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FT.com - Telecoms
Dec 05, 2025

Billionaire Drahi comes out fighting as creditors fall through ‘trap doors'
Lenders to Franco-Israeli tycoon's Altice empire are guessing his next move after falling victim to an aggressive restructuring

FT.com - Telecoms
Dec 03, 2025

India reverses order to install government app on all smartphones
Communications minister says use of state-run cyber security app is ‘completely voluntary' following public outcry

FT.com - Telecoms
Dec 02, 2025

India demands installation of government app on all smartphones
Privacy advocates raise concerns about potential snooping

FT.com - Telecoms
Dec 01, 2025

Patrick Drahi's ‘super aggressive' asset move hits Altice International bonds
Franco-Israeli tycoon has locked horns with creditors over debt-laden telecoms empire

FT.com - Telecoms
Nov 26, 2025

Altice USA bridles at an outbreak of creditor-on-creditor congeniality
Company says bare-knuckle restructurings outside court, such as the one it would like to achieve, are better for all parties

FT.com - Telecoms
Nov 26, 2025

Government presses UK telecoms bosses over mid-contract price rises
Chancellor Rachel Reeves calls for more consumer protection for mobile customers from further above-inflation increases

FT.com - Telecoms
Nov 25, 2025

Altice USA accuses creditors of forming ‘illegal cartel'
Defendants who own large chunks of $26bn distressed debt pile include Apollo, Ares, BlackRock and Oaktree

FT.com - Telecoms
Nov 24, 2025

Telefónica proposes cutting 5,000 jobs in Spain
Plan presented to unions following stock slide sparked by failure to unveil broader changes at capital markets day

FT.com - Telecoms
Nov 21, 2025

Nokia's third reinvention will be harder than its first two
Move from hardware to software market puts company more open to competition

FT.com - Telecoms
Nov 21, 2025

French telcos explore wider bid for billionaire Drahi's assets
Orange, Bouygues and Free consider new proposal for multiple Altice assets after €17bn bid for SFR was rejected

FT.com - Telecoms
Nov 20, 2025

Vodafone chief bets on selling AI and cyber security to businesses
Chief executive Margherita Della Valle says telecoms group is back on the front foot after selling European assets

FT.com - Telecoms
Nov 19, 2025

Nokia splits AI business into separate unit after $1bn Nvidia investment
Split from telecoms operations comes as Finnish group pushes for growth from new technology

FT.com - Telecoms
Nov 18, 2025

Altice corruption probe deepens as French police conduct raids
Investigators search properties linked to alleged scheme to defraud Patrick Drahi's company of hundred of millions of euros

FT.com - Telecoms
Nov 13, 2025

The curious rise of 4iG
A formerly tiny Hungarian IT services provider gets many new leases on life

FT.com - Telecoms
Nov 13, 2025

Liberty Global chief says EU has its ‘foot on our neck'
Telecoms group CEO Mike Fries criticises bloc's heavy-handed regulation and failure to implement Mario Draghi's reforms

FT.com - Telecoms
Nov 11, 2025

Vodafone raises dividend for first time in 7 years
Telecoms group boosted by return to service revenue growth in Germany, its largest market

FT.com - Telecoms
Nov 05, 2025

Openreach boss threatens to scrap UK fibre target in dispute with regulator
Clive Selley also warns that tax rises in the Budget will undermine investment in internet coverage

FT.com - Telecoms
Nov 04, 2025

AI to power new fight against scam callers
UK telecoms groups to block ‘number spoofing' scams from criminals in overseas call centres

FT.com - Telecoms
Nov 04, 2025

Telefónica shares fall on dividend cut
Stock slides as chair and CEO Marc Murtra opts to prioritise investment over shareholder payouts

FT.com - Telecoms
Nov 01, 2025

Broadband operator saddled with £1bn debt pile tries to find buyer
Gigaclear's investors and creditors including NatWest, Lloyds and the National Wealth Fund

