Deal of the week
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| AT&T has agreed to lease 9,100 wireless network towers, and sell a further 600, to network tower operator Crown Castle International. [read more] |
Midweek Mergers
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| Norway's Telenor has announced that it will acquire Tele2's fibre and cable television business in Sweden for $122 million. [read more] |
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| Japanese operator SoftBank has agreed to purchase a majority stake in private US cellphone company Brightstar.[read more] |
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| América Móvil has withdrawn its €7.2 billion bid to take over KPN, after both parties failed to agree on an offer price. [read more] |
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| Bharti Airtel has acquired Qualcomm's stake in a 4G broadband venture in India, to take full control of the company. [read more] | |
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| Russian bank VTB has sold 50% of mobile operator Tele2 Russia to billionaire Yuri Kovalchuk and partners. [read more] | |
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| An agreement has been reached for telecoms equipment vendor Tellabs to be acquired by private equity firm Marlin Equity Partners for $891 million. [read more] |
International Investments
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| Dutch cable provider Ziggo has recorded a decline in third-quarter core profits, despite winning a significant number of customers during the period. [read more] |
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| Austria's spectrum auction raised €2 billion and saw Telekom Austria, Hutchison Whampoa and Deutsche Telekom tighten their grip on the mobile market.[read more] |
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| Seaborn Networks has received a credit facility for its subsea cable project linking Brazil to the US, subject to certain closing conditions. [read more] |
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| Qatari operator Ooredoo is said to be considering listing on the London Stock Exchange, or another major bourse, as it looks to heighten its international profile. [read more] | |
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| Reliance Jio Infocomm has been awarded a unified 4G licence in India, according to local reports. [read more] |
