mergers and acquisitions
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Crown Castle has reached a $4.25 billion deal to sell its fibre business to Zayo, backed by DigitalBridge. -
Telefónica has continued its consolidation of its Latin American brands, agreeing to sell its controlling stake in Coltel to Millicom.
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Lip-Bu Tan, the Intel board member who resigned in protest over the company’s failure to develop a meaningful AI strategy, now holds the reins at the chip-making giant, taking over as takeover news continues to swirl.
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Qualcomm has announced plans to acquire Edge Impulse, an edge AI development platform, to strengthen the chipmaker's position in the rapidly evolving IoT and AI markets.
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Nokia has completed its $2.3 billion acquisition of optical networking provider Infinera as the Finnish firm looks to strengthen its presence in the data centre market.
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AI may be the biggest technology boom of our time, but according to DigitalBridge CEO Marc Ganzi, the real challenge isn’t access to GPUs or data centres, it’s power.
Forthcoming events
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The digital infrastructure landscape is experiencing a seismic shift, with fibre investments surging even as the tower sector struggles under the weight of high interest rates and slowing 5G spending.
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UK telecoms provider Gamma Communications has completed its acquisition of SF Technologies Holding (Starface).
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Intel is reportedly looking to sell a major stake in Altera, its programmable logic device subsidiary as it continues to look for ways to generate some much-needed cash.
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Inside DigitalBridge’s credit strategy to find real value in digital infrastructure
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It’s rarely a good sign when a company’s stock hits a six-month high on speculation that it could be broken up, but that’s exactly where Intel finds itself.
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The Italian state will retain a 70% stake in subsea firm Sparkle after Telecom Italia signed off on the €700 million (USD$733 million) acquisition bid from Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance and Asterion subsidiary Retelit.
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Vodafone UK and Three UK have unveiled their post-merger leadership team, with Vodafone executives claiming most of the top positions.
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BT has announced it has reached an agreement to sell its Irish wholesale and enterprise business arm to Speed Fibre Group for an undisclosed sum.
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Zayo Group is reportedly leading the pack to acquire Crown Castle’s assets, including its fibre and small cell businesses, in a deal potentially valued at more than $8 billion.
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Spanish telecoms company Telefonica has drafted JPMorgan to assess the potential sale of its Argentina operations.
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LG Electronics (LG) has solidified its position as a leader in robotics by acquiring a majority stake in Silicon Valley-based Bear Robotics, a pioneer in AI-powered autonomous service robots.
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Qatari conglomerate Power International Holding (PIH) has completed its acquisition of Kazakhstan-based operator Mobile Telecom-Service LLP (MTS).
Forthcoming events
Datacloud Asia 2025 co-located with ITW Asia
3 DECEMBER - 4 DECEMBER 2025 Singapore, Singapore