FT.com - Telecoms
Oct 31, 2025

Orange agrees €4.25bn deal to take full control of Spanish joint venture
Final agreement would mark end of French telecoms company's joint venture with private equity group Lorca

FT.com - Telecoms
Oct 31, 2025

Stockpickers: Airtel Africa, C&C Group, Ultimate Products
Our experts discuss which companies to buy, sell or hold this week

FT.com - Telecoms
Oct 31, 2025

BT dials up competitive tension in low-cost mobile
The genie is now out of the bottle, and ubiquitous low-cost mobile is here to stay

FT.com - Telecoms
Oct 30, 2025

Virgin Media O2 in talks for £2bn takeover of broadband rival
Deal for Netomnia would signal start of consolidation in UK fibre broadband market

FT.com - Telecoms
Oct 30, 2025

RIP QT
Meta and Microsoft had mixed earnings reports, the Federal Reserve cut interest rate…

FT.com - Telecoms
Oct 16, 2025

KKR forgoes dividends as €22bn Italian telecoms bet goes awry
Customer losses at FiberCop come as global investment firm resists government pressure to merge company with state-backed rival

FT.com - Telecoms
Oct 15, 2025

Drahi rejects €17bn offer for most of Altice France
Rivals Orange, Bouygues and Free had proposed buying and carving up SFR in major consolidation of French telco market

FT.com - Telecoms
Oct 10, 2025

UK telcos step up efforts to combat ‘epidemic' of handset fraud
Surge in scams forces VodafoneThree, EE and Virgin Media O2 to tighten controls on mobile phone purchases

FT.com - Telecoms
Oct 06, 2025

Verizon appoints former PayPal boss Dan Schulman as new chief
CEO and chair Hans Vestberg steps down with immediate effect as US telecoms group splits roles

FT.com - Telecoms
Oct 01, 2025

China curbs use of Nokia and Ericsson in telecoms networks
Beijing's national security drive hits European groups even as Huawei maintains its business on the continent

FT.com - Telecoms
Sep 24, 2025

BT chief raises concerns over ‘government-inflicted costs' ahead of Budget
Allison Kirkby claims burden is 10 times higher for UK telecoms group than its European peers

FT.com - Telecoms
Sep 22, 2025

Egyptian billionaire Sawiris seeks to invest $50bn in US infrastructure
Industrialist's latest pivot comes as he merges OCI Global into Abu Dhabi-listed Orascom in major business overhaul

FT.com - Telecoms
Sep 19, 2025

EQT kicks off sale of Nordic broadband and data centre business
GlobalConnect is the latest major digital infrastructure asset to come to market this year

FT.com - Telecoms
Sep 18, 2025

How a deal with Musk helped a telecoms tycoon save his company from bankruptcy
Billionaire struck deals with bondholders and rivals to trade his empire out of trouble. But at what cost?

FT.com - Telecoms
Sep 16, 2025

Patrick Drahi set to restart sale of stake in €10bn French broadband business
Fresh sale process for stake in XpFibre comes year after efforts stalled amid differences over valuation

FT.com - Telecoms
Sep 16, 2025

Japan set to make subsea cables a national security issue with support for new fleet
Subsidies planned for country's leading undersea cable provider to buy ships as demand grows for more data links to power AI

FT.com - Telecoms
Sep 15, 2025

Mittal moves to increase influence over BT Group with board seats
Directorships follow last year's purchase of 24.5% stake in UK telecoms operator by Bharti Enterprises

FT.com - Telecoms
Sep 15, 2025

American Tower among potential bidders for €10bn TDF Infrastructure
Ardian and EQT also possible suitors in deal that could fetch €8bn to €10bn for tower company's owners

FT.com - Telecoms
Sep 12, 2025

Russians lose internet access as Ukrainian drones hit close to home
People memorise bus schedules and revert to cash payments amid disruption to online services

