Emmis Communications Corp * Emmis Communications receives proposal to acquire the corporation’s outstanding public shares * $4.10 cash per share offered for Emmis Communications Corporation’s public shares *...
Verizon to buy Fleetmatics in $2.4 billion deal
Verizon Communications will acquire Fleetmatics Group, a provider of fleet and mobile workforce management solutions, for $60per share in cash – representing a value of approximately $2.4 billion. “Fleetmatics is...
Fitch: CJH Merger Failure Leaves SK Telecom Trailing in Fixed Line
(The following statement was released by the rating agency) SEOUL/SYDNEY, July 28 (Fitch) SK Telecom Co., Ltd’s (SKT, A-/Stable), failure to acquire South Korea’s largest cable television operator will leave...
Telefonica Brasil boosts merger outlook, but profit down
Telefonica Brasil SA , the biggest telecommunications company in the country, raised its forecast for savings from a major merger, although one-time personnel costs from the restructuring triggered a 23 percent drop in...
What Verizon’s acquisition means for Yahoo users
NEW YORK: If you have a Yahoo email account or regularly visit services like Yahoo Finance and Yahoo Sports, you might be wondering what will happen to the once-venerable brand once Verizon takes over. Nothing will...
Orange completes acquisition of Airtel in Sierra Leone
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* Orange completes acquisition of mobile operator Airtel in Sierra Leone Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: (Reporting by Paris Newsroom)
Telefonica sells China Unicom stake for 322 million euros
Spain’s heavily indebted Telefonica said today it had sold a 1.51% stake in China Unicom, China’s second-biggest telecommunications provider, for 322 million euros ($356 million). The former state monopoly...
Dutch regulator asks EU if it can oversee Ziggo-Vodafone merger review
The Dutch markets regulator on Wednesday asked for EU permission to conduct an antitrust review of a proposed merger between Liberty Global’s Dutch cable company Ziggo and Vodafone’s Dutch operations. The...
Prospects of Wind/H3G Merger Approval Improved by Iliad Deal
(The following statement was released by the rating agency) LONDON, July 06 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings says that Iliad’s agreement to buy Italian mobile assets as part of the plan to merge Wind Telecomunicazioni S.p.A...
Vodafone emerges as frontrunner for buying out Telenor’s operations in India
MUMBAI: Vodafone has emerged as the frontrunner for buying out Telenor’s operations in India, said two people with knowledge of the matter, as the country’s No. 2 telecom company prepares for the coming...
MTN Hires Barclays’ Van Coller for M&A to Accelerate Shakeup
MTN Group Ltd. hired Barclays Africa Group Ltd.’s former investment banking chief Stephen Van Coller to run its strategy and mergers and acquisitions, further shoring up its management as it recovers from a record...
Mobilink and Warid’s merger transaction completed
VimpelCom, Global Telecom Holding, together with Warid Telecom Pakistan and Bank Alfalah, today announced the completion of the transaction to merge Pakistan Mobile Communications Limited and Warid Telecom, creating...
