Articles tagged with: Telefonica and Fitch Ratings

Fitch: Peripheral Telco Problems Highlight Need for Further Dividend Cuts

­Fitch Ratings says that eurozone redenomination scenarios are weighing heavily on investors' minds and peripheral telcos have to demonstrate plans to mitigate potential near-term liquidity shortages caused by weakening access to debt markets.  more

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Fitch Revises Telefonica's Outlook to Negative

Fitch Ratings has revised the Outlook on telefonica's Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to Negative from Stable and affirmed the IDR at 'BBB+.'  more

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Fitch: Cut in Handset Subsidies Would Be Positive for Operators

­Telecom operators would benefit from a market-wide cut in handset subsidies because the cost and quality of the network would become the driving force in customers' buying decisions, rather than the desire for a new phone, Fitch Ratings says.  more

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Telcos Debt raising Efforts Being Affected by Sovereign Debt Crisis

­The favourable pricing that Netherlands based telco, KPN managed to get on its benchmark Eurobond compared to peers in southern Europe highlights the stark disadvantage faced by corporate issuers in countries where sovereign concerns prevail, says Fitch Ratings.  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

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Emerging Markets Cautious About Telecoms CAPEX for 2009

Debt ratings agency, Fitch Ratings said today that the challenging macro-economic outlook is driving emerging market telecoms to adopt a more cautious stance on capital spending for 2009. In a new report, Fitch compares technology development and investment trends across Emerging Asia, Latin America, Russia/CIS and Africa, and examines currency risks stemming from the recent devaluation of most emerging market currencies.  more

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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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Fitch Changes Telefonica's Outlook to Positive

Fitch Ratings has today changed telefonica's and its subsidiary O2's Outlooks to Positive from Stable following yesterday's fourth quarter and FY07 earnings announcement. telefonica's ratings are affirmed at Long-term Issuer Default (IDR) 'BBB+' and Short-term IDR 'F2'. O2's Long-term IDR is also affirmed at 'BBB+'. telefonica Finance USA's preference shares are affirmed at 'BBB'.  more

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