Telecommunication Market

A High Court decision to tax Vodafone for the 2007 acquisition of Hutchison Essar could hurt cross-border dealmaking in India

The Swiss telecommunications group's all-cash offer for the remaining shareholders in its Italian subsidiary would give it full control of the troubled business

The Qatar telecoms company is expected to rejuvenate IPO prospects in the Gulf as it seeks to raise more than $470m from domestic, regional and international investors

Norway's leading telecoms company emerges as a potential bidder for the Greek mobile phone operator controlled by Egyptian entrepreneur Naguib Sawiris

Vodafone has agreed to sell its entire stake to banks led by Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and UBS, who will in turn sell the shares on to institutional investors

Potential buyers of the UK telecoms company are playing down the prospect of an imminent takeover following news of plans to bid by AT&T and SingTel

A landmark deal designed to help India's second-largest mobile operator reduce debt and make it more attractive to suitors has folded up amid speculation about a dispute over price

Amid the debate on family control, analysts have warned against assumptions that family ownership automatically equates to poor management

Apax Partners, Blackstone, TPG and CVC Capital Partners are among the big private equity groups working on potential bids for Polkomtel, one of Poland's biggest mobile phone operators

Sir John Bond is preparing to step down as Vodafone's chairman following renewed shareholder unrest about the mobile group's strategy and acquisitions