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Articles tagged with: Ipo and Telenor
Telecoms dealmaking on hold in 4Q '08
According to a new study from Ovum, global economic downturn depressed valuations and dealmaking in the telecom sector in 4Q 2008. Based on Ovum's report, M&A deal count was 129 in 4Q08, from 192 in 4Q07, with only four deals valued above US$1 billion, from 10 in 4Q07. more
Related Tags: ovum, citigroup, zain, verizon, alltel, capex, lte, sms, oracle, tax, sun, zain-saudi-arabia, turk-telecom
Grameenphone to Raise $65 Million in Stock Market Floatation
Bangladeshi mobile operator Grameenphone has filed its final application for an initial public offering (ipo) of US$65 million. The company expects the subscription period for the ipo to be late January or early February next year. more
Related Tags: grameenphone, banglalink, aktel, warid-telecom, citycell, teletalk, Bangladesh
Grameenphone Slashes Stock Market Floatation Plans
Bangladesh's largest mobile operator, Grameenphone has slashed the expected proceeds from its planned stock market floatation, to just US$125 million - citing the economic downturn in the global markets. more
Related Tags: grameenphone, banglalink, aktel, warid-telecom, citycell, teletalk, Bangladesh
Muhammad Yunus Threatens to Sue Telenor Over Grameenphone Stake
Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel Peace Prize winner whose company, Grameen Telecom is a minority shareholder in Bangladesh's biggest mobile-phone network, Grameenphone said he may take legal action to force Telenor to give up control of the venture. more
Related Tags: grameenphone, banglalink, aktel, warid-telecom, citycell, teletalk, dhaka, Bangladesh
Altimo CEO Won't Stand in Way of Megafon IPO
Russian investment company Altimo won't stand in the way if mobile operator Megafon decides to launch an initial public offering in 2009, said Altimo Chief Executive Alexey Reznikovich. more
Related Tags: megafon, teliasonera, alfa, vimpelcom, vodafone-group, asa, altimo, Russia
Who are the Fastest Growing Operators in Asia-Pacific?
No fewer than 16 companies added more than 5 million customers over the course of the twelve months ended June 07. China Mobile heads the list with a massive 58.6 million customers - as many as the next three operators put together, and then some. As we have suggested before, it would take a genuinely radical restructuring of China's communications industry to threaten the company's world leading position and that seems unlikely. more
Related Tags: china-mobile, reliance, bharti, pakistan-mobile, warid-telecom, bsnl, telkomsel, hutchison, vivo, telsim, India