Deal of the week
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| América Móvil has made a €7.2 billion cash offer for the 70% of KPN it does not already own. [read more] |
Midweek Mergers
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| Russia’s MegaFon has agreed to buy LTE service provider, Scartel, for $1.2 billion. [read more] |
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| Singapore operator SingTel has reportedly received two offers for its Australian satellite business, with one coming from Intelsat SA. [read more] |
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| Wilcon, a west coast fibre and data centre infrastructure provider has announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Freedom Dark Fiber Networks. [read more] |
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| Telstra Global has secured a licence to operate and sell telecoms services to both multinational corporations and carrier customers in Taiwan. [read more] |
International Investments
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| Russian operator VimpelCom is said to be eyeing market consolidation in a number of markets following a review of its global operations. [read more] |
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| Nordic operator TeliaSonera has said it is focussed on increasing its stake in two Latvian companies and backs the sector’s plans to merge fixed-line and mobile operations. [read more] |
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| The Russian government has released the funding of approximately €286.3 million to commence work on the first satellite of Angola. [read more] |
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| Five mobile operators in Bangladesh have applied to participate in the country’s upcoming 3G auction. [read more] |