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Partners Group has acquired EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure and will invest up to US$1.2 billion to fund the acquisition and buildout of existing and future data centre sites. -
11:11 Systems (11:11), a managed infrastructure solutions provider, confirms the acquisition of Static1, a provider of managed network and IT infrastructure services.
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EdgeUno is to acquire New Access S.A., a provider of connectivity and business continuity solutions in Ecuador, for an undisclosed all-cash sum.
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CTI Towers, a provider of wireless towers in the US, has confirmed the completion of its acquisition of SCI Towers, an independent towerco.
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iQSTEL confirms the acquisition of Whisl Telecom, a US-based telecoms operator in Houston, Texas, for $1.25 million cash.
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TPG Telecom has entered into a binding agreement to sell 100% of its passive mobile tower and rooftop infrastructure (tower assets) to OMERS Infrastructure Management (OMERS) for $950 million.
Forthcoming events
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The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has said it will look into Microsoft $16 billion acquisition of AI and speech technology firm Nuance Communications (Nuance).
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Atos has entered an agreement to acquire Cloudreach, a multi-cloud services company, for an undisclosed sum.
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The chairman of Cellcom, Doron Cohen, has been appointed acting CEO of the company.
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Dayamitra Telekomunikasi (Mitratel), a subsidiary of Telkom Indonesia, has taken over 4,000 cell towers from Telkomsel for $436 million.
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UAE-based Etisalat has increased its stake in Maroc Telecom from 48.4% to 53%, according to a regulatory filing it posted on Tuesday.
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AT&T and TPG have closed the deal to establish DirecTV, the new standalone entity that will own and operate DirecTV, AT&T TV and U-verse video services.
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Orange has formally submitted its interest to acquire a stake in Ethio Telecom, confirmed Ethiopia’s ambassador to France.
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Global consulting firm Accenture has acquired CS Technology to boost its cloud infrastructure engineering capabilities, including cloud planning, critical facilities design and data centre technologies.
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Patrick Drahi’s Next Alt S.à r.l, through its subsidiary Altice UK, has purchased a 12% stake in UK incumbent telco, BT, valued at approximately £2.2 billion ($3.1 billion).
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Private equity firm Asterion Industrial Partners, through its subsidiary Marbles SpA is launching a full buyout offer to acquire 100% of Italian telco Retelit.
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Macquarie Capital Principal Finance (Macquarie Capital) has acquired a majority stake in Wavenet Group Holdings Limited (Wavenet), for an undisclosed sum.
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Capacity caught up with Veer Arjun Passi, CEO of Kalaam Telecom Group, to understand what the acquisition will mean for international customers and how it ties into the company's future plans.
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Verizon and Apollo Global Management, an investment management firm, have entered into an agreement to acquire Verizon Media for $5 billion.
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ORBCOMM has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by GI Partners, a US-based investor in digital infrastructure, for an all-cash transaction worth approximately $1.1 billion.
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GIC, the Singaporean wealth investment fund, has agreed to buy a 2.5% stake in European towerco Cellnex from Edizione.
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Shares in Telefonica were trading 8.7% higher yesterday, following confirmation the multinational telco will sell its Telxius Towers unit.
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The value of data centre M&A deals that closed in the first eleven months of 2020 exceeded $30 billion, according to the latest data from Synergy Research Group.
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Cisco has entered an agreement to acquire cloud communications software and services provider IMImobile, for approximately $730 million.
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Cloud-enabled security solutions provider Barracuda has acquired Fyde, a ZTNA provider based in Palo Alto, California, and Porto, Portugal to expand the Barracuda CloudGen SASE platform with ZTNA capabilities.
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Australian telco Telstra (TLS.AX) is to split its business into three units, according to reports from Reuters.
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Huawei is to spin off its Honor smartphone brand in a US$15.2 billion deal, paving the way for an IPO by 2023.
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Liberty Latin America has completed its acquisition of AT&T’s wireless and wireline operations in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
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The government of Ghana is to buy AirtelTigo as approved by the board of parent company Bharti Airtel yesterday.
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Iliad has won EU antitrust clearance for its acquisition of Polish mobile group Play.
