Tag: Telecom
US: DOJ in talks with state AGs regarding Sprint/T-Mobile deal
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is reportedly in talks with state attorneys general to gain their support for the Sprint merger with T-Mobile....
US: Charter cable made bid for Sprint/T-Mobile assets
According to a Reuters’ report on Wednesday, July 24, three sources say that Charter submitted a proposal to the Justice Department (DOJ) about buying...
Italy: Regulator against return to telecom monopoly
Last month, Telecom Italia (TIM) signed a non-disclosure agreement with state lender CDP and utility Enel to kick off talks on ways of integrating...
US: DOJ ready to block Sprint/T-Mobile deal
On Thursday, July 18, CNBC cited sources claiming that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is ready to sue to block the Sprint/T-Mobile merger if...
Italy: Telecoms merger pushed to break broadband logjam
Italy’s sovereign wealth fund is maneuvering to pull off a multibillion-euro telecoms merger and end a prolonged corporate stalemate that has held up Rome’s...
Australia: TPG abandons mobile network plan over Huawei ban
Australian company TPG Telecom announced on Tuesday, January 29, it had abandoned the rollout of what would have been the country’s fourth mobile network...
Brazil: CADE approves acquisition of Cemig Telecom assets
Brazil's Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) has unconditionally approved the acquisition of Cemig Telecom's assets by American Tower (ATC), reported Telecompaper.
The operation will...
A History of Competition: The Impact of Antitrust on Hong Kong’s...
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A History of Competition: The Impact of Antitrust on Hong Kong's Telecommunications Markets
By Sandra Marco Colino (The Chinese University...
China: Merger of telecom giants in the works
The Chinese government is exploring a merger of two of the nation’s top wireless carriers to speed up the development of 5G mobile services,...
India: Bharti wins approval to create nation’s largest telecom
Bharti Infratel, the tower arm of leading telecom operator Bharti Airtel, revealed in a filing that its merger with Indus Towers to form the...