Articles tagged with: Fitch Ratings and Vodafone
Fitch Revises Vodafone's Outlook to Negative
Fitch Ratings has changed Vodafone's Issuer Default Ratings outlook to negative, although it affirmed the company's current ratings for long-term Issuer Default (IDR) and senior unsecured ratings at 'A-' (A minus) and Short-term IDR at 'F2'. more
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Fitch: European High-Grade Telecoms Maintain Good Liquidity
Fitch Ratings says, in report published today, that European high-grade telecom issuers have continued to maintain good liquidity and that their access to capital markets remained relatively healthy during the course of Q109. more
Related Tags: deutsche-telekom, telefonica, telecom-italia, kpn, portugal-telecom, capex, iden, wind, eu
European Telcos Can Mitigate Refinancing Risk In 2009 Despite High Funding Needs
Fitch Ratings says that a combination of reasonable levels of balance sheet leverage and perceived defensive sector qualities, relative to other sectors, should ensure better access to public bond markets in H1 2009 for the European telecoms and utilities sectors, and mitigate any build-up of refinancing risk. more
Telefonica Gets a Debt Ratings Upgrade
Fitch Ratings has upgraded Telefonica and its subsidiary O2's Long-term Issuer Default ratings (IDRs) to 'A-'(A minus) from 'BBB+', respectively. The agency has simultaneously upgraded Telefonica Finance USA's preference shares to 'BBB+' from 'BBB'. Telefonica's short term rating of F2 is affirmed. more
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