer operations in 20 states across the Midwest and Southeast of the US.
UK leaning towards blocking Nvidia’s Arm deal — reports
The planned $40bn merger could be in jeopardy over national security concerns.
Rakuten acquires OpenRAN partner Altiostar
Rakuten announced that it has completed the acquisition of the software company Altiostar, which it had already partly owned and has collaborated closely on OpenRAN.
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.
Lumen flogs its Latin American business for $2.7 billion
US B2B comms company has delivered on its promise to dispose of non-core assets by selling its LatAm operations to hedge fund Stonepeak.
AT&T turns telco in Latin America too
AT&T is selling another of its content operations, this time in Latin America, as it looks to focus on the connectivity side of the business there, much like it is doing back home.
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