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  • Friday, 15 March, 2024
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    Vodafone to sell Italian business to Swisscom for €8bn

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  • Wednesday, 13 March, 2024
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  • Friday, 8 March, 2024
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  • Tuesday, 5 March, 2024
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  • Tuesday, 5 March, 2024
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  • Saturday, 2 March, 2024
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    Margherita Della Valle, the woman trying to turn Vodafone around

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  • Friday, 1 March, 2024
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  • Friday, 1 March, 2024
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  • Wednesday, 28 February, 2024
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  • Wednesday, 28 February, 2024
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    Vodafone faces reality with Italian exit — and reality bites back Premium content

    The telecom group’s remaining markets are not problem-free

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  • Wednesday, 28 February, 2024
    Vodafone Group PLC
    Vodafone in talks to sell Italian business to Swisscom

    UK telecoms group says deal would value unit at €8bn

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  • Wednesday, 21 February, 2024
    BT Group Plc
    BT Tower sold to US luxury hotel group

    Landmark building opened in 1965 will be retained as ‘iconic hotel’ in £275mn deal

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  • Friday, 16 February, 2024
    Liberty Global PLC
    Liberty Global restructures European units in effort to revive shares

    Telecoms group to list Swiss business later this year and draws up plan to separate Virgin Media O2’s fixed-line business

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  • Friday, 16 February, 2024
    Corporate bonds
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    Charlie Ergen’s audacious restructuring plan at Dish Network is emblematic of telecoms industry’s troubles

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  • Wednesday, 14 February, 2024
    Infrastructure investment
    Brussels open to telecoms mergers to support investment

    European Commission says industry fragmentation could prevent operators reaching ‘scale needed to invest in the networks of the future’

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  • Thursday, 1 February, 2024
    BT Group Plc
    BT reports rising earnings as Kirkby takes helm

    UK telecoms group reports better than expected revenues in third quarter but says broadband customer losses continue

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  • Wednesday, 31 January, 2024
    LexVodafone Group PLC
    Time is not on Vodafone’s side in Italian M&A punch-up Premium content

    Turning down Iliad’s €15bn bid is a mistake for telecoms group

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  • Wednesday, 31 January, 2024
    Vodafone Group PLC
    Vodafone rejects Iliad’s bid to merge Italian businesses

    UK-based telecoms group rebuffs French company’s revised offer but says ‘discussions with others’ will continue

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  • Sunday, 28 January, 2024
    BT Group Plc
    BT class action case to test new ground in English courts

    Telecoms group to defend £1.3bn overcharging claim as first trial of its kind begins

  • Sunday, 28 January, 2024
    News in-depthUK Broadband
    Job cuts and consolidation dent ‘altnet’ ambitions

    Smaller network providers are being hit by rising rates and disappointing customer uptake

  • Friday, 26 January, 2024
    Vodafone Group PLC
    CMA probes Vodafone and Three UK’s planned merger

    Regulator to investigate whether telecoms tie-up raises competition concerns

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  • Thursday, 25 January, 2024
    UK says UAE group’s stake in Vodafone is national security risk

    Government expresses concerns over an Emirati deal for second time in a day

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  • Sunday, 7 January, 2024
    BT Group Plc
    BT to repurpose first street cabinet as electric vehicle charging station

    Telecoms group plans to retrofit roadside cable units in effort to tackle charger shortage

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  • Wednesday, 3 January, 2024
    Inside BusinessPeggy Hollinger
    The new star wars over satellites

    A contest between legacy and new operators is brewing over the use of spectrum

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  • Tuesday, 2 January, 2024
    BT Group Plc
    BT misses deadline on Huawei equipment ban

    Telecoms group says 99% of core network traffic now served by kit from other providers

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