Liberty Latin America appoints Aamir Hussain as CTO
Liberty Latin America announced the appointment of Aamir Hussain as Senior Vice President, Chief Technology and Product Officer.
Aamir Hussain was formerly the Chief Product...
Verizon to invest $40 mn in Casa Systems
Verizon Communications will make an investment of approximately $40 million in Casa Systems for 9.9 percent stake.
Casa Systems is a leading provider of physical...
Verizon hikes minimum wage to $20 per hour
Verizon Communications has decided to increase the minimum wage of its new and existing customer service, retail and inside sales employees to $20 an...
Iliad aims to buy TIM’s consumer business worth 4 bn euros in Italy
Iliad is considering buying Telecom Italia’s domestic consumer services operations to strengthen its business in Italy, Reuters news report said.
Iliad is weighing the investment...
Spark looks for investor for telecom tower business
Spark New Zealand said it would be looking for an investor in its telecom tower subsidiary called Spark TowerCo.
Spark TowerCo will be a leading...
Digicel to exit from Panama as Claro and Cable & Wireless unite
Mobile network operator Digicel plans to close down operations in Panama following the government’s approval of a merger between competitors Cable & Wireless (CWP)...
Dan Lloyd to lead Ofcom’s work managing the UK’s airwaves
Ofcom announced the appointment of Dan Lloyd as Group Director, Spectrum. Dan Lloyd has more than 20 years of experience in the wireless and...
Verizon unit TracFone reaches $13.4 mn false claims settlement
TracFone Wireless agreed to a $13.4 million settlement to resolve false claims allegations in connection with the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) low-income subsidy program.
The...
Liberty Global sells UPC Poland to Iliad for $1.7 bn
Liberty Global has completed the sale of UPC Poland to Iliad S.A.’s Polish mobile subsidiary Play for an enterprise value of PLN 7.0 billion...
Ukraine’s Ukrtelecom faces major cyberattack from Russia
Ukraine’s state-owned telecommunications company Ukrtelecom experienced a disruption in internet service on Monday after a cyberattack, according to Ukrainian government officials and company representatives.
The incident...
Huawei powers Globe Telecom’s green optical network
Globe Telecom is making investment in building a green and low-carbon optical network, assisting the mobile network operator in achieving Net Zero Greenhouse Gas...
CVC targets $11.5 bn enterprise business of Telecom Italia
CVC Capital Partners has submitted a non-binding expression of interest for buying up to 49 percent stake in enterprise business of Telecom Italia (TIM),...
Airtel prepays Rs 8,815 crore to clear spectrum liabilities
Bharti Airtel, India’s second largest telecom operator, has paid Rs 8,815 crore to the Department of Telecom (Government of India) towards part prepayment of...
Telenet sells tower business to DigitalBridge for €745 mn
Telenet announced its deal to sells its telecom tower business to DigitalBridge for €745 million. The transaction values Telenet’s tower business at 25.1x EV/EBITDAal 2021.
The...
Altice USA and T-Mobile announce new MVNO agreement
Altice USA and T-Mobile announced their MVNO agreement enabling T-Mobile network to power Altice USA’s Optimum mobile service.
“In addition to access to America’s largest...
Telia issues green hybrid bond of EUR 500 million
Telia has issued its second green hybrid bond of EUR 500 million. The proceeds will finance more energy efficient networks, including the Swedish network...
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