Zegona has entered into binding agreements with Vodafone Europe for the acquisition of 100 per cent of Vodafone Spain for €5 billion. Zegona says it will fund the acquisition through a combination of new debt, Vodafone Financing and a new equity raise: – Zegona has entered into committed debt financing of €4.2 billion and a […]
Vodafone is offering travellers a $5 per day for ‘all you can eat’ connectivity while in the air. The telco has struck deals with a large number of airlines and the fee covers what Vodafone describes as “airline roaming” for international flights. Vodafone says its satellite-based services will offer “3G like” download and upload speeds. […]
Media regulator Ofcom has published its latest complaints figures for broadband, landline, mobile and paid-TV services, covering the period from April to June 2023. Vodafone is the most complained about broadband provider, with 24 complaints per 100,000 customers, mainly driven by experience with faults, service and getting services connected. This is an increase compared with […]
Spain’s three largest telcos – Telefónica, Vodafone and Orange – have urged the EU for a more flexible legal framework that eases mergers in order to face the substantial investments needed in the sector. In a conference organised by El Economista, the president of Telefónica Esoaña, Emilio Gayo, said that the current legislation “is obsolete, […]
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is providing an early opportunity for interested third parties to comment on the impact that the proposed merger between mobile telcos Vodafone and Three could have on competition in the UK, in advance of launching a formal investigation once it has received the information it needs from the […]
Mobile industry forum the NGMN Alliance has published the 6G Position Statement: An Operator View, suggesting it guides a course for the future of communication networks by taking a proactive stance and emphasising the needs for a new paradigm for graceful evolution and successful value creation and delivery. “Our publication provides a clear statement of […]
British telco investment company Zegona is negotiating with Vodafone of the acquisition of Vodafone Spain in an operation valued at over €5 billion. A possible deal would be subject to agreement on final terms and funding as well as a due diligence. According to Expansion, Zegona was seeking financing for a bid for all or […]
NAGRA, a Kudelski Group, company and independent provider of evolving content protection and media and entertainment solutions, has announced the leading Hungarian broadband and TV service provider 4iG, through its subsidiaries Vodafone Hungary, DIGI Hungary and Antenna Hungaria, selected NAGRA as its system integrator and solution partner to lead their migration to a feature-rich, next-generation […]
Amazon’s broadband-by-satellite Project Kuiper system is getting closer. Two prototype satellites will launch in the next few weeks. The United Launch Alliance (ULA) rocket operator has confirmed that its next launch will carry Amazon’s KuiperSat-1 & 2 prototypes for their Project Kuiper mega-constellation. According to an insider source, reportedly the mission, known as the Project […]
Portugal added 117,000 pay-TV subscribers in H1 2023 (+2.26 per cent) compared to the same period last year, taking the total to 4.5 million, according to data from the National Communications Authority (Anacom). Of this figure, 4 million were residential and 506,000 were business customers. The pay-TV penetration rate among Portuguese households reached 97.3 per […]