Vertical integration the industrial logic for M&A: Vivendi / SFR and Comcast / NBC Universal
My eye was caught last night by a story in the Financial Times this morning reporting analyst speculation that in the wake of the approvals of …
Rob Bratby
Financial technology, cloud, mobile data and social networking will drive deals and valuation multiples in technology sector
As a new blogger, site statistics are a source of endless fascination. They are however useful – my post on TMT valuation multiples seems to …
Broadband for the ‘other three billion’
Over the festive break I was musing on the broad benefits on getting the populations of developing countries connected. Amongst the barriers hindering ‘in-country’ network roll-out …
BT sets prices for passive access to ducts and poles
Before Christmas, this blog flagged that last-mile fibre access (also know as next generation access, or NGA) was a commercial and regulatory issue that would be high …
Cambridge Wireless Mobile Broadband Special Interest Group meeting 20 January 2011
Whilst it is very tempting to blog about the new government’s reconsideration of the Bribery Act announced yesterday (and if you are not aware of this, …
Ofcom opens investigation into sharp practices in the international calling card market
Have you ever used an international calling card? If you have, perhaps it was at a time when you didn’t have a fixed address, or …
Valuation multiples up in TMT sector: trade buyers are back for 2011
I get a regular selection of recent corporate finance deal activity summaries in my email. Last week, I got one from Regent. Their view was …
UK seeks views on principles of economic regulation
On 7 January the UK’s Department for Business, Innovation and Skills published a ‘call for evidence’ relating to principles of economic regulation. As those who …
Do more tablets mean more ‘lean-back’ consumer browsing?
Sadly I’ve not been in Las Vegas at CES, but remained at my desk in London reading the various updates. As the dust starts to …
Uncertainty for UK spectrum auctions as refarming permitted
Ofcom permits 2G spectrum refarming Ofcom yesterday varied the spectrum licences of the UK’s three 2G spectrum licensees (EverythingEverywhere (JV between Orange and T-Mobile), Vodafone and O2) to permit them to use …