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Lycamobile aims to kill T-Mobile’s proposed acquisitions

by Maddie Hicks | Apr 23, 2024

This week, London-based MVNO Lycamobile has urged the urged the FCC to block T-Mobile’s $1.35 billion purchase of rival MVNO Mint Mobile.

Axiata and Airtel sign agreement to merge operations in Sri Lanka

by Harry Baldock | Apr 18, 2024

The move will be facilitated by a stake swap, with Dialog Axiata taking 100% ownership of Airtel Lanka in exchange for giving Bharti Airtel a 10.4% stake in Dialog Axiata

Altnets Netomnia and Brsk linked to merger talks

by Harry Baldock | Apr 15, 2024

This week, a new report says that two the UK’s major altnets could be set to merge, in a move that would create a combined company covering over 1 million premises with fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP).

CMA launches Phase 2 investigation of Vodafone–Three merger

by Harry Baldock | Apr 4, 2024

Today, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced that it will launch a Phase 2 investigation into the £15 billion merger between Vodafone UK and Three UK, a move that would shrink the number of mobile players in the market from four to three.

VEON exits Kyrgyzstan to focus on key markets

by Harry Baldock | Mar 27, 2024

This week, VEON has announced that it will exit Kyrgyzstan, selling its majority stake in Beeline Kyrgyzstan to Chaudhary Group (CG Corp Global)’s subsidiary CG Cell Technologies.

Swisscom lines up purchase of Vodafone Italy for €8bn

by Harry Baldock | Feb 28, 2024

Today, Vodafone has confirmed that it has agreed to sell its Italian unit to Switzerland’s Swisscom for €8 billion.

Vestager quashes rumours that EU will loosen merger rules

by Harry Baldock | Feb 20, 2024

This week, European Commissioner Margrethe Vestager has moved to dispel rumours that the European Union will ease merger rules for the telecoms sector, saying that she has not heard of any such proposals.

CK Hutchison and EQT scrap Wind Tre network infra deal

by Harry Baldock | Feb 13, 2024

In May last year, CK Hutchison announced it was carving out the fixed and mobile assets of its Italian operator WindTre, aiming to sell 60% of the newly formed company to Swedish infrastructure fund EQT.

Now, however, the sale has been cancelled, with EQT issuing only a brief statement by way of explanation.

Telenor logs $760m impairment off the back of Thai merger

by Harry Baldock | Feb 5, 2024

This week, Norwegian telco group Telenor has announced it will book an 8.04 billion Norwegian kroner ($760.3 million) impairment in Q4 2023 for its investment in True Corp.

Strategic Imperatives and X3T announce merger to accelerate connections between AltNets and ISPs

by Harry Baldock | Jan 23, 2024

Strategic Imperatives, the UK market leader in SaaS provisioning, connectivity and monetisation solutions for the telecom industry has today announced its merger with X3T, the services and technology company on a mission to empower connections between AltNets and Internet Service Providers (ISPs).

Reunited: Dish Network and EchoStar complete merger

by Harry Baldock | Jan 3, 2024

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.

Accelerating Germany’s fibre journey: Streamlining for success

by Harry Baldock | Nov 29, 2023

Interview We spoke to Michael Nitz, Sales Director Telecom DACH at Amadys, to discuss the state of...

Broadcom finalises VMware acquisition deal

by Bradford Randall | Nov 27, 2023

News The acquisition adds yet another highlight to the portfolio of Broadcom Broadcom, a company...

Digital Infrastructure: Riding the resurgent wave of telecom investment

by Total Telecom Staff | Nov 13, 2023

Partner Article by Waltter Kulvik, Partner at Eversheds Sutherland Spurred by surging interest in...

Rogers prepares to lock out unionised workers ahead of strike

by Harry Baldock | Nov 6, 2023

Having been in negotiations since February, two months ago around 300 former Shaw technicians voted 99.6% in favour of a striking over fears of job security, saying that they were increasingly being replaced by contractors.

“It’s not like the work has disappeared,” said Jayson Little, spokesperson for the United Steelworkers union, which represents the workers. “They’ve just started to rely more and more on contractors to do that work.”

Zegona preparing to take majority stake in Vodafone Spain

by Harry Baldock | Oct 30, 2023

News

Late last month, European telecoms investment firm Zegona Communications confirmed that it had entered negotiations with Vodafone to acquire a full or partial stake in Vodafone Spain. At the time, negotiations were notably in the early stages, with Zegona also in discussions with a consortium of banks to secure funding for the potential purchase.

Now, according to anonymous sources speaking to Bloomberg, negotiations are close to reaching a positive conclusion, with Zegona set to buy a stake of at least 50% in Vodafone Espana.