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April
Canadian operator spends $200m on buying six-month-old Blackiron Data from Primus Telecoms to expand data and cloud
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Vodafone in link with ICICI Bank to offer mobile money to 700m unbanked people in India
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European Commission clears cable operator Liberty Global’s planned €17 billion takeover of the UK’s Virgin Media
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Satellite TV operator challenges SoftBank’s $20bn bid to buy Sprint with $25bn offer
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Microsoft sells Mediaroom IPTV business to Ericsson but promises to focus on Xbox
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March
Liberty Global spends €632 million on 12.7% stake in Netherlands cable operator Ziggo after Barclays failed to sell
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VTB to buy Tele2’s mobile operation in Russia from Kinnevik-controlled group in deal worth $3.5bn equity and debt
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Last of six defendants goes to US jail for seven years after $60m conspiracy against BT and Verizon
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In separate fund raising exercises, Telefónica raises €975 million and France Telecom-Orange raises €750 million
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No price given as Oracle adds Tekelec's network signalling, policy control and subscriber data management solutions to Acme Packet purchase
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February
The telecoms CFO needs a rare blend of capabilities, writes George Malim: financial expertise, telecoms knowledge and the ability to think strategically and act with authority
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Russian owner of MTS India decides to bid in March auctions for spectrum in some areas, but withdraw from others
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Portugese group Sonae to buy France Telecom-Orange’s 20% stake in Sonaecom for €99m
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Clearwire says it needs Sprint’s funding to convert from WiMax as Dish threatens to withdraw its bid
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Mobile operator Vodafone said to be considering bidding for Kabel Deutschland, say reports
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January
OTE’s bond issue oversubscribed 2.7 times as Deutsche Telekom-controlled operator raises €700m
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Solution to dispute appears near as UK court decides between rival shareholders in Turkcell
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US Department of Justice wants to review security issues in SoftBank’s proposed takeover of Sprint before giving go-ahead
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South African technology group Altech sells network to Liquid Telecom to create fibre net across nine countries
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ATN makes $557 million profit in three years on selling rural wireless operations to AT&T
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Since emerging from the Irish equivalent of Chapter 11, Eircom has appointed a new CEO and CFO. Richard Moat explains the new role of the CFO in developing the recovery strategy
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Since emerging from the Irish equivalent of Chapter 11, Eircom has appointed a new CEO and CFO. Richard Moat tells Alan Burkitt-Gray of the new role of the CFO in developing the recovery strategy
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Omani operator Nawras, majority owned by Qtel, signs finance agreement for $182m to expand 3G network and launch 4G
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Devoteam telecom and media unit in France with 400 staff joins Ericsson including TV SmartVision operations
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ZTE says strategic realignment means company will report a profit in the first quarter of 2013, while Huawei says revenue will grow 10-12% in 2013
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The name of AT&T is being linked with possible takeovers of European operators, including KPN and EE
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Despite financial difficulties, Ben Verwaayen says the Bell Labs is what makes Alcatel-Lucent different, but R&D must be done with the customer in mind. Interview by Alan Burkitt-Gray
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Telecom Italia board tells managers to press ahead with sale of TI Media Group, despite ‘negative financial trend’
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Etisalat has expressed interest in buying Vivendi’s 53% stake in Morocco’s Maroc Telecom
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Cable & Wireless Communications and Portugal Telecom to sell Macau business to China’s CITIC Telecom
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Capex to be cut as revenues continue to decline, Telekom Austria warns investors
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Indian tax authority sends Vodafone reminder of $2 billion it claims is still owing, but Vodafone says no
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Huawei CEO Guo Ping says 2012 profit was $2.4bn on sales of $35bn, a 10% rise on year before
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Hutchison Whampoa buys Orange Austria as Telecom Austria takes over its Yesss! brand
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DT’s T-Mobile appeals against approval for Hutchison Whampoa’s €1.3bn takeover of Orange Austria
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Lebanon will privatise its telecoms operators, says minister in interview, but will set up state-controlled infrastructure
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Qatar Telecom spends $360m to buy further 15% stake in mobile operator Tunisiana from Tunisia government