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Cellnex Withdraws Offer for Deutsche Telekom’s $18 Billion Towers Unit
Date: July 13, 2022
By Emma-Victoria Farr and Emma Pinedo LONDON/MADRID (Reuters) -Spain’s Cellnex said on Wednesday it was withdrawing its offer for a stake in Deutsche Telekom’s towers business, paving the way for a competing bid from a consortium led by KKR to secure the estimated 18 billion euro ($18.02 billion) deal. The sale process, which kicked off...
Tests in Space: Ericsson, Qualcomm, Thales Expand 5G Horizon
Date: July 11, 2022
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson, French aerospace group Thales and U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm plan to work jointly to develop a satellite-driven 5G network to improve terrestrial connectivity. A 5G mobile device that can connect with satellites would make communication possible from remote corners of the planet and provide a challenge to expensive...
EU Regulators Accept Deutsche Telekom’s Czech Mobile Unit, 02 Czech Concessions
Date: July 11, 2022
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators on Monday accepted concessions from Deutsche Telekom’s Czech mobile unit, 02 Czech and Czech telecoms infrastructure provider Cetin to ensure competition in the Czech Republic and ended their investigation. The European Commission in 2019 charged the companies of restricting competition via their network sharing deal...
Amazon and Bt Share UK Rights to European Soccer
Date: July 1, 2022
By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) -Amazon.com will start showing European Champions League soccer in Britain from 2024 joining current rights holder BT, which has agreed a lower priced deal to show the majority of matches in the top-flight competition. Amazon said it had secured Tuesday night top-pick matches, which will always feature an English team...
Cellnex Offers Stake to Deutsche Telekom as Part of Towers Bid -Sources
Date: June 30, 2022
By Andres Gonzalez, Pamela Barbaglia and Emma-Victoria Farr LONDON (Reuters) -Spain’s Cellnex has offered Deutsche Telekom a small stake in its business as part of efforts to take control of the German firm’s towers unit in a deal worth about 18 billion euros ($18.8 billion), sources told Reuters. Cellnex, Europe’s largest mobile phone tower operator,...
Vodafone Leverages GumGum’s Contextual Intelligence Platform to Increase Purchase Intent Around Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3
Date: June 30, 2022
London, UK – 30th June 2022: GumGum and Vodafone have announced a successful strategic partnership which has seen the multinational telecommunications company successfully leverage GumGum’s contextual intelligence platform, VerityTM, to increase purchase intent around the popular Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3; a compact, foldable phone. As part of this successful partnership, GumGum set out to test...