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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

FT.com - Telecoms
Aug 12, 2024

Why Indian billionaire Sunil Bharti Mittal reconnected with BT
UK telco used to own 21% of Bharti's group. The roles are now reversed

FT.com - Telecoms
Aug 12, 2024

BT can ring the changes with Drahi's exit
Bharti's acquisition of a stake alongside other telco investors is a vote of confidence in the company's strategy

FT.com - Telecoms
Aug 12, 2024

Indian billionaire to buy 24.5% BT stake from Altice
Sunil Bharti Mittal's conglomerate says it has no plans to make an offer for the UK telecoms group

FT.com - Telecoms
Jul 30, 2024

Lycamobile UK loses £51mn value added tax case
Size of payment to be made by the telecoms company to HMRC still to be decided

FT.com - Telecoms
Jul 22, 2024

Vodafone sells further €1.3bn stake in European phone masts business
Sale part of CEO's plan to simplify telecoms group's sprawling business and reduce debt

FT.com - Telecoms
Jul 22, 2024

BT fined £17.5mn for ‘catastrophic' 999 call failures
UK telecoms group ‘fell woefully short of its responsibilities' in incident last year, says Ofcom

FT.com - Telecoms
Jul 21, 2024

Drahi's Altice raised more than £1bn margin loan against BT stake
Heavy borrowing raises questions over whether the stake can be maintained in the long term

FT.com - Telecoms
Jul 19, 2024

Ofcom bans mid-contract phone and broadband price rises linked to inflation
UK regulator says providers must ‘transparently' tell customers upfront about any increase included in their contract

FT.com - Telecoms
Jul 12, 2024

AT&T data on ‘nearly all' wireless customers accessed in hack
US telecoms group delayed disclosure under public safety exemption to SEC rules

FT.com - Telecoms
Jul 11, 2024

Germany orders ban on Chinese companies from its 5G network
German telecoms groups to remove Huawei and ZTE components by 2029

FT.com - Telecoms
Jul 04, 2024

Vodafone needs a stronger signal on UK telecom failings
The CMA's chief concern will be the merged company's impact on consumer tariffs and on its wholesale customers

FT.com - Telecoms
Jun 16, 2024

Auditor refuses to sign off accounts of Lycamobile UK
Disclosure puts further pressure on telecoms group and former Conservative party donor

FT.com - Telecoms
Jun 15, 2024

Broadband groups Netomnia and Brsk agree tie-up
Deal is latest example of consolidation in fast-growing sector providing alternative full-fibre networks

FT.com - Telecoms
Jun 13, 2024

BT should welcome the call of its latest billionaire investor
Less affluent shareholders in the telco might take heart from Carlos Slim's interest

FT.com - Telecoms
Jun 13, 2024

EU faces telecoms ire over new Standard Essential Patent rules
While companies may agree on need for more transparency, questions are raised over draft law's practicality

FT.com - Telecoms
Jun 12, 2024

Mexican billionaire Slim takes 3% stake in BT
Latin America's richest man is latest high-profile investor in telecoms group

FT.com - Telecoms
Jun 08, 2024

Billionaires Mittal and Ambani take on Musk in India's internet space race
Bharti Airtel's joint venture with Eutelsat OneWeb could start operating in June

FT.com - Telecoms
May 16, 2024

America's ‘cable cowboy' lost out in infrastructure boom
Wrangling media and telecoms products into business models that produce durable profits has proved to be tough going

FT.com - Telecoms
May 16, 2024

BT's CEO says she ‘loves to squeeze' short sellers as shares jump
UK's biggest telecoms group rises 13% as Allison Kirkby announces strategy and raises dividend

FT.com - Telecoms
May 16, 2024

BT to cut another £3bn of costs
Shares rise 8% as chief executive Allison Kirkby says telecoms operator at an ‘inflection point'

FT.com - Telecoms
May 14, 2024

Investors place record £300mn bet against BT
New chief executive Allison Kirkby is battling to reverse a declining share price

FT.com - Telecoms
May 10, 2024

What I wish I'd known before my smartphone was snatched
As phone theft surges, how can you protect your financial data?

FT.com - Telecoms
Apr 30, 2024

Satellite group SES to acquire Intelsat in $3.1bn deal
Merger marks last major consolidation in industry as operators look to compete with Elon Musk's Starlink

FT.com - Telecoms
Apr 30, 2024

Ericsson chief says overregulation ‘driving Europe to irrelevance'
Continent ‘at risk of falling behind' on digital infrastructure, undermining its competitiveness

FT.com - Telecoms
Apr 26, 2024

Two died after UK shift from analogue to digital phone lines
Government says it met Virgin O2 chief executive and Ofcom after incidents last year

FT.com - Telecoms
Apr 23, 2024

Telecom Italia averts Vivendi showdown at AGM
Italian phone carrier to avoid clash over chief reappointment as French conglomerate abstains

