The shareholders behind an alternative proposal to the sale of Italian former telecom incumbent TIM’s network have requested meetings with both TIM’s largest shareholder Vivendi as well as Italy’s Minister of Economy and Finance (MEF) …
A takeover of Vodafone’s Spanish unit is unlikely to be announced before the European Commission (EC) issues a final ruling on Orange’s acquisition of local challenger MásMóvil, a person briefed on the process told Equity …
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TIM’s top shareholder Vivendi is standing ready to launch litigation proceedings should TIM management decide to approve KKR’s upcoming binding offer for the Italian former incumbent’s fixed network without putting it to a shareholder vote …
French former incumbent Orange is currently engaged in discussions with the European Commission (EC) around possible remedies for its planned joint venture with Spain’s fourth-largest telecoms operator MásMóvil. However, the acquirer may ask the EC …
KKR’s final and binding offer for TIM’s fixed-line network assets is unlikely to significantly diverge from earlier proposals in the €23bn (US$25bn) region, well below the €31bn (US$34bn) valuation sought by the target’s largest shareholder …
Hong Kong-based investment management firm PAG is not actively looking at local telecoms player HKBN, Equity Report has learned, with previous reports suggesting that the company was engaged in a bidding war with I Squared …
As a 9 June deadline to submit further improved bids for the network assets of Italian former incumbent TIM looms, a person close to KKR confirmed to Equity Report that the private equity fund will …
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As the market eagerly awaits a formal merger announcement between the UK’s third and fourth largest telecom operators, a former senior executive at Three warned that one of the main challenges that a tie-up would …
TIM’s largest shareholder, Vivendi, won’t accept any offer for Italy’s former incumbent’s fixed line network below €31bn (US$34bn), despite the target looking to request further improved bids following a board meeting on 4 May, a …
As a deadline for improved non-binding proposals approaches, competitors of Italian telecoms operator TIM are getting ready to intervene in the competition analysis of the former incumbent’s network sale, a source advising third parties in …
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Valeria is a seasoned business and financial journalist with fifteen years of industry experience.
Before launching Equity Report in October 2022, Valeria was European Editor for US-based financial news service CTFN, where she spent seven years reporting on event-driven situations, breaking news stories on complex financial and regulatory issues across several jurisdictions, from Europe and Africa to China, India, Brazil, and Australia.
Prior to that, she was Senior Reporter at TelecomFinance, Middle East correspondent, and later Southern Europe correspondent at Mergermarket (currently ION), and held a number of editorial positions with Dubai and London-based b2b publications.
She holds a BA (Hons) in Languages and Public Relations from Leeds Beckett University and an MA in International Journalism from University of Central Lancashire.