FT.com - Telecoms
Sep 09, 2025

SpaceX finds a peculiar route into investors' orbit
EchoStar has gone from brink of bankruptcy to a way of betting indirectly on world's biggest ‘unicorn'

FT.com - Telecoms
Sep 09, 2025

Musk's SpaceX to buy spectrum licences from EchoStar for $17bn
Deal follows pressure from regulators and is expected to help Starlink expand

FT.com - Telecoms
Sep 02, 2025

CEO of Goldman-backed CityFibre to step down after £2.3bn refinancing
Founder Greg Mesch's departure comes weeks after Goldman Sachs and Mubadala back further expansion of network

FT.com - Telecoms
Aug 30, 2025

John Malone held talks with Rupert Murdoch over Warner Bros-Fox merger
‘Cable cowboy' reveals talks as he reorganises media empire and prepares to give most of his $10bn fortune to good causes

FT.com - Telecoms
Aug 29, 2025

Ambani says he will list Indian mobile network Jio next year
Reliance Industries chair tells shareholders ‘all arrangements' being made for IPO

FT.com - Telecoms
Aug 28, 2025

UK banks brace for losses on loans to broadband challengers
NatWest and Lloyds among lenders exposed as ‘altnets' buckle under strain of rising costs and fierce fibre competition

FT.com - Telecoms
Aug 27, 2025

AT&T's return to dealmaking looks like the right call
The big question is whether Washington will be on the same wavelength

FT.com - Telecoms
Aug 27, 2025

Trump forces billionaire to fold
Plus, Ørsted's bold rights issue and the football agent giving Apollo horses for collateral

FT.com - Telecoms
Aug 27, 2025

Openreach says UK fibre rollout at risk from curbs on its dominance
Broadband network warns it may struggle to hit target unless rules are changed

FT.com - Telecoms
Aug 26, 2025

EchoStar shares leap 70% on $23bn deal to sell spectrum licences to AT&T
Company's slow progress building US mobile phone network drew criticism from the Trump administration

FT.com - Telecoms
Aug 21, 2025

Everyone suddenly wants to be a telecoms group
The fintechs have picked a good time to get involved

FT.com - Telecoms
Aug 18, 2025

Monzo plans UK mobile service as competition intensifies for big phone groups
Digital bank is exploring launching its own digital sim and offering monthly contracts

FT.com - Telecoms
Aug 11, 2025

AXA IM in talks to take stake in Telefónica Spanish fibre venture
French investor in advanced negotiations to buy roughly 30% stake in Telefónica and Vodafone Spain joint venture

FT.com - Telecoms
Aug 07, 2025

It takes a brave CEO to sell the company's crown jewels
The cases of CommScope and Blade show that throwing out the baby and keeping the bathwater isn't such a bad strategy

FT.com - Telecoms
Aug 03, 2025

Singapore's GIC takes 25% stake in Spanish broadband venture
Telecoms operators MasOrange and Vodafone Spain had anticipated selling a larger stake to an external investor

FT.com - Telecoms
Aug 01, 2025

Liberty Global aims for further spin-offs as restructuring drive continues
Chief executive Mike Fries also says Virgin Media O2 co-owner has sold its 5 per cent stake in Vodafone

FT.com - Telecoms
Jul 31, 2025

Activist investor pushes Viasat to split broadband and defence units
Hedge fund Carronade estimates spin-off could generate up to $11bn in value

FT.com - Telecoms
Jul 27, 2025

Zegona chief tops UK-listed pay league with £131mn award
Little-known company specialises in buying, turning round and selling struggling telecoms groups

FT.com - Telecoms
Jul 25, 2025

EU fires warning shot at Spain over Huawei reliance
Move comes days after details emerge of Madrid's €12mn wiretap contract with Chinese tech company

FT.com - Telecoms
Jul 24, 2025

Brussels investigates KKR over €22bn Italian telecoms deal
Commission probes whether US private equity group provided ‘incorrect or misleading information' over impact of buyout

