Vodafone will own 51% of the new entity while Three will own the remaining 49%
U.K. operators Vodafone and Three UK are expected to announce a merger that would create the United Kingdom’s largest mobile operator by the end of this week or early next...
Broadcom first announced plans to acquire VMware for $61 billion in May 2022
Broadcom’s plan to acquire VMware for $61 billion, first announced in May 2022, has encountered another setback. Regulators in both Europe and the U.S. are still looking into the proposed merger and...
In January 2022, Microsoft announced plans to acquire Activision for $68.7 billion
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has blocked Microsoft’s attempt to acquire Activision Blizzard, claiming the deal would lead to “reduced innovation and less choice” in the cloud gaming market.
Announced in January...
In today's fast-paced telecommunications industry, companies are constantly looking for ways to grow their business and stay ahead of the competition. In this episode of 5G Talent Talk with Carrie Charles, we sit down with Joe Cecin, CEO of Ontivity, a national-scale network services...
The commission now has 90 working days to take a decision on the proposed Orange-MasMovil merger
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess the proposed merger by Spanish carriers Orange and MasMovil. In a statement, the European body noted that it is...
Liberty Global also said the intended offer would be an offer in cash at a price of 22 euros ($23.7) per share
Liberty Global said it intends to launch a voluntary and conditional public takeover bid for all the shares of Belgian operator Telenet Group...
Quebecor acquired additional 5G spectrum in Manitoba and Quebec
Canadian operator Quebecor and its subsidiary Videotron have invested nearly CAD10 million ($7.5 million) to acquire new 5G wireless spectrum licenses, in Manitoba in the 600 MHz band and in Quebec in the 3,500 MHz band,...
The Rogers-Shaw merger still remains subject of the approval by the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry
Canada's Federal Court of Appeal has rejected the competition bureau's request to block the merger of Canadian carriers Rogers and Shaw, a decision that has removed one of...
FET had initially launched commercial 5G services in Taiwan in 2020
Taiwanese operator Far EasTone Telecommunications expects its 5G subscriber penetration rate to reach 40% by the end of this year from more than 30% last year, local newspaper Taipei Times reported.
The carrier’s president, Chee...
The telcos confirmed that the new entity will be called True Corp.
The boards of Thai operator Total Access Communication (Dtac) and True Corp. agreed that their merged entity will be called True Corp.
The two carriers informed the Thai Stock Exchange that they will have...
The ruling dismissed the Commissioner of Competition's petition to oppose the proposed Rogers-Shaw merger
Canada's competition tribunal approved Rogers Communications’ CAD 20 billion ($14.77 billion) bid for rival operator Shaw Communications.
The ruling, which dismissed the Commissioner of Competition's petition to oppose the proposed merger, also...
BAI and ZenFi plan to connect their diverse assets into a 'homogenized' portfolio offering for mobile operators
BAI Communications recently announced the close of its acquisition of ZenFi Networks, which means that the former has obtained the latter’s portfolio of assets, including over 1,100 route...
Vodafone would own 51% of the potential new entity while CK Hutchison would own the remaining 49%
Vodafone Group confirmed that it is in discussions with Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison Holdings in relation to a possible combination of Vodafone UK and Three UK.
In a...
The acquisition is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2022
United States broadband provider Fastwyre has acquired Moundville Communications, a telecommunications provider in central Alabama, marking the former’s entry into the southern state.
American Broadband Holding Company, under the trade name Fastwyre Broadband, provides...
With this transaction, Roger and Shaw believe that the merger of their operations should be approved by the Canadian government
Canadian operators Rogers Communications, Shaw Communications and Quebecor have entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of Freedom Mobile to Videotron, a subsidiary of...
Canada’s competition bureau has put on hold Rogers’ proposed purchase of Shaw, as it believes the deal will negatively impact competition in the domestic telecom sector
Rogers Communications has delayed the deadline for its CAD20 billion ($15.56 billion) acquisition of rival Shaw Communications to December...
Communications infrastructure provider BAI Communications will acquire ZenFi Networks, a digital infrastructure solutions provider based on the North American east coast. Financial terms were not disclosed. Once the deal is approved by regulators, the ZenFi Networks team will join BAI’s Transit Wireless and Mobilitie...
Aviat said that it is committed to maintaining the current engineering jobs in Canada as well as the corresponding R&D spend in the country
Wireless transport solutions specialist Aviat Networks said that the completion of the acquisition of Canadian firm Redline Communications, a provider in...
Rogers vowed to pursue its purchase of Shaw, commenting that the pair will work together to 'highlight the many benefits of the merger'
After two days of mediations with Canada’s Commissioner of Competition, Canadian telco Rogers Communications failed to negotiate its way to acquiring Shaw...
Tethys Mobile, formerly Virgin Mobile South Africa, has been in business rescue since September 2020
Huge Group will acquire the remaining assets belonging to Tethys Mobile, formerly Virgin Mobile South Africa. The telco was the country’s first mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), but it hit tough...
Rogers and Shaw last week agreed to sell Freedom Mobile, the cellular business owned by Shaw, to Montreal-based Quebecor
Canada's competition bureau is expected to ask Rogers Communications to sell Shaw Communications’ cellular unit Shaw Mobile to overcome competition concerns presented by the proposed merger...
Rogers and Shaw said they remain committed to the proposed merger due to the long-term benefits it will bring for consumers and businesses
Canadian operators Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications said they were notifiied of the Commissioner of Competition’s intention to file applications to...
Intel has acquired private 5G network provider Ananki, a startup created from the non-profit Open Networking Foundation (ONF) to focus on the commercialization of private 5G services based on open-source network technologies.
Following its spin off from the ONF, Ananki has been delivering software-defined private...
Vodafone Spain's CEO said that previous periods of consolidations had been positive for the domestic mobile telephony market
The potential merger of Spanish carriers Orange and Masmovil will represent a big opportunity for Vodafone Spain, Spanish newspaper Cinco Dias reported Vodafone Spain’s CEO, Colman Deegan,...
