Deal of the week
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| Shareholders at Kenya’s Safaricom have officially approved the company’s joint acquisition of YuMobile, with Bharti Airtel. [read more] |
Midweek Mergers
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| French media group Vivendi has signed a final agreement with Spain’s Telefónica for the sale of Brazilian broadband firm GVT. [read more] | |
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| Swedish vendor Ericsson has acquired a majority stake in enterprise IT cloud company, Apcera. [read more] | |
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| Brazilian mobile operator Oi has announced plans to sell its assets in Africa in a bid to bolster its position in its domestic market. [read more] | |
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| Pan-European service provider Comtek has acquired the intellectual property rights (IPR) of telecoms network manufacturer Sorrento Networks. [read more] | |
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| The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in India has blocked Bharti Airtel’s acquisition of Loop Mobile. [read more] |
International Investments
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| AT&T is reportedly open to making an acquisition in Mexico as América Móvil chief Carlos Slim prepares to divest some of his assets in the country. [read more] | |
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| Verizon Communications has said that it would consider divesting a number of network assets, including its cell towers. [read more] | |
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| Vodafone UK's chief executive has said that he expects to deliver a return to growth for the company within the next two years. [read more] | |
