Tag: Telecom
Telecom Italia Enters Exclusive Talks With KKR For Grid Sale
Several attempts have been made to reorganize TIM, the former national telephone monopoly of Italy.
According to Reuters, the US fund has invested 1.8 billion euros...
Canada Directs Regulator To Improve Telecom Competition
This week the Canadian government providing its communication regulator new guidelines for regulating telecommunications companies.
This is the first update in a few years, the...
The Indivisibility of Telecommunications Networks: A Possible Explanation for Past and...
By Dr. Fernando Herrera González*
Recently, Orange and MásMovil have announced that they are negotiating an agreement to form a single company in Spain....
Major Canada Telecom Tie-Up Could Still Go Forward
Analysts say a multi-billion-dollar merger between Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications, two of Canada’s largest telecommunication companies, could still be completed despite initial...
Thai Competition Watchdog OKs Controversial Telecom Merger
Thailand’s telecommunications regulator cleared the merger of the country’s second and third largest mobile operators, True Corporation and Telenor ASA’s Total Access Communication with conditions.
Canada’s Telecom Regulator Sets New Rules For Virtual Wireless Networks
The CRTC has published new rules governing cellular networks known as Mobile Virtual Network Operators, or MVNOs, rules the telecom regulator says it hopes...
Russia Goes After Mobile Operator MTS Over Excessive Price Hikes
On Wednesday Russia's competition watchdog said leading telecoms company MTS violated anti-monopoly legislation in raising the price of some mobile tariff plans well above...
EU Telecom Regulators Are Against US Big Tech Paying For Infrastructure
A group of European telecom regulators does not support the idea of having big tech firms such as Google and Netflix paying for telecommunications...
Australian Telstra Addressed Competition Concerns Over Optus’ 5G
Australian telecoms firm Telstra will address competition concerns by de-registering some radio-communications sites that interfered with Optus' plans to roll out its 5G network,...
EU Opens Probe Into Orange’s Telecom Belgian Deal
EU antitrust regulators opened on Thursday a full-scale investigation into French telecoms provider Orange's bid for a majority stake in Belgian peer VOO SA, warning...