APN accepts $2.2 billion Independent bid
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Australia's APN News and Media   on Monday agreed to a revised A$2.8 billion ($2.2 billion)  offer from a consortium including Tony O'Reilly's Independent  News and Media Plc. .
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Select Medical Corp. SEM.N, which  operates acute care hospitals, said on Monday it struck a deal  to be taken private in a $2.3 billion buyout led by a private  equity group, sending shares soaring 23 percent.
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Avaya Inc.  said on Monday it agreed to be acquired by private equity firms TPG Capital and Silver Lake for $8.2 billion, the latest in a string of deals in the telecommunications-equipment industry.
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Belgian telecommunications operator Belgacom said that it was buying Vodafone's 25-percent stake in its mobile phone unit Proximus for two billion euros (2.55 billion dollars).
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Under the terms of the agreement, O2 is licensed by DoCoMo to offer the i-mode capability to the 22 million customers of its 2/2.5G and 3G mobile communications networks.
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By Daily Record Staff  NexTone Communications, of Gaithersburg, a provider of advanced telecommunications network systems, said it received a $25 million investment from Columbia Partners Private Capital, of Washington, D.C.
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Avaya Inc.  on Monday said it  agreed to be acquired by private equity firms TPG Capital and  Silver Lake for $8.2 billion, the latest in a string of mergers  in the telecommunications-equipment industry.
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Also: company announces it exceeded 2 million subscribers over Labor Day weekend.
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AT&amp;T Corp., the largest US long- distance telephone company, agreed to pay $100 million to settle lawsuit by shareholders who sought $2.
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APN News and Media, the Australian media group, reported a 7 per cent rise in annual profits yesterday, as expected, and reaffirmed its support for a A$2.8bn ([pound]1.1bn) takeover bid from a consortium led by Independent News and Media, publisher of The Independent.
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BEA Systems Inc  said on  Thursday it is prepared to sell itself for $8.2 billion, which  is a 24 percent premium to a bid from Oracle Corp  that  the business software maker rejected.
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Alamosa Holdings Inc. (APCS.O: Quote, Profile, Research) will acquire AirGate PCS Inc. (PCSA.O: Quote, Profile, Research) for $392 million in stock creating the largest Sprint Corp.
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(InfoWorld) - Network equipment manufacturer Avaya Inc. late Monday agreed to a $8.2 billion cash buyout by private equity firms TPG Capital LLP and Silver Lake Partners, the companies announced. This latest acquisition continues a recent trend of networking and telecommunications firms being bought by private equity firms. In late May, TPG and Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s private equity arm bought mobile service provider Alltel Corp. for $27.5 billion. Bell Canada Ltd. remains a takeover target of a potential bid by Cerberus Capital Management LP. The Basking Ridge, New Jersey company's board of directors have accepted a $17.50 per share offer, which must still be approved by Avaya shareholders. The offer places a premium of around 28 percent on the firm's value over Avaya's May 25 closing price of $13.67, the last day beforeÂ rumors begun to circulateÂ that the company would likely be acquired. The deal is expected to close in the fall of this year, the companies said. The agreement allows Avaya to actively encourage bids for the company from other third parties over the next 50 days. Avaya's relatively high cash flow and low debt made it a target to go private. Along with TPG and Silver Lake, Nortel Networks Corp. was also pursuing the former AT&T telecom equipment maker. Â
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Phone service that's available wherever there's a Net connection is approaching 2 million users.
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Regulators cleared the way for Verizon Communications to sell its phone lines in three New England states for $2.7 billion to FairPoint Communications Inc.
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The upcoming 700MHz spectrum auctions by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)&#160;have drawn bid applications from giant companies including Google and AT&amp;T. But a number of small companies and individuals have submitted bid applications as well.
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The U.S. government raised $2.25  billion in an auction of wireless airwaves that ended on  Tuesday, with Verizon Wireless and a partner collectively  winning 63 licenses with almost $697.4 million in bids.