Business access and multimedia solutions provider Albis Technologies has been acquired by UET United Electronic Technology, based in Eschborn, Germany. UET United Electronic Technology operates three business units in the telecommunications industry including systems and services; manufacturing services; and ICT installation, operation, and maintenance services. Albis Technologies will strengthen the telecommunication systems business unit by […]

US consumer advocacy body Consumers Union is heightening its opposition to the proposed merger of Comcast with Time Warner Cable by launching a new ad campaign in support of its efforts to see the deal rejected. It suggests that if the deal gets approved, Comcast would gain unprecedented control over what people see on TV […]

Quickplay, the global expert in powering video to any device, has confirmed the acquisition of New Jersey based Roundbox, a technology provider for the optimisation of video and other data-intensive applications over mobile networks. The acquisition supports Quickplay’s strategy to enable the monetisation of engaging premium viewing experiences on any device or network by using […]

March 2nd saw French investment and manufacturing conglomerate Groupe Bolloré acquire a further 40 million shares in media giant Vivendi, and in the process increasing its stake in Vivendi from 5 per cent to 8.15 per cent (and paying €852 million for the stock) at an average price of €21. However, the move generated different […]

Airbus and French aircraft and rocket-engine builder Safran have tidied up the financials in regard to their joint-venture to take over the design and production of Europe’s Ariane 5 and upcoming Ariane 6 rockets. Safran came about with the merger between aircraft and aerospace company SNECMA and security business SAGEM in 2005. Safran will pay […]

Multinational cable and telecommunications company Altice, founded by telecoms entrepreneur Patrick Drahi, has entered into the final agreements with Vivendi regarding the acquisition of the 20 per cent stake Vivendi owns in France’s second-largest telco Numericable-SFR for a price of €40 per share. The transaction carried out via its subsidiary Altice France, and Numericable-SFR, follows […]

Spanish infrastructure company Abertis, which holds stock in satellite operator Hispasat, has bought 90 per cent of the transmissions towers business of telco Wind, in Italy.  Russia’s Vimpelcom holds the remaining 10 per cent. Vimpelcom is the world’s sixth-largest mobile operator with some 214 million subs, mostly in Russia but with 31 per cent of […]

Dutch NXP Semiconductors is to buy Freescale Semiconductor and merge operations in a deal valuing the combined company at over $40 billion. The deal will make the business the industry leader within the auto and industrial semiconductor markets. This is the fourth semiconductor sector M&A deal this year, and the biggest by far.  Freescale shareholders […]