Financial & Performance
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Financial & PerformanceAs lenders wobble on UK fibre, should altnets brace for potential write-downs?
FTTH Congress CEE: ING warns that lender peers are weighing up debt write-downs as UK and European fibrecos fail to deliver on business case promises. Altnet leaders warn that investors are ‘scarred’ by past shortcomings, but can be reconvinced…
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Financial & PerformanceBT drones investment Altitude Angel becomes latest Etc. venture to fall
Industry reacts as Altitude Angel appoints administrators, raises questions about airspace security, two years after BT’s £5m investment…
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Financial & PerformanceAltice France clears €8.6bn in debt and opens door to SFR sale
Embattled French group firms up major business restructure seeing founder Patrick Drahi reduce his stake, group of creditors gain a 45%-holding, and former Vodafone CEO Nick Read join Board of Directors as part of a governance rejig.
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Financial & PerformanceEutelsat shareholders inject funds to cut debt, boost LEO buildout
Satellite operator’s Board of Directors given the go-ahead for capital increase at Annual General Meeting, with plans to utilise funding to deleverage and advance satellite constellation ambitions.
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Financial & PerformanceSafaricom scaleup Circle Gas faces ‘severe but plausible’ funding crunch
Kenyan cooking gas investment continues to post substantial losses despite showing some fruit from a major restructure, with new funding required to ensure expansion plans can go ahead…
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Financial & PerformanceDT resets on cost and consumers, after German jolt
Q2 FY25: Enlarged, US-driven telco titan remains on track for near- and mid-term goals. But with DT experiencing a slowdown in competition-hit home market, and with macro worries pervading, execs indicate they may now push harder on cost reduction and AI-led transformation.
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Financial & PerformanceHeadlines: DT keeps poise despite German stumble
Q2 FY25: Group remains on track for key annual and mid-term targets despite drop in form in home market.
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Financial & PerformanceSpend: DT's Höttges previews ‘audacious’ new AI goals
Q2 FY25: Group Chief Executive indicates fresh, high-level talks are taking place within DT on an ambitious revamp of AI savings targets. How far to raise the bar remains an open question among top execs, though.
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Financial & PerformanceGuidance: DT jolted, but still in the comfort zone
Squall in Germany insufficient to blow DT supertanker off course, especially with T-Mobile US continuing to perform strongly and expand through M&A.
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Financial & PerformanceFibrus focuses on journey towards breakeven as revenue and EBITDA grow
In conversation: Fibrus CFO talks virtues of the altnet’s integrated business model as it reports steadily rising earnings and nears positive cash flow. Fibre ARPU ‘walk-up’ ongoing, but potential bolt-ons are under consideration…
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Financial & PerformanceTesco Mobile delivers on growth despite ‘highly competitive’ conditions
UK’s largest MVNO reports forward progress on users, sales, and profit in the face of strong competition.
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Financial & PerformanceTPG: Vodafone up for £360m windfall as Oz outpost splashes the cash
Following the multi-billion-dollar sale of its fixed assets, TPG Telecom is initiating a major capital return. The “novel and complex” AUD 3bn plan is designed to reward major shareholders while courting minority investors and improving the telco’s stock exchange and credit profile. It also boasted a cracking H1…
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Financial & PerformanceVi shares plummet: no further state support for Vodafone’s India affiliate
With share price diving after government indicated no further state help, at least on current basis, beleaguered Vi under renewed pressure to secure future and fund critical 5G rollout…
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Financial & PerformanceQ2 FY25: DT’s new German boss strengthens defence, as altnets amass
Q2 FY25: Second successive quarter of broadband user loss clouds picture around Group’s performance in home market.
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Financial & PerformanceTelefónica said to prep capital raise to fuel Murtra’s new strategy
€3bn–€4bn funding option just latest suggested manoeuvre to support upcoming reset with its control and industrial strategy backdrop, amidst tight financials, defence and European telecoms consolidator ambitions…
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Financial & PerformanceQ2 FY25: DT moves to put more fibre in T-Mobile diet
Deutsche Telekom sees potential for more ‘clean, incremental’ buyouts in American fibre space, to keep growth engine at T-Mobile US stoked. Comments come as T-Mobile ups expectations for FY25 on back of takeover spree, string of new industry tie-ups, and further customer base expansion.
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Financial & PerformanceQ2 FY25: DT looks ahead to life without Romania
DT’s leadership hails progress on European M&A as the sale of unwanted Romanian mobile business gains approval.
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Financial & PerformanceRe-booting Plusnet cuts jobs, ‘streamlines’ operations
BT’s no-frills broadband brand posts another year of decline as it resets and restructures.
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Financial & Performance1&1 taps fingers as it awaits spectrum sharing offer from rivals
Following regulator’s ruling in March, 1&1’s CEO Ralph Dommermuth says it’s not yet clear when the operator will be able to secure a deal to access low‑band spectrum.
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Financial & PerformanceTelefónica Q2 spend: copper maintenance drops off the bill
Telefónica’s home market OB gains the spotlight for cost efficiency efforts linked to completion of copper shutdown during Q2…