Deutsche Telekom sees acquisitions as way back to growth
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Deutsche Telekom, reeling from cut-throat competition on its home market, sees acquisitions abroad as a chance to return to growth, the German telecom giant's new chairman Rene Obermann said on Thursday.
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The proposed merger of Nokia and Siemens' communications units appears to be back on track, as officials announced the company's portfolio, while saying the merger would close sometime this quarter.
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German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom and its Internet arm T-Online said they had agreed the terms of the proposed share swap that would see the Internet services provider delisted from the stock exchange and reintegrated into Deutsche Telekom.
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Germany's T-Mobile is under strong pressure to expand its T-Mobile cell service into new countries and may embark on an acquisition binge to meet its goals.
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Germany's KfW state development bank said Monday it was selling up to &#36;3.7 billion in Deutsche Telekom shares and offering options on another &#36;1.2 billion in shares, a move that will cut the German government's stake in the telephone giant by about 7 percent.
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The wireless service provider seeks growth in emerging markets.
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Deutsche Telekom, the largest European phone company, has offered to buy out investors in T-Online International, its Internet division, for about E3 billion, aiming to revive growth at its fixed-line business.
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Europe's biggest telephone carrier,  Deutsche Telekom, aims to reach 20 million mobile phone  customers in the United States next year and is mulling a new  brand for business clients, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.
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But is a buyback enough to keep the telecom company's investors happy?
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Deutsche Telekom AG (DT) Thursday raised its 2004 net profit forecast and said it plans to resume paying dividends at a level last seen in the technology boom years after third-quarter earnings were boosted by ...
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Telstra Corp said first quarter trading revenue was in line the previous two quarters as it announced details of a $750 million share buyback flagged more than a month ago.
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Ericsson (ERICb.ST), the top global  mobile telecoms equipment maker, said on Thursday it expects  growth of about 5 percent for the world's biggest mobile  standard, GSM, and its successor, WCDMA, in 2006.
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German telecommunications group Deutsche Telekom pursued its international offensive on Friday, annoncing the purchase of Dutch operator Orange Netherlands from its parent group, France Telecom.
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Altimo wants to expand by buying phone assets in Asia and Western Europe.
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Vodafone Group Plc plans to hand 6.0 billion pounds (&#36;11.12 billion) back to shareholders this year after doubling half-year and full-year dividends and boosting a multi-billion pound share buy-back program.
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British private equity firm Apax Partners wants to expand in the telecommunications sector, particularly in Germany, Apax's telecoms expert Torsten Krumm said in a newspaper interview.
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European benchmarks advanced, paced by telecommunications shares after Deutsche Telekom AG raised its full-year profit forecast and announced the first dividend in three years.