Deals & M&A – Page 15
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M&A
TowerXchange Europe: Phoenix Tower explores new avenues for growth, still open to M&A
As tower deals cool off in Europe, comparative upstart Phoenix Tower International looks to operational efficiency and adjacent growth areas. Scott Lewis, VP Next Generation Solutions at PTI, flags difficulties with DAS, and says it’s “early days” for mobile private networks. Warns off engagement with enterprise IT as neither ...
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Strategy & Change
Drahi builds BT bet as stake nears 25%
French billionaire ups BT holding via Altice UK vehicle but shushes takeover talk.
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e& deepens Vodafone ties, adds CEO to board
Vodafone has entered a “strategic relationship” with its largest shareholder.
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Brazil’s Vivo remains primed for digital M&A
Telefónica’s local operating business open to acquisitions, JVs, and VC action as it seeks to build out its ecosystem in areas such as health, education, and IT.
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Vodafone and Sumitomo get closer with Economy of Things venture
New IoT-driven venture will combine the Japanese conglomerate’s investment with the operator’s Digital Asset Broker platform to develop services for the automotive industry.
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T-Systems drives off with GeoMobile
DT enterprise IT arm expands public transport and logistics portfolio with acquisition of Germany-based software provider.
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Chile MVNOs feel the heat as Telefónica absorbs Simple
An email to its customers indicated that Simple Movíles will cease operations and see its customer-base transfer over to Telefónica Chile.
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HICL makes French fibre play with Altitude Infra deal
HICL Infrastructure set to acquire stake in French fibre builder Altitude Infra.
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Venturing & Investments
InfraVia, Iliad close out deal for Polish fibre JV
InfraVia Capital Partners acquires 50% of Iliad Group’s PŚO, which aims to cover “half of all Polish households”.
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Nabiax offloads ex-Telefónica data centres to Actis
Asterion–Telefónica JV shifts operational focus to Spain with sale of North and Latin American data centres to investment firm Actis.
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Cube Infrastructure Managers buys out GleSYS
Cube Infrastructure Managers acquires majority stake in Nordic data centre operator.
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Liberty CEO ‘in M&A talks with CityFibre’
Not a done deal. Discussions are preliminary and large-scale consolidation in UK altnet market likely to attract sharp scrutiny from regulators.
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Three seeks to underscore Vodafone merger rationale
Three UK and Vodafone UK are subscale with returns below the cost of capital, says former.
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Vodafone–Three ‘finalising’ merger talks
Vodafone UK reportedly set to announce combination with Three UK, with finalisation of deal possible by the end of March 2023.
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tooz becomes one: DT exits high-tech glasses joint venture
German operator sells stake in smart optics venture to partner ZEISS Group.
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Government seeks to offload 10% stake in Telecom Egypt
Egyptian state reportedly planning to offload 10% stake in Telecom Egypt amid intense macroeconomic pressures.
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INWIT flags ‘pipeline’ of potential M&A add-ons
TowerCo boss caveats that any deal-making will be local, small scale, and funded by organic capex.
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Sweden’s EQT rounds out digital infra portfolio with Radius deal
Deal is worth $3bn including debt.
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Orange, OTE reach settlement over Romania deal refund
Greek group pays a €9m retrospective discount on Orange’s 2021 takeover of Telekom Romania following review of accounts.
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T.Capital to supercharge DT’s strategic investments
Strategic investment activity is independently branded as T.Capital and gets set to play bigger role in Deutsche Telekom’s innovation drive.