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Iliad’s Xavier Niel shows interest in Altice Portugal 

Billionaire Xavier Niel, who owns French telco Iliad, has expressed an interested in purchasing Altice Portugal, according to a report from Bloomberg . Altice Portugal, which is part of Altice Group and serves customers using the brand name Meo, is owned by French billionaire Patrick Drahi, who indicated his intention to sell the unit in summer last year.  

Are “lazy” broadband engineers to blame for UK cyber-attacks? 

A report from the Telegraph suggests that UK hospitals and banks are more likely to be exposed to cyber-attacks because of “lazy” broadband engineers failing to complete paperwork. According to the article, the engineers are failing to disclose “when and where they are working on BT’s network”, leaving BT’s client companies unable to see who is accessing their critical network infrastructure.

Reunited: Dish Network and EchoStar complete merger

The new year sees Charlie Ergen’s telecoms empire pieced back together, combining satellite firm EchoStar with struggling wireless and TV player Dish Network. Satellite communications company EchoStar was initially spun off from satellite TV company Dish Network back in 2008, with the moved hailed as allowing both companies more flexibility and investment potential.

iliad proposes Vodafone Italy merger 

French-based iliad has announced today that it has submitted a proposal to Vodafone to merge their Italian units, through the creation of a new entity named NewCo. Under the deal, Vodafone would receive a 50% share of the new entity, a cash payment of €6.5 billion and a shareholder loan of EUR 2.0 billion to ensure long-term alignment.

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