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Liberty sells to Vodafone in Germany and three CEE markets

May 9, 2018 07.49 Europe/London By By Chris Dziadul and Jörn Krieger

Liberty Global has agreed to sell its operations in Germany, Hungary, Romania and the Czech Republic to Vodafone for €19 billion ($22.7 billion) on a US GAAP basis, compared to €18.4 billion ($22 billion) on an EU-IFRS basis.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Editor's Choice, Newsline, Top Story Tagged With: Deutsche Telekom, Liberty Global, Mike Fries, Tim Höttges, Unitymedia, Vittorio Colao, Vodafone Edited: May 10, 2018 06:37

Vodafone strikes back against Deutsche Telekom

February 26, 2018 22.21 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Vodafone’s CEO Vittorio Colao has strongly criticised the claims by Deutsche Telekom’s CEO Tim Höttges that its plans to buy assets from Liberty Global in Germany were “totally unacceptable” and should be blocked by regulators.

Filed Under: Cable, Editor's Choice, Finance, Newsline, People, Platforms, Regulation/Legal, Top Story Tagged With: Deutsche Telekom, Liberty Global, takeover, Tim Höttges, Unitymedia, Vittorio Colao, Vodafone Edited: February 28, 2018 09:28

Deutsche Telekom: Vodafone/Liberty Global tie-up “unacceptable”

February 23, 2018 23.29 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German telco Deutsche Telekom would oppose the sale of Liberty Global’s German cable subsidiary Unitymedia to Vodafone and calls for regulators to block any such deal.

Filed Under: Cable, Editor's Choice, Finance, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation/Legal, Top Story Tagged With: Deutsche Telekom, Kabel Deutschland, Liberty Global, Tim Höttges, Unitymedia, Vodafone Edited: February 27, 2018 09:59

Tim Höttges stays CEO of Deutsche Telekom

February 21, 2018 22.34 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The Supervisory Board of German telco Deutsche Telekom has extended CEO Timotheus Höttges’ contract for another five years.

Filed Under: Newsline, People, Telco Tagged With: Christian Illek, Deutsche Telekom, Thomas Dannenfeld, Tim Höttges, Ulrich Lehner Edited: February 21, 2018 22:34

Dirk Wössner to head Deutsche Telekom’s German business

July 18, 2017 21.26 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Dr Dirk Wössner, previously responsible for consumer business at Rogers Communications in Canada, will join the management board of Deutsche Telekom on January 1, 2018.

Filed Under: Newsline, People, Telco Tagged With: Deutsche Telekom, Dirk Wössner, Niek Jan van Damme, René Obermann, Rogers Communications, Tim Höttges, Ulrich Lehner Edited: February 25, 2018 12:45

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