The Indian unit of Vodafone Group Plc is seeking a merger with one of the top telecom companies in India following intensified competition after the launch of Mukesh Ambani-promoted Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd, British...
AT&T says Time Warner purchase could avoid FCC scrutiny
AT&T Inc expects to be able to bypass a powerful telecommunications regulator in its planned $85.4 billion acquisition of Time Warner Inc (TWX.N), the companies said in regulatory filings on Friday. Time Warner said...
SC order puts Aircel-RCom deal on hold
Malaysian business tycoon T Ananda Krishnan and other foreigners accused in the Aircel-Maxis deal, who have been evading court summons and warrants, on Friday, faced the heat of the Supreme Court, which restrained his...
Reliance Jio picks TiVo’s CubiTV to deliver TV service in India
Reliance Jio Media Pvt. Ltd (RJMPL) has selected TiVo’s CubiTV to deliver hybrid television entertainment to subscribers via high definition (HD) and 4K set-top boxes (STBs), the latter said in a statement. CubiTV will...
Qualcomm to invest in SoftBank’s new technology fund: report
Qualcomm Inc., the largest maker of mobile-phone chips, will invest in a new $100 billion technology fund that Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp. plans to launch this year, the Wall Street Journal reported. It was unclear how...
Apple confirms $1 billion investment in SoftBank tech fund
Apple Inc confirmed on Wednesday its plans to invest $1 billion in a tech fund being set up by Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp. SoftBank has said it is investing at least $25 billion in the fund and has been in talks...
Sunil Mittal-driven Bharti Airtel in advance talks to buy Telenor India business
Bharti Airtel is said to be in advanced talks to buy Telenor’s India business in a deal that will involve taking on the debt of Rs 1,500 crore while allowing India’s biggest telecom company to add to its 4G...
Israel telecom regulator signals likely to allow Bezeq to merge units
Bezeq Israel Telecom said on Sunday it had received notice that Israel’s telecoms regulator would likely allow Bezeq to merge its various business units. Bezeq, Israel’s dominant telecoms operator, had long...
RCom demerges towers into Towercom Infrastructure; to be wholly owned by Brookfield
Reliance Communications on Thursday said that telecom towers held by Reliance Infratel will be demerged into Towercom Infrastructure, which will be wholly owned and independently managed by affiliates of Brookfield...
RCom signs binding agreement with Brookfield for sale of tower business
Reliance Communications Ltd (RCom) on Wednesday said it has signed a binding agreement with Brookfield Infrastructure Partners to sell its tower business for an upfront payment of Rs11,000 crore in cash on completion of...
BCE gets first regulatory nod to buy Manitoba Telecom
BCE Inc (BCE.TO) said on Tuesday it had received its first regulatory approval, from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications, for its proposed C$3.1 billion ($2.3 billion) acquisition of Manitoba Telecom...
Brookfield set to seal Rs 11,000 crore RCom tower deal this week
The Brookfield Group is set to sign as early as Wednesday a definitive agreement with Reliance CommunicationsBSE 8.27 % to buy a majority stake in the Anil Ambani-controlled telecoms company’s tower unit for about Rs...
