All Deals (M&A) articles
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M&ABrazil’s Vivo eyes Oi enterprise unit — report
Vivo reportedly keen on hoovering up further Oi assets, helping to advance M&A-fuelled enterprise expansion. Divestment could mark the latest move in Oi’s long-running asset sell-off process…
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Network & InfraUK: CityFibre and BDUK massively renegotiate Project Gigabit subsidies, to reflect market realities
As CityFibre cancels or shrinks its Project Gigabit commitments, halving the covered premises while increasing the per-property subsidy, BT/Openreach emerges as the dominant beneficiary of government subsidies.
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Financial & PerformanceDT delivering despite dollar drag
Q1 FY26 In-depth: Group just sneaks into growth on revenue and earnings, after results again diluted by past weakening of dollar.
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Financial & PerformanceIliad in bullish mood despite SFR talks dragging on
Q1 FY26: CEO hails a “good” first quarter for the group, in contrast to takeover target SFR. Expansion of AION Gigafactory consortium also highlighted…
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M&ASFR takeover talks enter extra time as Altice extends deadline
French telco trio Bouygues Telecom, Iliad, and Orange have been handed another three weeks to agree on a deal that satisfies Altice demands, with uncertainty lingering about the likelihood of an agreement…
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B2BOrange beefs up cyberdefence business with Spanish expansion
French operator continues to bet on security and sovereignty as a path to B2B revival, in turbulent times, with the opening of new cybersecurity hubs in Barcelona and Madrid. The move also sees Orange continuing to build closer links with soon-to-be-consolidated Spanish business MásOrange.
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M&AUK’s AllPoints reinforces wholesale shift with Cuckoo divestment
Altnet furthers transition from fibre builder to wholesale aggregator by offloading one of its two consumer ISPs. Deal sees AllPoints sign up another customer to growing aquila platform, as it moves to commercialise its fibre infrastructure…
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M&ASFR takeover: Bouygues says talks remain in ‘active mode’ amid reports of delay
€20bn-plus preliminary agreement for SFR break-up said to be unlikely by deadline of 15 May. Four-to-three MNO consolidation play set to see much of the acquired network and IT asset base junked…
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PeoplewatchGlobalConnect names new CEO amidst network expansion push
GlobalConnect CFO Lasse Pilgaard set to move up into top spot from September, with new finance chief waiting in the wings. European fixed infra provider says appointments mark the “final step” in wider leadership overhaul, as it moves to accelerate network expansion and legacy route upgrades…
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M&AVodafone bulks up with £4.3bn UK buyout
Group says ‘time is right’ to move on VodafoneThree less than a year after combining, buying out CK Hutchison and bulking up in its home market. Management cites progress on synergies, but jury’s out on ‘success’ of merged operator eleven months in…
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Analyst BriefingOrangewatch: Q1 figures, a revised SFR bid, and progress on taking back MásOrange
Analyst Briefing: Orange claims “very good” first quarter results, makes a fresh offer for distressed rival SFR, and signs a takeover deal for fibreco Scorefit…
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M&AOrange moves to bulk up fibre estate with Scorefit buy
Operator agrees to acquire French fibre operator from BNP Paribas, supported by €1.3bn worth of financing agreements with banks. If approved, deal will see Orange expand its fibre asset pool to support commercial expansion and ongoing domestic copper switch-off…
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PeoplewatchEx-Orange France boss joins fibre challenger Altitude
French investment group recruits Fabienne Dulac to help guide it through anticipated phase of national fibre player consolidation …
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InterviewChelot: wholesale scale is ‘mission impossible’ without nexfibre-Netomnia deal
Interview: “I have a wholesale platform, but I have no wholesale customers”. Jeremy Chelot’s Netomnia hit a structural ceiling, with bowing out the only way to progress the Openreach challenge. Firing back at nexfibre deal critics, he asks for alternatives to his Plan B, deeming consolidation the best route and reflecting on the challenge of leading a business through a sale.
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M&AOrange’s Heydemann is confident on new SFR takeover bid
CEO of French incumbent is hoping for a positive response to its second bid for assets from distressed rival SFR, alongside Bouygues and Iliad. As well as dangling a higher, €20bn+ offer in front of seller Altice, she notes a change to the deal’s structure would help the French trio mitigate some execution risk. She also remains confident of the case for consolidation.
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M&AFrench trio increases bid for SFR, starts exclusive talks
New offer gives SFR a total enterprise value of €20bn, with Bouygues still in the driving seat, Orange and Iliad onboard.
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Financial & PerformanceDT FY25 in-depth: home front vulnerabilities ease
DT ends FY25 on a positive note, seeing seeds of recovery in Germany and maintaining momentum across other segments.
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M&ASFR takeover: Pressure mounts as talks enter ‘stoppage time’
France: reports say Bouygues Telecom, Iliad, and Orange could make a new bid for their domestic rival by the end of April.
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M&AOrange nets EU clearance to absorb MásOrange
Regulatory approval of the €4.25bn deal was clearly a perfunctory affair, and will give back Orange full control of its Spanish operations.
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M&ATelefónica moves to exit Mexico in latest Hispam sell-off
Telefónica lands agreement to offload Mexican operations to Melisa Acquisition, marking the latest move in the operator’s accelerated Hispam retreat…