Vivendi

Vivendi media group now controls 24% of the Italian telco French media group Vivendi increased its stake in Telecom Italia by one percentage point to 24%, further strengthening its position as the main shareholder in the Italian telecom operator. According to …

Vivendi bought out Telefónica stake in Telecom Italia while dropping shares in SFR and Maroc Telecom French media giant Vivendi announced on June 25 plans to increase its stake in Telecom Italia to 14.9%, making it the telecommunication company’s largest …

Vivendi reportedly eyeing Sky TV After offloading two telecom units, French multinational media company Vivendi is now looking to pick up video and TV assets. Vivendi this week entered into exclusive talks with Orange to purchase 80% of the telecom’s …

After buying most of French operator SFR from Vivendi in November, Altice is now back for the rest. The company, owned by billionaire Patrick Drahi, announced an offer to purchase Vivendi’s remaining 20% stake in the merged Numericable-SFR. Altice will pay 46 …

NII Holdings, which operates in Latin America under the Nextel brand, announced it will likely file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection because it cannot fulfill its financial obligations. Following the announcement, NII Holdings’ shares plummeted. According to the filing, the mobile phone carrier has …

EMEA in perspective is a Monday column focused on the identification of regional trends and outcomes of the prior week’s news. Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA, has spent her entire career in telecom, IT and Security. Having experience at …

The greater the number of competitors, the better for the user, said Brazil’s minister of communications, Paulo Bernardo, to members of the press this week. Those comments came on the heels of Telefónica’s bid to buy Vivendi’s Brazilian unit GVT. Telefónica hopes to combine …

After losing its bid to buy SFR, Bouygues Telecom might just be bought itself. According to the French newspaper Le Parisien, the number three carrier in France is in talks over a potential sale to Iliad, the owner of Free, …

Spanish telecom giant Telefónica will provide wireless Internet connections for the high-end electric car the Tesla S in Europe ― and reportedly its getting paid millions to do it. While the carrier showed off the car at the Mobile World …

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Telecom operator GVT Holdings, owned by French entertainment and telecom group Vivendi, has been approved for a loan of U.S. $663 million (R$1.184 billion) from Brazilian development bank BNDES. The loan is intended to complement the company’s investment plans through …

In the third quarter, Brazilian telecom operator GVT Holding, owned by French entertainment and telecom group Vivendi, saw net revenues rise 38.4% and a 50.1% increase in the number of lines in service in the customer base.

TeleGeography | March 25, 2011 Brazil’s antitrust regulator Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Economica (Administrative Council for Economic Defense, or Cade) approved on Wednesday, without limitation, Vivendi’s acquisition of GVT Holding, controller of local telco Global Village Telecom (GVT). The French …

Wall Street Journal | March 1, 2011 | Ruth Bender PARIS—Vivendi SA is banking on its Brazilian telecommunication unit to continue to boost the company’s revenues this year, as the French entertainment conglomerate runs up against barriers to growth in …

Wall Street Journal | January 27, 2011 | Paulo Winterstein SAO PAULO (Dow Jones)–Brazilian telecommunications regulator Anatel on Thursday recommended approval of Vivendi SA’s (VIV.FR) takeover of GVT Holding, which still has to be cleared by antitrust regulators. Anatel had …

Bloomberg | January 23, 2011 | Kristen Schweizer Vivendi SA’s Universal Music Group, home to artists such as Lady Gaga and Mariah Carey, is targeting broadband users in emerging markets like Brazil by signing deals with phone providers there to …