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Only a few industries have seen the same high level of consolidation as TowerCos have experienced in recent years. However, TowerCos, or tower companies, are expected to soon see potential acquisition targets reduce in number, with industry leaders turning to new avenues for future growth. While TowerCos have traditionally been managers of passive assets and… Read More

The gap in thinking between cyber security and physical security in communications and data asset management is closing.

In a year where American Tower bought €7.7 billion worth of cell masts from Telefonica, Nicole Capella investigates these new network challengers and how they came to be

Virgin Media and O2 are to merge to create a £31 billion media and telecoms giant, their parent firms have announced.

Liberty Global and Telefonica – the owners of Virgin Media and O2 respectively – had confirmed on Monday that they were in discussions over a possible combination.

Mobile operator O2 is in talks to merge with Virgin Media in a move which would create one of the UK’s largest telecoms and media firms.

Telefonica, O2’s Spanish owner, confirmed it is in discussions with Virgin-owner Liberty Global over a deal between the two firms.