Swisscom eyeing takeover of Cesky Telecom
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Switzerland's top telecommunications operator Swisscom said it was interested in a majority stake in the Czech Republic's Cesky Telecom, which is due to be privatised.
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Deutsche Telekom is ready to make acquisitions in the mobile communications sector, and could finance them by selling non-core activities such as Club Internet in France, the head of the German telecoms giant said Thursday.
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The German telecommunications operator Deutsche Telekom wants to gain control of Poland's leading mobile phone operator PTC through an option to buy shares held by the Polish electricity and telecoms group Elektrim, it said.
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Switzerland's main telecommunications operator, Swisscom, reported a 17.2 percent decline in its nine-month net profit compared to last year to 1.14 billion Swiss francs (734 million euros, 963 million dollars) in 2004.
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Sprint - the US&#39;s third biggest mobile telco - and fifth-place rival Nextel are reportedly in talks about a possible merger. The deal would create a carrier with approximately 39m subscribers and a market value of around $70bn.
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News Corp is considering a bid for  broadcaster ATV and Sabah newspaper to expand its presence in  the promising Turkish market, the media conglomerate&#39;s No. 2  official Peter Chernin said on Tuesday.
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THE REGION 3Com Corp. shares rose in after-hours trading after The Wall Street Journal reported buyout firms are examining possible takeover offers for the unprofitable maker of computer-networking gear. Buyout firms such as Silver Lake Partners and Boston-based Bain Capital LLC approached 3Com about a purchase, the Journal said on its website. The two firms unsuccessfully sought last year to ...
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Swisscom fears a takeover of Sunrise, the former Swiss telecoms monopoly's biggest competitor, by either France's Orange or cable operator Cablecom, Swisscom's chief said in a newspaper interview.
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The Italian Job Swisscom, the former state telecommunications monopoly, has announced plans to acquire Italy's second-largest broadband operator, Fastweb, in a deal valued at â¬3.7bn ($4.9bn).â¦
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Travel company Cendant, the owner of Avis and Budget car hire firms, is in advanced talks to buy travel website Orbitz for $1bn. Orbitz was started by five US airlines in 2000 and floated on Nasdaq for $300m in December 2003.
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Neuf Cegetel provided traders with a focus for attention on Tuesday after shares in France's second-largest fixed-line phone company were suspended amid market talk that major shareholders were in talks to prepare the groundwork for a possible merger.
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Bertelsmann, the world&#39;s fourth largest media group, is eyeing acquisitions after Bill Clinton&#39;s memoirs and top music acts helped triple its half-year profits.
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Swisscom offers to takeover Italian broadband internet provider Fastweb in a deal worth about 3.7bn euros.
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Telecom company BCE Inc.  said on Wednesday it is discussing with telecom company Telus Corp.  the possibility of combining the two companies.
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The Wireless Group, owner of Talksport, says it is considering a management buyout deal involving Kelvin MacKenzie.
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France may push to merge EADS with Thales.
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Swiss ISP will deliver pay-TV channels and video-on-demand service.