Connectivity seeing green investment as path to sustainable futures

15 September, 2020

Social finance might attain greater focus in connectivity as French telecoms incumbent Orange launches a €500m (US$593m) sustainability bond, the latest in terrestrial communications to focus on the area.

In a related area, investment in IoT environment monitoring in satellite continues to rise, including global emissions monitoring specialist…

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The state of play for European MNO mergers after Hutchison/O2 u-turn

9 September, 2020

The European Commission’s interventionist stance lost footing when a court scrapped its veto against a US$13.4bn UK MNO merger.

As a faltering economy fortifies ‘failing firm’ and efficiency defences, connectivity investors are questioning how far the regulatory landscape has shifted for four-to-three...

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Worsening satellite TV decline pushing AT&T to deal table as spectrum costs mount

1 September, 2020

The global pandemic continues to add fuel to M&A speculation in the strained telecoms sector, rekindling talk that AT&T is trying to sell satellite broadcaster DirecTV in the US, along with other divestitures. DTH services have been hit particularly hard in COVID-19’s wake, and telcos are looking for more resources to fund aggressive spectrum...

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