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Articles tagged with: Ipo
A123 Will Test Appetite for Unprofitable Cleantech IPOs
In one of the first tests of the public market appetite for the newest venture-backed cleantech companies, lithium-ion battery supplier A123 Systems, Friday filed to go public on Nasdaq. more
Related Tags: motorola, qualcomm, battery, lithium-ion, USA
MobiFone Hires Credit Suisse to Advise on IPO - Source
SINGAPORE -(Dow Jones)- State-owned MobiFone has hired Credit Suisse Group as its financial advisor for a Vietnam initial public offering, proceeding with fundraising plans even as market conditions remain daunting. more
Related Tags: credit-suisse, mobifone, goldman-sachs, Vietnam
The Fastest Growing Mobile Operators in Africa/Mid-East
The chart shows the fastest growing businesses in the MEA region over a twelve month view. The list includes nine of the names that feature in the Q1 08 list, with Zain Iraq coming in at Algerie Telecom MobileÃ's expense. The top two places are the same in the year as they are in the quarter, with TCIÃ's 9.12m just shading IrancellÃ's 7.95m. The other really strong performances in the region were spread across five main markets - with Mobily in Saudi Arabia taking third place ahead of two Egyptian companies, three from Nigeria and one each from Iraq and Kenya. more
Related Tags: nawras, mtn, zain, safaricom, mobily, orascom, algerie-telecom
New IPO Candidate NextG Culls $40 Million From Private Placement
SAN FRANCISCO -(Dow Jones)- Wireless infrastructure company NextG Networks, which last week filed for an initial public offering of $150 million, has recently raised more than $40 million in Series C funding from venture investors. more
Related Tags: cisco, metropcs, sprint-nextel, verizon-wireless, verizon, sprint, USA
Celtel Zambia Listed on Local Stock Exchange
Celtel Zambia has been listed on the Lusaka Stock Exchange in an ipo which valued the company at nearly US$1.2 billion after the shares jumped by 13% in early trading. Celtel is only the 19th company to be listed on the local stock exchange. more
Related Tags: mtn, zain, celtel, zamtel, Zambia
Safaricom Shares Surge As Trading Starts in Nairobi
Shares in the massively oversubscribed Safaricom floatation soared when trading opened this morning on the Nairobi Stock Exchange. Share were sold to domestic investors at 5 shillings each (with 5.5 shillings for overseas investors) and jumped by 45 percent to reach 7.4 shillings by lunchtime - having at one point reached 8 shillings during the mornings trade. more
Related Tags: safaricom, vodafone-kenya, maroc-telecom, vodafone-group, Kenya
Vodafone to Pay $2.1 Billion for Mobile License in Qatar
ictQATAR, Qatar's telecommunications regulator has announced that the Vodafone/Qatar Foundation Consortium will pay a fee of QAR 7.716 billion (US$2.12 billion) for the country's second mobile license. Vodafone and partner Qatar Foundation Consortium won Qatar's second mobile license, beating AT&T and Verizon Communications in December last year - although the final payment details were not announced at the time. more
Related Tags: qatar-telecom, verizon, Qatar
Safaricom Floatation Massively Oversubscribed
Preliminary figures from the sale of shares in Kenya's Safaricom has pulled in some Sh191 billion (US$3.3 billion) in bids from local and international investors - substantially exceeding the expected Sh50 billion (US$845 million) that government had hoped to raise. more
Related Tags: safaricom, vodafone-kenya, maroc-telecom, vodafone-group, Kenya
Technology Merger and Acquisition Activity Bodes Well for 2008
While the headlines are dominated by the negative implications of the global credit crunch, the global technology merger and acquisition (M&A) market is proving to be a very resilient beast. Q1 2008 has already seen numerous landmark deals announced, including the pending bid for Yahoo by Microsoft, and in the UK the $1 billion leveraged buy-out (LBO) of Northgate Information Solutions by KKR and the recently announced £190m recommended offer by 3i for Civica. more
Related Tags: microsoft, semiconductor, oracle, ofta, yahoo, driving, semiconductors, sap, flextronics
Celtel Zambia Announces Plans for Local Stockmarket Floatation
Celtel's Zambian subsidiary has announced plans to float 20% of its shares on the Lusaka stock exchange. The ipo will launch on 28th April and will be offered to a mixture of employees, retail investors and foreign buyers. more
Related Tags: mtn, celtel, zamtel, Zambia