Patrick Drahi’s Altice is now the largest shareholder in BT after it acquired 12.1% of the company, worth £2.2 billion.
Rogers and Shaw to combine in $26 billion purchase
Rogers Communications has announced plans to purchase its Canadian rival Shaw Communications in a deal worth $26 billion.
Swiss competition authority grants Liberty Global green light for Sunrise takeover
The Swiss Competition Commission (WEKO) has approved the acquisition of telecommunications company Sunrise by Liberty Global’s subsidiary UPC.
CMA requests Virgin-O2 merger review
Competition and Markets Authority has made a request to the European Commission for it to refer the proposed merger of Virgin Media and Virgin Mobile with O2 to the UK regulator.
Private equity makes £1.1bn bid for TalkTalk
TalkTalk has confirmed it has received a takeover bid Toscafund Asset Management LLP.
Salt considers legal action against Sunrise over Liberty Global deal
Swiss telecommunications company Salt considers suing Sunrise, arguing that its competitor’s sale to Liberty Global would be in breach of an agreement signed months earlier.
Srini Gopalan to head Deutsche Telekom in Germany
Srini Gopalan, currently board member for Europe, will be the new board member for Germany at Deutsche Telekom as of November 1, 2020.
BT Openreach sale could fund fibre rollout
BT is in talks about selling off part of its stake in its broadband infrastructure company Openreach.
Telcos and service providers create open source venture
Network operators, integrators and software vendors have joined forces to create Leitstand, an open-source community that aims to increase the efficiency of developing, buying and running network management systems for next generation carrier networks.
Deutsche Telekom adds 74,000 TV customers
German telco Deutsche Telekom has added 74,000 new subscribers to its domestic TV platform MagentaTV in Q4 2019.