Deal of the week
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| Axiata’s tower company edotco is to acquire a controlling stake of 75% in Digicel’s Myanmar Tower Company for $221 million. [read more] |
Midweek Mergers
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| Telenor has announced plans to sell its 33% stake in VimpelCom to focus on its core operations. [read more] |
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| TeliaSonera plans to merge its two Lithuanian subsidiaries, fixed-line operator TEO and mobile player Omnitel. [read more] |
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| Vivendi has increased its stake in Telecom Italia to 19.9% in a bid to further expand in southern Europe. [read more] |
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| Mexico’s Alfa has agreed to purchase a majority stake in Axtel in a move to take on market leader America Movil. [read more] |
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| Orange is in the final round of discussions with an unidentified party to sell its 70% stake in its Kenyan unit. [read more] |
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| The European Commission (EC) has launched an investigation into Liberty Global’s proposed acquisition of Base to assess if it could be harmful to the Belgian market. [read more] |
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| Argentina’s telecoms regulator has rejected Grupo Clarin’s $178 million bid to acquire mobile operator Nextel. [read more] |
International Investments
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| All four domestic carriers in France have indicated that they wish to take part in the country’s upcoming auction of 4G mobile spectrum. [read more] |
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| The UAE telecoms market is said to have grown by 12.32% to almost $9 billion (Dh32.8 billion) this year compared to almost $8 billion (Dh29.2 billion) last year. [read more] |