Deal of the week
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| Brazilian competition watchdog Cade has approved the merger between Oi and Portugal Telecom. [read more] |
Midweek Mergers
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| British telecoms group Vodafone is looking at the potential acquisition of Indian mobile operator Loop Mobile. [read more] |
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| Caribbean operator Digicel is eyeing the acquisition of Telecom NZ's stake in Telecom Cook Islands (TCI). [read more] |
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| Orange Business Services has announced the acquisition of French cybersecurity firm Atheos. [read more] |
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| Dish has withdrawn its $2.2 billion bid to buy bankrupt wireless broadband company LightSquared. [read more] | |
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| Time Warner Cable has rejected a $60 billion takeover bid from rival Charter Communications.[read more] | |
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| UK-based data centre and network operator London Data Exchange (LDeX) has merged with Ping Networks to form LDeX Group. [read more] | |
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| French vendor Alcatel-Lucent is in talks to divest its enterprise unit, which sells telecommunications equipment and services to companies. [read more] |
International Investments
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| The Brazilian government is reportedly considering allowing local telecoms operators to pay off regulatory fines through investment. [read more] |
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| Seaborn Networks, the company behind the Seabras-1 cable, has received investment from the International Finance Corporation (IFC). [read more] |
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| Ocean Networks has secured funding for its South America Pacific Link (SAPL) subsea cable system, which aims to connect Manta, Ecuador to Oahu, Hawaii. [read more] |
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| Australian telecom giant Telstra has been fined A$510,000 ($453,000) by the country’s telecoms regulator for failing to connect new landline customers on time. [read more] |
