Telecoms Deals & M&A
All the latest insight, news and analysis on telecoms deals and M&A activity.
TDF sale speculation: American Tower and Ardian are latest names in frame
Bidders are said to be circling the French wireless infraco and a sale is estimated to be worth up to €10bn.
Indian magnate joins BT board to give long-term investor Bharti a voice at the top
BT Group’s largest shareholder Bharti Enterprises firms up relationship to secure two boardroom seats.
Australia’s Waveconn bulks up tower portfolio with Optus deal
Towerco to acquire hundreds of new sites from Australia’s number-two operator, further expanding its tower portfolio. Optus says the sale raises cash to fuel investments elsewhere…
BT Ireland swaps leadership to begin ‘next phase’
Carol Connolly to take over from Shay Walsh to lead BT’s in-transition Irish business.
Vodacom lands another regulatory win for Maziv fibre JV
South Africa’s Competition Appeals Court gives thumbs up for the creation of Vodacom and CIVH’s long-planned fibre joint venture, taking it one step closer to go-time…
Q2 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.
Virgin Media O2 smartens up fibre rollout with IQGeo and Deepomatic combo
As IQGeo completed an acquisition of Deepomatic earlier this month, Virgin Media O2 emerged as one of the first operators to use their combined geospatial software and computer vision software tools to speed its fibre rollout.