Vivendi ups Moroccan phone stake
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Vivendi Universal increases its stake in Morocco's national telecoms business, days before it is partially floated.
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Celtel, a pan-African mobile phone operator with a strong presence in sub-Saharan Africa, has reported a near 50 per cent rise in revenues as it benefits from rising mobile phone penetration across the region.
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French media and telecoms group Vivendi  posted on Wednesday an 18 percent rise in adjusted full-year net profit in line with forecasts, pulled by Maroc Telecom and its games, French mobile and pay-TV units.
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Vivendi&#39;s recovery is almost complete, the French media and telecommunications giant declared Tuesday, despite a massive second-quarter net loss bloated by the effects of the weaker US dollar.
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Vivendi fourth-quarter sales rose 1.2  percent as buoyant trading at its Maroc Telecom and in video  games helped compensate declines at its music and French mobile  businesses.
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French telecoms and media firm Vivendi   said on Friday it planned to raise 1-2 billion euros  in equity as its SFR mobile unit prepares to buy into Neuf  Cegetel and announces a bid for the rest.
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Shares in Ubisoft Entertainment soared after a report in French financial newspaper L'Agefi said the company had held preliminary talks about a potential tie-up with Vivendi Universal, following Electronic Arts' acquisition of a 20 percent stake in Ubisoft, dealers said.
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Vivendi Universal posted a near doubling  in its first-half net loss to 1.86 billion euros ($2.28  billion) on Tuesday, hit by currency translation losses linked  to its entertainment deal with NBC, but cellphone unit SFR  boosted profits at the operating level.
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France will sell up to 12.1 percent of France Telecom in Europe's largest share placement in four years, bringing as much as $6.95 billion into state coffers.
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International credit rating agency Moody's Investors Service raised the rating on media giant Vivendi Universal to investment grade from junk status.
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Vivendi Universal SA said Thursday it was selling 15 percent of its water utility Veolia Environnement SA in a move that could raise about euro1.5 billion (&#36;2 billion) and further cut debt at the French media and telecommunications group.
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PARIS Vivendi Universal said Wednesday that its third-quarter profit surged, helped by tax savings and profit at its mobile phone division.
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A partial flotation of Maroc Telecom should raise about $1bn (Â£0.52bn) for Morocco's public finances.
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French telecoms and media group Vivendi   reported a 10.9 percent rise in first-half net adjusted profit   on Thursday, as growth from games and pay-TV Canal Plus made up   for lackluster trading at mobile arm SFR.
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French conglomerate wants to build its presence in domestic telecom market, confirming talks.
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LONDON, November 25  - Dutch electronics and semiconductor giant, Philips (PHI1.ETR), has sold its entire stake in the French media company, Vivendi Universal.
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Vivendi says Deutsche Telekom colluded with a Polish investor to steal its shares in a Polish cellular company, wiping out a $2.5 billion investment.