Deal of the week
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| Kiwi telco Spark – formerly Telecom New Zealand – has signed a conditional agreement to acquire cloud services firm Computer Concepts (CCL) for NZ$50 million ($33.3 million). [read more] |
Midweek Mergers
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| Nokia’s shareholders have approved the company’s €15.6 billion acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent at its extraordinary general meeting. [read more] |
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| Telefonica Deutschland will begin integrating the UMTS and GSM networks of O2 and mobile operator E-Plus in January 2016. [read more] |
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| America Movil said that the trading in the shares of Telesites – its spun-off towers unit – will begin on December 21, 2015. [read more] |
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| Orange is reportedly in early discussions about acquiring Bouygues' telecoms and media assets. [read more] |
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| EU regulators have rejected a request by the UK’s competition authority to investigate Hutchison Whampoa’s £10.3 billion bid to acquire O2. [read more] |
International Investments
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| UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has delayed its planned auction of spectrum in the 2.3GHz and 3.4GHz bands following threats of legal action from Telefonica and Hutchison. [read more] |
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| Norway has raised €95 million in its 1800MHz spectrum auction after seven days and 83 rounds of bidding. [read more] |