financing
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Fibre connectivity provider viaPhoton has expanded its capital base to US$100 million after raising US$80 million as part of a funding process led by Trinity Capital. -
DigitalBridge Group has published its fourth quarter (Q4) and full year (FY) 2021 financial results
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Etihad Etisalat Company (Mobily) has published its financial results for FY 2021, recording strong growth for the period.
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Both Millicom and du have reported strong performance growth for fourth quarter of 2021.
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Global management consulting firm Bain & Company has published its 2022 Global M&A report which found that telecoms M&A experienced a dramatic rebound during 2021.
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I Squared Capital, a global infrastructure investment manager, has made an investment in 1NCE, a connectivity and software IoT provider, for a global flat rate.
Forthcoming events
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ODATA Brasil is to expand three of its data centres in Brazil as part of a financial arrangement enabled by the World Bank Group's IFC.
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Nokia is due to exceed its FY21 financial guidance and has published an update to its reporting along with its operating margin guidance for 2022.
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GI Partners has secured a $389 million loan from Goldman Sachs to refinance One Wilshire, one of the largest internet exchanges in the world and the most interconnected terrestrial facility in the Western US.
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Adtran's stockholders have approved the ongoing $1.2 billion merger with Adva Optical Networking SE, by an overwhelming majority.
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WIOCC has completed a $200 million debt and equity capital raise to expand its connectivity across Africa and internationally.
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Airtel Africa confirms that its subsidiary Airtel Mobile Commerce Nigeria has been granted approval in principle by the Central Bank of Nigeria to operate as a super-agent in Nigeria.
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Rakuten Group has confirmed that it is preparing to list its online banking business, Rakuten Bank, for Initial Public Offering (IPO).
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Orange Middle East and Africa is to deploy Ericsson's Mobile Financial Services solutions across fourteen of the countries in its Orange Money footprint.
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Ooredoo QSC (Ooredoo) and CK Hutchison Holdings Limited (CK Hutchison) have signed a $6 billion definitive agreement for the merger of their telecoms businesses in Indonesia.
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Macquarie Infrastructure Partners V (MIP), an infrastructure fund managed by Macquarie Asset Management (MAM), has completed the acquisition of Cincinnati Bell for $2.9 billion.
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SoftBank Group Corp (SoftBank) has formed an equity share swap agreement with Deutsche Telekom AG (DT).
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Vantage Towers has published its first quarter 2022 report reporting revenues of €246 million representing a year-on-year (YoY) growth of 2.1%.
