Bouygues Telecom raises earnings goal
French telco reports sizeable increase in earnings in first nine months of 2017 as price increases push revenues up
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Omantel to take majority of Zain board seats
Omani incumbent will control five of the eight seats on Kuwaiti group’s board
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Obermann to join Telenor board
Former Ziggo and Deutsche Telekom chief exec to serve as a director of Norwegian incumbent
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Omantel closes Zain buy
Telcos claim to be the third-largest combined telecoms group in the MENA region
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Vodafone Cameroon closes down after licence dispute
Mobile operator says it would not be economically viable to resume offering services after licence withdrawal and suspension of operations
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Vodafone, Idea sell India towers ops for €1bn
Indian operators confirm deal with American Tower; transaction could close before telcos complete their merger
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TIM Q3 earnings fall in Italy
Italian incumbent says litigation, regulation and severance costs impacted on its third-quarter EBITDA, shares plans to shore up fixed business
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Altice shuffles management as Combes quits
Dexter Goei takes over as Altice chief exec while Patrick Drahi returns as president as company aims for a return to the good old days
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Switzerland schedules 5G spectrum sale for 2018
ComCom to sell off spectrum in multiple bands with a view to solving 4G bottlenecks and facilitating 5G rollout
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Saudi Telecom starts small in FTTH project
Operator has rolled out FTTH to 51,000 homes in Riyadh, aims to reach 2 million by end-2020
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AT&T faces threat of major asset sales
DoJ could ask AT&T to sell DirecTV or CNN to push Time Warner deal through, sources say
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$1bn Pakistan towers deal going through regulatory approvals
Axiata’s acquisition of Pakistan Mobile Communications’ towers has received the thumbs-up from country’s competition watchdog
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3 Austria closes Tele2 acquisition
Telco sets its sights on business services market as it subsumes rival operator; new products due in Q2 next year
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Telia mulls options in Latvia after merger rejected
Swedish company says government has blocked all its proposals for Latvian fixed and mobile operations over past decade
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Aircel’s days numbered but sell-off will not be simple
Another Indian mobile operator is planning its exit from the market, but it will likely split up its assets among rival players
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Arqiva pulls £1.5bn float
U.K. provider of telecoms and TV masts puts IPO on hold due to market uncertainty
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5G: the beginning of the end for telcos
Some operators have identified the opportunities that will drive future growth, from content and services to data engineering and venture capitalism, but others risk being left exposed in the new world
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BT earnings down, hit by cost of sports rights
Global Services reports 11% decline in underlying revenue and 39% earnings drop in Q2, hitting group numbers
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RCom closes Sistema deal
Indian operator completes deal that will give it additional spectrum, ahead of its plan to monetise spectrum assets and pull out of mobile business
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Orange faces challenges as its bank opens for business
Banking analysts warn that French operator will not find it easy to become a bank, while telco analyst points out that competition from the banks in its home market will be fierce
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