How a $67bn deal went wrong
Private equity group’s DirecTV and Dish deals are about creating a budget rival to Netflix and Apple
Private equity firm leads rescue deal to keep EchoStar afloat
Companies say they will keep £10-a-month package for ‘value-focused’ customers in effort to win CMA’s approval for tie-up
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is pushing to loosen power limits on transmissions in low Earth orbit, a move that some fear could give upstart US operators more power
Chief executive says new partners needed if EU constellation project fails to reach agreement
Billionaire’s satellite service is considered vital in remote areas but is coming under new scrutiny in Latin American country
Competition and Markets Authority says deal could lead to higher bills for tens of millions of customers
Deal for holding in Cornerstone joint venture comes as telecoms groups monetise infrastructure assets
The active search comes as Pekka Lundmark has failed to revive growth
Shanghai-listed Transsion also facing growing competition in African market and legal challenges over intellectual property
Acquisition part of sector’s push to converge phone, internet and television
US telecoms group says deal will ‘significantly’ increase its fibre footprint ‘across the nation’
Partial climbdown by billionaire follows freezing of satellite internet group’s finances over fines levied on social media site
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology wants to know where barriers ‘can be mitigated or removed’
Arch-rival Christie’s also suffering from slowdown in auctions
Institute of Directors among those pushing Ofcom to make redress compulsory rather than on case-by-case basis
Fibrus and Community Fibre secure £160mn to take on broadband incumbents such as BT
(And it’s got worse)
Sky’s deal with CityFibre complements, rather than replaces, its existing arrangement with Openreach network
FTSE 100 group’s existing agreement with media company will remain but choice of rival ‘altnet’ puts it under pressure
Company that drew investment from UK group in the 1990s is now becoming its biggest shareholder
UK telco used to own 21% of Bharti’s group. The roles are now reversed
Bharti’s acquisition of a stake alongside other telco investors is a vote of confidence in the company’s strategy
Sunil Bharti Mittal’s conglomerate says it has no plans to make an offer for the UK telecoms group
