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Tech giants like Google, Amazon, and Meta are bracing for heightened scrutiny in the UK as the new digital markets competition regime takes effect. -
IQ Fiber acquired ThinkBig Networks for an undisclosed sum.
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The UK’s competition watchdog has launched a probe into IBM’s prospective acquisition of software firm HashiCorp.
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POET Technologies, which designs and develops photonic hardware for data centres, AI and telecom workloads, has completed its acquisition of Chinese photonics firm Super Photonics Integrated Circuit Xiamen Co (SPX).
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Swisscom kicked off 2025 by celebrating the early completion of its Vodafone Italia acquisition after receiving the outstanding green lights from regulators.
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Atos has revealed the French state is in talks to acquire the company’s Advanced Computing business in a deal that could be worth up to €625 million (US$656 million).
Forthcoming events
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UAE-based Etisalat has increased its stake in Maroc Telecom from 48.4% to 53%, according to a regulatory filing it posted on Tuesday.
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AT&T and TPG have closed the deal to establish DirecTV, the new standalone entity that will own and operate DirecTV, AT&T TV and U-verse video services.
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Orange has formally submitted its interest to acquire a stake in Ethio Telecom, confirmed Ethiopia’s ambassador to France.
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Global consulting firm Accenture has acquired CS Technology to boost its cloud infrastructure engineering capabilities, including cloud planning, critical facilities design and data centre technologies.
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Patrick Drahi’s Next Alt S.à r.l, through its subsidiary Altice UK, has purchased a 12% stake in UK incumbent telco, BT, valued at approximately £2.2 billion ($3.1 billion).
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Private equity firm Asterion Industrial Partners, through its subsidiary Marbles SpA is launching a full buyout offer to acquire 100% of Italian telco Retelit.
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Macquarie Capital Principal Finance (Macquarie Capital) has acquired a majority stake in Wavenet Group Holdings Limited (Wavenet), for an undisclosed sum.
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Capacity caught up with Veer Arjun Passi, CEO of Kalaam Telecom Group, to understand what the acquisition will mean for international customers and how it ties into the company's future plans.
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Verizon and Apollo Global Management, an investment management firm, have entered into an agreement to acquire Verizon Media for $5 billion.
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ORBCOMM has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by GI Partners, a US-based investor in digital infrastructure, for an all-cash transaction worth approximately $1.1 billion.
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GIC, the Singaporean wealth investment fund, has agreed to buy a 2.5% stake in European towerco Cellnex from Edizione.
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Shares in Telefonica were trading 8.7% higher yesterday, following confirmation the multinational telco will sell its Telxius Towers unit.
