Midweek Mergers: December 4

Midweek Mergers: December 4

Capacity brings you the latest mergers and acquisitions in the wholesale arena. If you have any deals you'd like us to share, please tweet us @capacitymag or email editorial@capacitymedia.com.

Deal of the week

 

US antitrust regulators have approved Microsoft's proposal to acquire Nokia's mobile phone unit. [read more]

 

Midweek Mergers

 

Telecoms solution provider TEOCO has completed its acquisition of AIRCOM International. [read more]

 

Akamai Technologies has said it will spend approximately $370 million to acquire cybersecurity company Prolexic Technologies. [read more]

 

Hutchison Whampoa’s Austrian subsidiary H3G has won customers at a faster rate after merging with Orange Austria, which it acquired at the start of 2013. [read more]

Telecom Italia does not have plans to sell its Brazilian subsidiary, TIM Participacoes. [read more]

 

International Investments

 

BT has announced a new phase of investment in Asia-Pacific, Turkey, the Middle East and Africa in a bid to tap into expansion in high-growth markets. [read more]

 

Indian operator Bharti Airtel has completed a €750 million bond sale to raise euro-denominated debt. [read more]

 

Charter Communications is reportedly arranging a $25 billion debt financing package to help fund its bid for Time Warner Cable. [read more]

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