Tag: Telecom sector

By Georgiana Pop & Gonçalo Coelho (World Bank Group)1   Introduction The goal of this article is to help in identifying competition constraints related to the development...

Bankers and lawyers acting for some of Europe’s largest telecoms companies are anticipating a bonanza of deals on the back of a court ruling...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has cleared the £2 billion (US$2.46 billion) merger between Cellnex UK and Arqiva’s telecommunication infrastructure division. Both companies are...

Italy's antitrust authority announced on Friday, January 31, it had fined Italy's top four phone operators a total of €228 million euros (192US$252.9 million...

Thailand on Tuesday, January 14, approved the merger of two state-run telecommunication companies, CAT Telecom and TOT, into the National Telecom company (NT), which...

Israel’s telecoms regulator on Sunday, November 24, delayed a tender for fifth-generation (5G) cellular frequencies after mobile companies asked for more time, reported Reuters.  The...

Fair trade regulator CCI will conduct a study about the Indian telecom sector to assess various competition aspects as the market dynamics have undergone...

Australian telecoms junior Vocus Group on Monday said it received a A$3.3 billion ($2.3 billion) buyout offer from Swedish private-equity firm EQT Infrastructure, reported...

The UK’s telecommunications regulator said that the small number of equipment suppliers created systemic risks to the country’s networks that may need to be...

Sunrise Communications faces an uphill battle to complete its takeover of Liberty Global’s Swiss network after its largest shareholder said it would oppose a rights...