M&A
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Liberty Latin America has agreed to combine its operations in Costa Rica with Millicom.
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US telco T-Mobile and Private equity firm KKR have formed a joint venture to acquire Metronet and its broadband infrastructure.
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Japanese investment firm Softbank group has bought UK AI chipmaker Graphcore for an undisclosed sum.
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Global data centre operator Digital Realty has bought a data centre site in Slough, West London, marking its entry into one of the biggest local data centre regions in Europe.
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Italy’s incumbent telco Telecom Italia (TIM) has completed the sale of its fixed-line business to private equity giant KKR.
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Nokia has signed an agreement to acquire Infinera for US$2.3 billion as it aims to expand its optical networking business.
Forthcoming events
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Following news earlier this week that more consolidation is afoot in the UK’s Altnet market, Neos Networks CEO
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BT Group has responded to an issue statement published by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), saying a Vodafone/Three merger would reduce incentives for all UK MNOs to invest in their networks.
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All-fibre, infrastructure-based connectivity provider Lightpath has agreed to acquire substantially all of the assets of United Fiber and Data.
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Dutch pension fund ABP has signed an agreement with mobile network operator KPN to create a new tower company, named TowerCo.
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Google has completed its fourth data centre in Singapore.
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KKR has secured EU antitrust approval for its acquisition of Telecom Italia’s (TIM) fixed-line network worth around US$24 billion.
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Orange has completed the merger between Orange Romania SA (ORA) and Orange Romania Communications (OROC) by integrating OROC into ORA.
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Bugcrowd, a provider of crowdsourced security, has acquired Informer, a provider of external attack surface management (ASM) and continuous penetration testing.
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M&A and dealmaking activity in telecoms companies and connectivity providers is back on the up after a quieter 2023 - here are 10 of the biggest.
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American investment firm Blackstone will buy an industrial site previously earmarked for British battery manufacturer Britishvolt.
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Global satellite operator SES has agreed to acquire Intelsat for $3.1 billion (€2.8 billion euros),
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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has started a detailed Phase 2 investigation looking into Vodafone UK’s joint venture agreement with Three UK.