All Deals (M&A) articles – Page 4
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M&AUK altnet group AllPoints nabs new retail service provider Brillband
Fern Trading‑backed fibre altnet acquires Glasgow‑focused retail fibre startup, and backs plans for continued expansion.
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M&AVodafone, Digi sign deal for pieces of OTE’s Romanian mobile biz
OTE Group might finally make it out of Romania as it enters talks with Vodafone and Digi to acquire parts of its lingering mobile business in the country.
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M&AVirgin Media O2 sheds further chunk of Cornerstone TowerCo
£180m+ fillip sees VM O2 reach monetisation milestone, with another minority offload, while continuing to consolidate TowerCo financially. Buyer Equitix extends digital infra portfolio, while UK tower landscape continue to shift…
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Partnerships & AlliancesOne in, one out as SBA shakes up tower portfolio via M&A
US-based wireless infra group puts Philippines business up for sale after netting a 7,000 tower buy from Millicom in central America.
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M&ABT Ireland catches eye of Macquarie-backed Viatel — report
A new report from The Irish Times says Viatel Technology Group, a Macquarie-backed digital services provider, is looking with interest at BT Ireland as “all options” are being explored for the Group’s international B2B businesses…
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M&AOTE receives a tax hit on way out of Romanian exit door
Local tax authority lands Telekom Romania Mobile with a €33.5m charge it says stems from past VAT and corporate income tax errors.
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Network & InfrastructureDT’s dealmaker-in-chief still harbours hopes of creating European infra giant
German operator’s Head of Group Development insists large-scale consolidation is coming — and says it is packaging up central and eastern European assets, plus targeting significant earnings growth in Germany and Austria, to improve DT’s bargaining power.
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M&ATPG secures fibre sale to Macquarie-backed Vocus
AUD 5.25bn deal will see Vocus pick up fibre network assets and a chunk of TPG’s enterprise, government, and wholesale business.
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M&ABT, Sky urge CMA to block Vodafone-Three merger
BT and Sky make last-ditch arguments to prevent the merger of Vodafone and Three that would combine the UK’s third and fourth mobile operators.
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M&ASpanish M&A rolls on as Inveready said to reach Avatel deal
Asset management group reportedly reaches deal with Avatel co-founder to jointly acquire the business, continuing wave of consolidation in Spanish telecoms market. Read more…
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M&AGIP said to seek reboot in India after completion of BlackRock mega-buy
Change reportedly already underway at GIP following BlackRock acquisition, as the digital infra investor gauges interest from the likes of Macquarie, KKR, and Stonepeak on a sale of Ascend Telecom stake. Read more…
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M&ABrazil’s Vivo eyes more B2B M&A after closing out IPNET buy
Up-to-BRL 230m acquisition of cloud services player finalised following greenlight from national regulatory bodies.
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M&AItalian government returns with shinier Sparkle bid
Country’s Ministry of Economy and Finance teams with Spanish investment group Asterion on bid to take control of Telecom Italia’s long-distance fibre business.
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M&AVodafone–Three offers new remedies to get UK deal done
Vodafone UK and Three UK have made retail and wholesale price pledges to win merger approval, even though they disagree with the Competition & Markets Authority’s initial findings.
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M&AIQGeo: KKR’s latest tech buy adds geospatial smarts to sprawling infra portfolio
Private equity giant KKR is taking Cambridge-based geospatial software specialist IQGeo private in £333m deal, pledging to fuel new phase of growth. Log in to understand this hot specialist and what it provides network operators worldwide…
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M&Astc said to be back in Telefónica stake-building mode
Saudi operator reportedly considering increasing Telefónica stake beyond 9.9% should Spanish gov approve September 2023 share purchase.
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M&ATelefónica, Asterion ‘select finalists’ for data centre sale
Goldman Sachs, Igneo Infrastructure Partners, and Wren House among candidates reportedly selected to purchase Nabiax.
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PeopleT-Mobile hands CFO a fresh deal ahead of M&A integration challenge
Peter Osvaldik given a pay rise as T-Mobile seeks consistency of leadership ahead of execution challenges accompanying pending fibre and wireless buyouts.
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M&AVirgin Media O2 set to sell another chunk of Cornerstone — report
Operator to shed another 8% of tower JV with GLIL Infrastructure and Vantage, bringing total shareholding down to just above 25%.
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M&ARegulator still dubious on Vodafone–Three merger; wants further compromise
Proposed merger of two underpowered MNOs found to have negative ramifications for UK competitive landscape, but the antitrust body offers road to approval via series of behavioural and structural ‘remedies’.