UAE’s e& exits Vodafone as Xavier Niel becomes largest shareholder in USD 5.95 billion deal
e& built its Vodafone position gradually, starting with a 9.8% stake bought for USD 4.4 billion in 2022, back when the company was still known as Etisalat...
Category : Telecom
Verizon to sell 274 retail locations, reduce 500 jobs in fresh cost-cutting push
The telecom giant eliminated several hundred jobs in May 2026 after announcing last year it was cutting more than 13,000 roles in its largest single round of layoffs...
Telenor acquires Bahnhof to strengthen position in Sweden’s broadband market
Completion of the deal will trigger an obligation for Telenor to make a mandatory cash offer to all shareholders of Bahnhof...
BT, Verizon launch equal-stake global joint venture, to serve over 180 markets
Martijn Blanken, a former executive at Australia's Telstra and Netherlands-based KPN, has been named as the CEO-designate of the new company...
Verizon launches ‘simpler plans’, to drop activation and upgrade fees
Verizon is aggressively competing with AT&T and T-Mobile in the saturated US telecoms market, by extending subsidies and discounts...
Orange completes acquisition of Lorca’s 50% stake in MasOrange
This transaction follows the signing of a binding agreement with Lorca on 12 December 2025, under which Orange agreed to acquire full ownership of MasOrange...
T-Mobile’s new AI tool will not let smartphones hang at FIFA World Cup
T-Mobile’s Dynamic CX uses AI to read crowd behaviour and strengthen the network before it gets overwhelmed...
Connecting 20 million citizens: All you need to know about Nigeria’s NUCAP
Through the NUCAP, Nigeria will deploy 3,700 modern telecommunications towers across its territory, targeting rural and riverine areas lacking reliable network coverage...
Global telecom spending hit USD 1.55 trillion in 2025, says IDC report
Talking about the telecom sector's prospects in 2026, IDC expects spending to grow another 1.8% to USD 1.58 trillion...
Tuas scraps deal to buy Keppel’s stake at Singapore’s M1
With Tuas exiting the race, StarHub has now entered the picture, with reports suggesting the venture likely becoming a suitor for M1...