Orange snaps up Swiss cybersecurity guards
French operator group Orange has acquired its way into the Swiss cybersecurity market.
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Vodafone’s multi-billion-euro towers deal is all about control
Vodafone has agreed a co-control deal for its Vantage Towers business with Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) and KKR that could bring in cash proceeds of up to €7.1 billion.
EU joins UK by probing Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation into the proposed acquisition of computer games giant Activision Blizzard by Microsoft.
Vantage Towers could seal KKR deal within days
KKR has emerged as the favourite to acquire a stake in Vodafone’s towers business and could broker a deal very soon, if it gets its way, it emerged this week.
Lights out for Lumen in EMEA
UK-based Colt Technology Services this week agreed to pay $1.8bn for US counterpart Lumen’s Europe, Middle East and Africa business.
VMO2 reportedly cans £3 billion TalkTalk deal
Virgin Media O2 is apparently no longer working towards a £3 billion takeover of broadband rival TalkTalk, the deal apparently derailed by macro-economic issues and regulatory uncertainty.
Cellnex inches towards UK deal closure with towers sale
Cellnex has brokered a deal to sell 1,100 tower sites in the UK to Wireless Infrastructure Group for an undisclosed sum.
Thailand set to allow the creation of a mobile duopoly
The Thai telecoms regulator has reportedly decided to allow the second and third national mobile players to merge, effectively creating a duopoly.
AT&T is working on a US$15 billion fibre JV
AT&T is the latest international telecoms operator believed to be looking to partner up to fund faster fibre rollout and this deal – if it comes to fruition – is set to be a big one.
UK sets significant precedents in ordering Meta to sell Giphy
The UK Competition and Markets Authority has reaffirmed its demand that US internet giant Meta undo its 2020 acquisition of GIF search engine Giphy.
Ye and Parler have a parley
An ostracised superstar has decided to buy an even more ostracised social media platform. What could go wrong?
Vodafone and Altice team up on €7 billion German fibre rollout
Vodafone and Altice have announced the creation of a fibre joint venture in Germany that will spend as much as €7 billion on network rollout in the coming years.
Rumoured bank sale could prove costly for Orange
Orange is playing its cards pretty close to its chest on the future of its banking business, but new rumours coming out of France suggest it could be looking to sell up.
Telenor sells a third of its $3.4 billion fibre business
Telenor has spun out its multi-billion-dollar passive fibre infrastructure business and inked a deal to sell a 30% stake to an investment consortium including KKR.
Musk decides to buy Twitter after all and turn it into an ‘everything app’
Eccentric billionaire Elon Musk has decided he does want to buy social media company Twitter, having spent months apparently trying to get out of it.
Vodafone UK confirms merger talks with Three
A long-rumoured piece of major British telecoms market consolidation is on the cards, with the UK arms of Vodafone and Three confirmed to be in merger discussions.
Vodafone’s Portugal buy could raise regulatory eyebrows
Vodafone has agreed to acquire Portuguese mobile operator Nowo in a deal clearly designed to help it build some scale in the country.
Talk of Vodafone towers deal comes quickly after Niel news
Vodafone is reportedly looking to sell a multi-billion-pound stake in its Vantage Towers business, a move that would help it reduce debt and keep shareholders off its back.
Twitter acquisition saga gets ever messier
The bizarre spectacle of a company trying to force a sale of itself to the buyer who no longer wants it took further turns this week.
Edotco Malaysian towers share sale could raise US$1 billion
Edotco Group is reportedly working on a deal that could bring in as much as US$1 billion from the sale of shares, more than half of which would help to fund its own growth ambitions.
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