IPO
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Analysis from GlobalData claims that initial public offerings (IPOs) in the telecoms, media and technology (TMT) space increased 72% last year when compared to 2020.
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Deutsche Telekom is aiming for a €20 billion valuation for Deutsche Funkturm, its German tower unit, in a 2022 sale.
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Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Limited achieved a 9.5% return for its investors in the first nine months of the year, exceeding its stated target by 0.5%.
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Shares of Indonesia’s Mitratel fell as much as 3.12% on its trading debut on Monday after the launch of the second biggest initial public offering (IPO) this year.
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Telkom Indonesia's Mitratel is aiming to raise $1.68 billion in its initial public offering (IPO) and it eyes a regional expansion.
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OVHcloud has formally listed its business on the Paris stock exchange, confirming an enterprise value of $4.1 billion (€3.5 billion).
Forthcoming events
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MTN Uganda and IHS Holding have both announced further details for their respective initial public offerings (IPO).
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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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Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has completed the initial public offering (IPO) of Arabian Internet and Communications Services Co, which trades as Solutions by STC.
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Infrastructure manager Digital 9 is looking at investments worth £670 million in the short term, and a total of £1.85 billion over the next 12 months.
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Solutions by STC, the Saudi Telecom unit that is to preparing for an initial public offering, has set an indicative price range for its listing.
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Antin Infrastructure Partners has advanced its plans to list on the Euronext Paris Stock Exchange.
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A London start-up company is expected to become the UK’s first in quantum technology to list its shares.
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Yahsat, which began trading on the Abu Dhabi Stock Exchange (ADX) today, is planning to launch a new satellite in 2023.
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Saudi Telecom Co (STC) has confirmed it is to sell a 20% stake in its Solutions by STC business.
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Digital 9 Infrastructure has raised hundreds of millions and has started its investment plan by buying Aqua Comms. But there are other opportunities in the pipeline, Thor Johnsen tells Alan Burkitt-Gray
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Yahsat is likely to price its IPO at AED 2.55 to AED 3.05 per share (US$0.69 to $0.83), raising up to US$810 million.
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Al Yah Satellite has confirmed that it is to go public in the third quarter of this year, with a listing on the Abu Dhabi stock exchange.
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After its £370 million IPO in February, Cordiant Capital is assessing a pipeline of €1.5 billion in digital infra investments. Chairman of digital infrastructure, Steven Marshall, tells Melanie Mingas about the plans
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Bank of America and Morgan Stanley have been hired as advisors for the potential initial public offering (IPO) of Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat).
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Cordiant Digital Infrastructure, the UK's first digital infrastructure fund, has acquired its first digital assets.
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Mavenir, the open RAN company that last year abandoned a US$300 million share flotation plan, has had a $500 million investment from part of the Koch family group.
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Korea's SK Telecom is to split into two companies: an AI and digital infraco, and a division tentatively called the ICT Investment Company.
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Cyber security company Darktrace could be worth £2.5 billion or more by the end of April after it announced its plans to float its shares.
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Mastercard has invested US$100 million in Airtel Mobile Commerce (AMC), the mobile money subsidiary of Airtel Africa, taking a minority stake in the business as it prepares for an IPO.
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Former Zayo executive Jack Waters has succeeded in his plan to raise £300 million for a new fund that will buy Aqua Comms and other infrastructure companies.
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Cerberus Capital Management's second blank cheque company targeting the ICT industry, is looking to raise US$500 million in its IPO.
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Saudi Telecom Company is in the process of submitting an application to register and offer shares in Solutions by STC on the Saudi Stock Exchange.
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An investment group is planning to raise £400 million on the London Stock Exchange to invest in digital infrastructure, including subsea operator Aqua Comms.
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PPF Group NV has appointed banks BNP Paribas, Morgan Stanley and Societe Generale to explore a potential IPO of its telecoms division.
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Cordiant Digital Infrastructure, which aimed to raise £300 million for a digital infrastructure investment trust, has exceeded its target, announcing gross proceeds of £370 million.
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Vodafone is rumoured to be preparing to list Vantage Towers on the Frankfurt stock exchange in its first initial public offering (IPO), come March.
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Telus Corp has confirmed the conditions around its IPO as it moves to separate its telecoms business from Telus International.
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Cordiant Digital Infrastructure is targeting a raise of £300 million as it lists on the specialist fund segment of the main market of the London Stock Exchange.
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Rounding off a tumultuous year TMT deals didn’t stop over the holiday season.
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The year 2020 reshaped the technology and telco space as Covid brought new funding and demand trends.
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Telesat Canada is to become Telesat Corporation and list on the NASDAQ.
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The e-commerce subsidiary of South Korean telco SK Telecom has entered into a distribution and investment deal with Amazon.
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Puppet has named two new additions to its board of directors as it prepares for an IPO.
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Perth-based data centre operator DC Two has debuted on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) with a market cap of AU$11.7 million.
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TELUS International has entered into an agreement to acquire Lionbridge AI in a deal valued at US$935 million (C$1.2 billion).
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Mavenir, the open RAN specialist that in September bought UK small-cell company ip.access, has withdrawn its plan to raise US$300 million on the US Nasdaq market.
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Helios Towers has witnessed a 7% year-on-year increase in revenue in the first nine months of the year.
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GDS Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: GDS) raised US$1.67 billion in its second Hong Kong listing, after pricing shares at $86.04 each.
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Saudi Arabia could be about to announce its next IPO, according to reports over the weekend.
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A special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) formed by Cerberus Capital Management has filed IPO paperwork with the US Security and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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NTT has launched a buyout bid to take its mobile unit Docomo private, in a move that is likely to support the prime minister's push to reduce phone tariffs.
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Chindata Group Holdings (CGH) has detailed the terms of its $540 million US initial public offering (IPO).
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African company IHS Holding has confirmed it is exploring “a potential IPO” in the United States.
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A net debt-free Jio Platforms is looking to lift its fortunes further with a possible public listing by 2024.
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The fortunes of Chinese start-ups looking to list on US stock exchanges could be about to sour as the Senate and Nasdaq both introduced new rules over the last 48 hours.
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Africa-focused telecom tower infrastructure company Helios Towers has closed its initial public offering (IPO) on $1.45 billion.
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Airtel Africa, the Indian-owned company that raised £750 million in a difficult share flotation in June, has reached 100 million customers.
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Vodafone has revealed it will create what it calls Europe’s “largest tower portfolio”, comprising 61,700 towers in 10 national markets, settling some of its debt by creating potential earnings of around €900 million.