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KPN wins appeal contesting EU analysis of Ziggo-UPC mergerOctober 31, 2017KPN has won an appeal at the EU general court relating to the European Commission’s (EC) approval of the 2014 acquisition by Liberty Global’s UPC of Ziggo. The appeal was granted on the basis that the European Commission had failed to analyse the market for sports rights and the impact of the merger on the pay TV sports market.Subscribers Only
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Vodafone Cameroon service shut down following licencing issuesSeptember 22, 2017Vodafone Cameroon was forced to shut down their service on 14 September 2017, following investigations into the company’s wireless broadband operation. Vodafone Cameroon - an Afrimax-Vodafone joint company began offering wireless broadband services in Cameroon in September 2016. In November 2014, Afrimax, an African wireless broadband operator and telecoms management company, entered a strategic partnership agreement with Vodafone Group that allowed the two companies to enter new African telecommunications markets, launching mobile and wireless broadband services in Uganda, Zambia, Ghana and Cameroon. Through the Partner Market Agreement, Vodafone was able to extend their global footprint whilst Afrimax gained continued access to a range of Vodafone products, networks, and services. In all four countries, services are offered under the Vodafone Country brand and the company entities are being referred to as part of Afrimax Group.
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European telcos dial up investments in contentAugust 01, 2017European telephone companies are facing the need to find the right strategy to survive in a rapidly-converging world with fixed line revenues declining, threats from OTT services eating into their core voice business, and ARPUs hit by the commoditisation of broadband and TV distribution. Many European telcos have responded to the digitisation of TV by carrying video services over their networks. Others, like BT and Altice, have made a massive play in pay TV sports, while Orange and Telefonica are planning ambitious investments in original TV series.Subscribers Only
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Tanzania’s Mobile Operators fined… AgainJuly 26, 2017Tanzania’s mobile operators have struggled to comply with wave of new regulatory oversight that has seen a rise in fines for violating regulations and scrutiny over service quality in Tanzania. Despite having previously received fines, six of the country’s seven mobile operators still failed to comply with SIM registration regulations and have been issued a new series of fines on 14 July.Subscribers Only
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Etisalat Nigeria still in talks with creditors over $1.2bn debtJune 15, 2017Etisalat Nigeria is still in a period of uncertainty, following the default on a repayment of the operators’ $1.2 billion loan to their creditors (led by Guaranty Trust Bank Nigeria, Access Bank Nigeria and Zenith Bank Nigeria) issued in 2013.Subscribers Only
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Roaming costs across the EU and EFTA set to tumble as EU ‘roam like at home’ regulations launchJune 14, 2017The EU launched ‘Roam Like at Home’ on 15th June, introducing elements of the ‘Digital Single Market’ to the statute book. This bans international roaming charges within the 28 countries of the EU plus the three markets of the EEA, impacting on some 672 million mobile subscriptions.Subscribers Only
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Consolidation in Ghana’s Mobile Market: Tigo and Airtel Ghana Complete Merger TalksMarch 06, 2017Millicom International Cellular (Millicom) has completed another step in the consolidation of their African assets, focused on their Ghanaian subsidiary Tigo Ghana. Bharti Airtel and Millicom announced a joint-ownership merger agreement on Friday 3 March, which will see Tigo Ghana merge with Bharti Airtel’s subsidiary – Airtel Ghana.Subscribers Only
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Cellcom aids final sale of Golan Telecom to Electra ConsumerJanuary 06, 2017The deal concludes more than a year after Cellcom first announced it would attempt to acquire debt laden Golan Telecom. Regulatory opposition has forced a deal that while financed by Cellcom will retain Golan as a company under separate ownership through Elco Holdings subsidiary Electra Consumer Products.Subscribers Only
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Vodafone sells Dutch fixed operations to T-MobileNovember 04, 2016Vodafone has sold its fixed-line operations in the Netherlands to rival T-Mobile for an undisclosed sum, in order to gain regulatory approval for its merger with Liberty Global’s Ziggo.Subscribers Only
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Tele2 swings to third quarter loss on Netherlands impairmentOctober 20, 2016Tele2’s third quarter revenues grew 2.5% year-on-year (y/y) to SEK6.96 billion ($788 million), but the company reported a net loss due to a write-down of its Dutch business.Subscribers Only
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Netherlands Country Profile - Operator MultiplaySeptember 15, 2016In this country profile: data, charts, insight on the Netherlands fixed voice, fixed broadband, mobile, pay TV and multiplay markets, plus comment on the major recent strategic and regulatory events.Subscribers Only
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Liberty Global goes all-in on Netflix partnership with footprint-wide carriage dealSeptember 14, 2016International pay TV provider Liberty Global announced a partnership with Netflix to bring the SVoD company’s app to Liberty Global’s advanced pay TV platforms in more than 30 markets across Europe and Latin America.Subscribers Only
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Telenor begins VimpelCom sale with public offering of 8.1% stakeSeptember 13, 2016Telenor has set the ball rolling on the disposal of its 33% stake in VimpelCom with the launch of a public offering of an 8.1% stake in American depository shares, valued at about $556 million.Subscribers Only
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EC clears Vodafone/Liberty Global Netherlands mergerAugust 04, 2016The European Commission (EC) has approved the merger of Vodafone Netherlands and Liberty Global's Dutch operator Ziggo, on the condition that Vodafone sells its fixed-line business in the country.Subscribers Only
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KPN second quarter revenues fall 3.7% on business sector slumpJuly 27, 2016KPN’s second quarter revenues dropped 3.7% year-on-year to €1.69 billion ($1.86 billion), as an ongoing slump in the Netherlands business sector offset modest growth in the consumer mobile and fixed segments.Subscribers Only
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Slovenia to re-run 1,800 MHz and 2,100 MHz spectrum auctionJuly 12, 2016The Slovenian regulator has decided to re-launch the public auction, saying it only received two bids, and the conditions of the auction stated it must receive at least two competing bids for each block.Subscribers Only
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ShowMax expands footprint into Sub-Saharan AfricaJune 13, 2016Subscription video-on-demand (SVoD) service ShowMax, has expanded its reach to 37 Sub-Saharan African countries. The online TV and movie service, which is a subsidiary of multinational media group Naspers, launched first in South Africa in August of 2015, with the remaining countries launching in May of 2016.Subscribers Only
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Operator M&A round-up: 03 April 2016-09 April 2016April 11, 2016In the week of Sunday 03 April to Saturday 09 April 2016, we tracked the following 8 agreed and completed M&A deals by operators across the globe.Subscribers Only
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Israel: Cut-throat competition further slumps operators’ revenuesMarch 15, 2016Cellcom Israel and Partner Communication have both reported a decline in year-end 2015 revenues as competition in the mobile market proliferates.Subscribers Only
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Vodafone and Liberty combine to create Netherlands quad play giantFebruary 16, 2016Vodafone and Liberty Global have agreed terms for a merger of their Netherlands businesses, creating a powerful new multiplay entity capable of taking on incumbent KPN at its own game.Subscribers Only