FT.com - Telecoms
Apr 23, 2024

Telecom Italia chief defeats attempt to unseat him
Pietro Labriola secures fresh mandate after phone carrier averted clash with biggest shareholder Vivendi at AGM

FT.com - Telecoms
Apr 22, 2024

Vodafone's India unit staves off collapse after record $2.2bn fundraising
Country's largest share sale draws investors including GQG Partners and Fidelity

FT.com - Telecoms
Apr 21, 2024

BT installs McKinsey partner to head new strategy unit
Secondment marks first move by telecoms group's new CEO Allison Kirby in her turnaround push

FT.com - Telecoms
Apr 11, 2024

Wrecking Telecom Italia's landline deal would widen shareholder losses
Only those shorting the shares would be winners if KKR's purchase is scuppered

FT.com - Telecoms
Apr 10, 2024

South Africa's MTN to boost investment in generators to combat blackouts
Telecoms group joins growing list of companies plugging shortfalls from state electricity provider

FT.com - Telecoms
Apr 03, 2024

Australia's Commonwealth Bank tie-in gives More Telecom a boost
Small Melbourne-based telecoms company is thriving with investment from the country's largest bank

FT.com - Telecoms
Apr 01, 2024

BT's Openreach pushes Labour for easier access to flats in fibre rollout
Group wants existing agreements with landlords to be extended to automatically permit full-fibre upgrades

FT.com - Telecoms
Mar 26, 2024

UK mobile merger must ring in changes for troubled sector
Fierce competition has hammered the market's economics

FT.com - Telecoms
Mar 22, 2024

UK competition watchdog plans full probe into Vodafone-Three deal
Competition and Markets Authority gives companies days to resolve concerns that merger will reduce choice

FT.com - Telecoms
Mar 21, 2024

Altice France on collision course with creditors
Bondholders' group hires lawyers after telecoms company declines to use proceeds from asset sales to repay debt

FT.com - Telecoms
Mar 21, 2024

Telecom Italia targeted by short sellers with €1bn bet
Short positions in debt-laden company's stock have almost doubled since share price plunge this month

FT.com - Telecoms
Mar 15, 2024

Telecoms groups reroute Red Sea internet traffic after Houthi attacks
Companies act after reports that submarine cables were cut by an anchor from a sunken ship

FT.com - Telecoms
Mar 15, 2024

Vodafone to sell Italian business to Swisscom for €8bn
UK telecoms group pledges to return €4bn to shareholders after ‘final step' in reshaping of European operations

FT.com - Telecoms
Mar 13, 2024

Activist investors' cosy deals with boards deserve greater scrutiny
Lawsuit in Crown Castle/Elliott case highlights how other parties are taking an interest in fine print of settlements

FT.com - Telecoms
Mar 08, 2024

French prosecutors probe corruption allegations linked to telecoms group Altice
Investigation follows arrest of co-founder Armando Pereira in Portugal last year

FT.com - Telecoms
Mar 05, 2024

How private equity is behind the latest loss from London's stock market
Nasdaq-listed Viavi has turned to Silver Lake for investment to back its £1bn deal to buy Spirent

FT.com - Telecoms
Mar 05, 2024

UK telecoms specialist Spirent agrees to £1bn takeover offer from US rival
Deal would remove another UK-listed business from London market

FT.com - Telecoms
Mar 02, 2024

Margherita Della Valle, the woman trying to turn Vodafone around
The Italian CEO is determined to hive off significant parts of the telecoms giant while also changing its internal culture

FT.com - Telecoms
Mar 01, 2024

Directors' Deals: BT's new chief builds stake
Telecoms group faces multiple challenges

FT.com - Telecoms
Mar 01, 2024

South Africa's MTN warns of 90% hit to profits from naira devaluation
Mobile multinational says removal of currency peg from its Nigerian unit has increased cost of doing business

FT.com - Telecoms
Feb 28, 2024

Elliott Management named in suit blasting ‘sweetheart' activist deal
Co-founder of telecoms group Crown Castle criticises agreement to offer board seat to powerful hedge fund

FT.com - Telecoms
Feb 28, 2024

Vodafone faces reality with Italian exit — and reality bites back
The telecom group's remaining markets are not problem-free

FT.com - Telecoms
Feb 28, 2024

Vodafone in talks to sell Italian business to Swisscom
UK telecoms group says deal would value Italy arm at €8bn

FT.com - Telecoms
Feb 21, 2024

BT Tower sold to US luxury hotel group
Landmark building opened in 1965 will be retained as ‘iconic hotel' in £275mn deal

FT.com - Telecoms
Feb 21, 2024

BT agrees £275mn sale of London's BT Tower to MCR Hotels
UK telecoms company says landmark building opened in 1965 will be retained as ‘iconic hotel'

FT.com - Telecoms
Feb 21, 2024

BT agrees £275mn sale of London's BT Tower to US group MCR Hotels
UK telecoms company says landmark building opened in 1965 will be retained as ‘iconic hotel'

