UAE's Emirates Telecommunications Corp. (ETISALAT) would be the new owner of a portion of Vivendi SA's stake in Maroc Telecom SA.
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M/A-COM to acquire Mindspeed for UDS272 million
M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings agreed to purchase communications chip maker Mindspeed Technologies Inc. for USD272 million.
Solis Capital Partners takes equity stake in Horizon Communications
Private equity firm Solis Capital Partners backed Horizon Communications, a telecommunications and electrical infrastructure provider.
Top deals of the day - M&As
The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Tuesday. The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Tuesday.
PPF Group NV to return Telefonica Czech Republic back to local hands
PPF Group NV agreed to purchase Telefonica Czech Republic's majority shareholdings. The PPF Group NV of billionaire Petr Kellner had agreed to purchase the controlling stake in Telefonica Czech Republic.
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Remote diagnostics company AetherPal secured USD6 million in Series A funding for the development of its pre-loaded software for smartphones.
BlackBerry Interim CEO John Chen stressed his experience to be able to turn around the firm. in light of the pull out of Fairfax Financial Holdings and the removal of their CEO, BlackBerry did damage control in appointing John Chen as its interim CEO and executive chairman.
AT&T would be carrying the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom starting on November 8. Beginning on November 8, the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom would be available on AT&T.
Telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent launched EUR955 million in capital increase and USD750 million in high-yield bonds.
The Australian Securities Exchange would be the venue for the IPO of Nine Network. The firm that owns Nine Network would start trading on the Australian Securities Exchange by December 6.
KT Corp said the mobile operator's CEO Lee Suk Chae offered to resign from his post after a raid was conducted on the firm's headquarters and his home.
Shares of Chinese technology companies remained high despite fraud allegations of NQ Mobile. A Bloomberg report said that fraud allegations hurled against NQ Mobile did not affect other Chinese companies.
The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Friday The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Friday:- Hotel operator Hilton Worldwide Inc, owned by private equity firm Blackstone Group LP, is aiming to launch its initial public offering in the week of Dec.
Despite news of National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden accepting a job offer at the social networking site VKontakte, founder Pavel Durov said that no job offer or hiring of Snowden took place.