FT.com - Telecoms
Jul 22, 2025

Nokia blames fall in profit outlook on Trump tariffs and weaker dollar
Cut in guidance by Finnish telecoms equipment maker highlights how European groups are being hurt by US policy

FT.com - Telecoms
Jul 17, 2025

Broadband's tiny barbarians gather at BT's gate
Altnets can build out networks but need to muster the scale and customers to sustain them

FT.com - Telecoms
Jul 16, 2025

US set to ban Chinese technology in submarine cables
New rule aims to end vulnerability in communications infrastructure after attack on American telecoms

FT.com - Telecoms
Jul 14, 2025

French telcos explore carve-up of Patrick Drahi's SFR
Orange, Bouygues and Iliad in talks over deal that would leave France's telecoms market with only 3 operators

FT.com - Telecoms
Jul 11, 2025

Goldman Sachs and Mubadala to inject cash into CityFibre in £2.3bn refinancing
Altnet set to secure funding from investors and lenders to keep it afloat

FT.com - Telecoms
Jul 08, 2025

The surprising success story of British fibre broadband
Ofcom's decision to boost competition in the sector is credited with driving the rollout of a faster, more reliable internet connection

FT.com - Telecoms
Jun 26, 2025

Trump Mobile quietly drops ‘Made in America' smartphone promise
Trump Organization's venture now says devices will be ‘brought to life' in the US

FT.com - Telecoms
Jun 23, 2025

The Florida phone network behind Trump Mobile's ‘Made in America' ambitions
President's family business has chosen a small player as a partner in its smartphone push

FT.com - Telecoms
Jun 21, 2025

How our gentrified London flat turned into a Hitchcockian nightmare
One resident's quest to find out why there so many dead birds in his building

FT.com - Telecoms
Jun 17, 2025

Trump Mobile may mark a golden moment for US upstarts
Virtual network operator plan highlights possibility that lucrative market could follow Europe down the tubes

FT.com - Telecoms
Jun 16, 2025

Trump Organization to launch mobile phone service and $499 golden handset
‘Trump Mobile' will offer 5G service through all three major US cellular carriers

FT.com - Telecoms
Jun 15, 2025

BT chief eyes deeper job cuts as AI becomes more powerful
Allison Kirkby says telecoms group could be ‘even smaller' by 2030

FT.com - Telecoms
Jun 13, 2025

UK government ‘anxious' altnets could collapse, Liberty Global boss says
Mike Fries claims business secretary Jonathan Reynolds wants big telecoms companies to rescue struggling altnets

FT.com - Telecoms
Jun 11, 2025

VodafoneThree plans to double UK broadband business after £16.5bn merger
Newly formed mobile market leader pledges to create thousands of jobs and urges rivals to upgrade networks

FT.com - Telecoms
Jun 11, 2025

Telefónica plots push into cyber and data centres to clear way for deals
Spanish group hopes investment pledge will help secure regulatory approvals for M&A in Europe

FT.com - Telecoms
Jun 10, 2025

How to bet on the Trump-Musk relationship
Echostar's fortunes, and share price, could be decided in large part by what the Federal Communications Commission does next

FT.com - Telecoms
Jun 07, 2025

BT's Openreach threatens to block new TalkTalk customers over unpaid bills
UK's largest broadband network is turning the screw over the struggling telecoms provider's failure to pay on time

FT.com - Telecoms
Jun 03, 2025

TalkTalk late paying suppliers because of cash flow woes
Broadband group misses several bill deadlines despite recent refinancing

FT.com - Telecoms
May 29, 2025

Virgin Media O2 network flaw allowed customer phones to be tracked
Company has reported issue to watchdogs and fixed the problem

FT.com - Telecoms
Oct 01, 2024

The AT&T-DirecTV mistake
How a $67bn deal went wrong

FT.com - Telecoms
Sep 30, 2024

TPG bets it can build a streaming disrupter from satellite TV's decline
Private equity group's DirecTV and Dish deals are about creating a budget rival to Netflix and Apple

