Turkcell has bolstered its holding in Ukraine following its $100 million acquisition of a 44.96% stake in Euroasia Telecommunications.
Recent changes in US-Cuban political and economic relations provide unprecedented opportunities for US businesses in the telecommunications sector.
The 22% holding in Telecom Italia currently held by the Telco investment group will be broken up following approval from the Argentinean antitrust watchdog CNDC.
The transport and communications ministry (SCT) of Mexico is aiming to begin tendering a $10 billion national mobile broadband network by October.
Vodafone Egypt has lined up EGP9.5 billion ($1.25 billion) to invest in its network across the next 3 years, despite its shareholder Telecom Egypt’s planned sale of its 45% stake.
Thailand’s market-leading mobile operator AIS (Advanced Info Service) is planning a 4G investment of up to THB60 billion – around $1.83 billion.
African infrastructure company IHS Towers has raised a $2.6 billion capital fund that will go towards acquisitions and buildouts to increase its presence in the continent.
Japanese group SoftBank is reportedly considering an acquisition of the wireless assets put up for sale by America Movil in Mexico.
Pakistani operator Warid Telecom has pledged a network investment of $470 million across the next 5 years aimed at upgrading its current 2.5G network to 4G.
The Mexican regulator IFT has agreed with the country’s ministry of telecoms and transport (SCT) that the state network should be up and running by 2018.
Vodafone CEO Marten Pieters has stated that the UK-headquartered group will spend $1 billion on upgrading its network and operations across India.
Japanese operator Softbank could make its first move into Latin America with an investment in Iusacell, according to reports.
Virgin Mobile’s new MVNO, Virgin Mobile Central and Eastern Europe (VMCEE), has attracted €40 million of investment from new backers.
Amid a frantic operator power struggle in Brazil, Telecom Italia is believed to be considering a bid for fixed-line operator Oi.
The tower company formed by a joint venture between China’s three leading operators will reportedly be listed publicly to raise private capital.
Cable & Wireless Communications has unveiled Project Marlin, a $250 million investment programme covering its networks across the Caribbean and Central America.
Etisalat has confirmed that it will sell its operations in West Africa to Maroc Telecom.
Etisalat has reached a financing agreement with several banks which will allow it to acquire a majority stake in Maroc Telecom.
The sale of Telefonica’s Czech and Slovak units to Czech investment group PPF has been closed.
The Brazilian securities regulator CVM has created a setback for the merger of Brazil’s number four Oi and Portugal Telecom by ruling in favour of Oi’s minority shareholders. Despite this, the country’s regulator Cade has approved the deal without restrictions.
NII Holdings, which operates under the Nextel brand in Latin America, has completed two previously announced deals to sell various communications sites to American Tower Corporation.
Deutsche Bank has partnered with the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) to acquire a 2.7% stake in the Russian fixed-line operator Rostelecom for RUB7.7 billion ($240 million).
Vodafone is reportedly planning on buying out the minority shareholders in its Indian business, which would represent an investment of as much as $2 billion.
Russian private lender Bank Rossiya is reportedly looking to acquire a 50% stake of operator Tele2 Russia.
The government of Oman is planning on selling a 19% stake in the market-leading operator Omantel.
The Israeli cloud-based broadband solutions provider DiviNetworks has secured $5 million of investment from IFC, a member of the World Bank Group.
Bangladesh’s leading operator Grameenphone has secured $345m investment for expanding its network into rural regions of the country.
Two Turkish companies have reportedly expressed an interest in acquiring a stake in Serbia’s incumbent operator, Telekom Srbija.
Russian telecom giant VimpelCom is selling off two major businesses in Africa to raise roughly $100 million. The group has also expressed its interest in bidding for the Pakistani operator Warid Telecom.
Thai fixed and mobile operator True Corp has postponed its attempts to procure a business partner due to an ongoing dispute with the state operator CAT Telecom. Unless the dispute is resolved, True’s planned infrastructure fund – through which it aims to raise THB70 billion ($2.25 billion) – could be thwarted.
Kuwaiti operator Zain has blamed a fall in H1 profits on the devalued Sudanese currency. The falling value of the Sudanese pound was reportedly responsible for an $80 million drop in the operator’s net profit for the first half of 2013.
The Nigerian government has revived its attempt to divest itself of Nitel, the state operator which once monopolised the Nigerian mobile market.
Brazilian number four Oi has raised $1.1 billion following the sale of various assets...
Virgin Mobile has steadily been establishing its footprint in the Middle East, with its most recent success an acquisition – as part of a consortium – of an international voice telephony licence in Oman....
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