FT.com - Telecoms
Feb 16, 2024

Liberty Global restructures European units in effort to revive shares
Telecoms group to list Swiss business later this year and draws up plan to separate Virgin Media O2's fixed-line business

FT.com - Telecoms
Feb 16, 2024

How distressed debt brought a billionaire's satellite empire crashing to earth
Charlie Ergen's audacious restructuring plan at Dish Network is emblematic of telecoms industry's troubles

FT.com - Telecoms
Feb 16, 2024

How distressed debt brought a billionaire's satellite empire to earth
Charlie Ergen's audacious restructuring plan at Dish Network is emblematic of telecoms industry's troubles

FT.com - Telecoms
Feb 14, 2024

Brussels open to telecoms mergers to support investment
European Commission says industry fragmentation could prevent operators reaching ‘scale needed to invest in the networks of the future'

FT.com - Telecoms
Feb 01, 2024

BT reports rising earnings as Kirkby takes helm
UK telecoms group reports better than expected revenues in third quarter but says broadband customer losses continue

FT.com - Telecoms
Jan 31, 2024

Time is not on Vodafone's side in Italian M&A punch-up
Turning down Iliad's €15bn bid is a mistake for telecoms group

FT.com - Telecoms
Jan 31, 2024

Vodafone rejects Iliad's bid to merge Italian businesses
UK-based telecoms group rebuffs French company's revised offer but says ‘discussions with others' will continue

FT.com - Telecoms
Jan 28, 2024

Job cuts and consolidation dent ‘altnet' ambitions
Smaller network providers are being hit by rising rates and disappointing customer uptake

FT.com - Telecoms
Jan 28, 2024

BT class action case to test new ground in English courts
Telecoms group to defend £1.3bn overcharging claim as first trial of its kind begins

FT.com - Telecoms
Jan 26, 2024

CMA probes Vodafone and Three UK's planned merger
Regulator to investigate whether telecoms tie-up raises competition concerns

FT.com - Telecoms
Jan 25, 2024

UK says that UAE group's stake in Vodafone is a security risk
Government orders the companies to mitigate the risks from strategic partnership announced last year

FT.com - Telecoms
Jan 25, 2024

UK says UAE group's stake in Vodafone is national security risk
Government expresses concerns over an Emirati deal for second time in a day

FT.com - Telecoms
Jan 07, 2024

BT to repurpose first street cabinet as electric vehicle charging station
Telecoms group plans to retrofit roadside cable units in effort to tackle charger shortage

FT.com - Telecoms
Jan 07, 2024

BT to revamp first street cabinet as EV charging station
Telecoms group is retrofitting roadside cable units in effort to tackle a charger shortage

FT.com - Telecoms
Jan 03, 2024

The new star wars over satellites
A contest between legacy and new operators is brewing over the use of spectrum

FT.com - Telecoms
Jan 03, 2024

The new star wars over space satellites
A contest between legacy and new operators is brewing over the use of spectrum

FT.com - Telecoms
Jan 02, 2024

BT misses deadline on Huawei equipment ban
Telecoms group says 99% of core network traffic now served by kit from other providers

FT.com - Telecoms
Dec 29, 2023

Smartphone makers bet on foldables to revive lacklustre market
Samsung, Motorola and Huawei continue to invest in high-priced flip devices despite weak sales

FT.com - Telecoms
Dec 29, 2023

China's Huawei claims to have broken ‘the siege' with strong sales
Sanctions-hit telecoms group records highest revenues in three years but still below 2020 levels

FT.com - Telecoms
Dec 27, 2023

Italian telecoms split could spur further deals in Europe
Decision to divide TIM and sell network to private equity group KKR may foster consolidation in a fragmented industry

FT.com - Telecoms
Dec 27, 2023

The challenge facing BT's new boss
Allison Kirkby is tasked with executing a turnaround at the telecoms company to boost its languishing share price

FT.com - Telecoms
Dec 26, 2023

UK mobile users had slowest 5G download speeds in G7 in 2023
Research by Opensignal comes despite government's emphasis on benefits of technology to economic growth

FT.com - Telecoms
Dec 26, 2023

Victim? Villain? Huawei finds itself trapped in US-China dispute
Judging which incompatible version of the truth is correct is impossible

FT.com - Telecoms
Dec 20, 2023

Warburg Pincus teams up with Horta-Osório on €6bn bid for telecoms assets
Private equity firm is working with former Lloyds and Credit Suisse boss on plan to buy Altice's Portuguese business

FT.com - Telecoms
Dec 20, 2023

Telefónica shares jump after Spain announces plan to buy 10% stake
Government says move is intended to provide ‘shareholding stability' after Saudi sovereign wealth fund builds stake

FT.com - Telecoms
Dec 20, 2023

European telcoms group Lebara explores sale
London-based company has been a winner from the squeeze on consumers across Europe

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