FT.com - Telecoms
Sep 30, 2024

TPG takes on pay-TV bondholders to ride to Ergen's rescue
Private equity firm leads rescue deal to keep EchoStar afloat

FT.com - Telecoms
Sep 30, 2024

Vodafone and Three offer UK regulator new concessions on £16.5bn merger
Companies say they will keep £10-a-month package for ‘value-focused' customers in effort to win CMA's approval for tie-up

FT.com - Telecoms
Sep 27, 2024

The satellite spectrum battle that could shape the new space economy
Elon Musk's SpaceX is pushing to loosen power limits on transmissions in low Earth orbit, a move that some fear could give upstart US operators more power

FT.com - Telecoms
Sep 23, 2024

Eutelsat explores partnerships to fund Europe's space-based network
Chief executive says new partners needed if EU constellation project fails to reach agreement

FT.com - Telecoms
Sep 20, 2024

Elon Musk's Starlink faces legal jeopardy in Brazil after X ban
Billionaire's satellite service is considered vital in remote areas but is coming under new scrutiny in Latin American country

FT.com - Telecoms
Sep 13, 2024

UK regulator demands changes to £16.5bn Vodafone-Three merger
Competition and Markets Authority says deal could lead to higher bills for tens of millions of customers

FT.com - Telecoms
Sep 13, 2024

Virgin Media O2 to sell stake in mobile towers business
Deal for holding in Cornerstone joint venture comes as telecoms groups monetise infrastructure assets

FT.com - Telecoms
Sep 12, 2024

Nokia seeks to replace CEO in bid to revive falling sales
The active search comes as Pekka Lundmark has failed to revive growth

FT.com - Telecoms
Sep 11, 2024

China's smartphone ‘King of Africa' hit by detention of finance chief
Shanghai-listed Transsion also facing growing competition in African market and legal challenges over intellectual property

FT.com - Telecoms
Sep 05, 2024

Verizon's pricey high-fibre diet won't suit telco investors
Acquisition part of sector's push to converge phone, internet and television

FT.com - Telecoms
Sep 05, 2024

Verizon to expand broadband reach with $20bn Frontier acquisition
US telecoms group says deal will ‘significantly' increase its fibre footprint ‘across the nation'

FT.com - Telecoms
Sep 04, 2024

Elon Musk's Starlink agrees to block X in Brazil
Partial climbdown by billionaire follows freezing of satellite internet group's finances over fines levied on social media site

FT.com - Telecoms
Sep 03, 2024

UK government taps telecoms industry over boosting broadband in blocks of flats
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology wants to know where barriers ‘can be mitigated or removed'

FT.com - Telecoms
Aug 30, 2024

Sotheby's earnings plunge as art market catches a chill
Arch-rival Christie's also suffering from slowdown in auctions

FT.com - Telecoms
Aug 26, 2024

UK business calls for automatic recompense for broadband outages
Institute of Directors among those pushing Ofcom to make redress compulsory rather than on case-by-case basis

FT.com - Telecoms
Aug 25, 2024

UK ‘altnets' raise fresh funding as finance deals heat up
Fibrus and Community Fibre secure £160mn to take on broadband incumbents such as BT

FT.com - Telecoms
Aug 22, 2024

BT still has a big pension problem
(And it's got worse)

FT.com - Telecoms
Aug 22, 2024

The ‘altnet' threat to BT is overdone
Sky's deal with CityFibre complements, rather than replaces, its existing arrangement with Openreach network

FT.com - Telecoms
Aug 20, 2024

BT suffers blow as Sky opts for CityFibre's network in broadband deal
FTSE 100 group's existing agreement with media company will remain but choice of rival ‘altnet' puts it under pressure

FT.com - Telecoms
Aug 16, 2024

Sunil Bharti Mittal, Indian telecoms tycoon turning the tables on BT
Company that drew investment from UK group in the 1990s is now becoming its biggest shareholder

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