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Monday broker round-up

(ShareCast News) - Easyjet: Societe Generale downgrades to sell with a target price of 820p. BP: Barclays reiterates overweight, 600p target. Lloyds: Citigroup keeps at sell with a 48p target. Unilever: Jefferies reiterates hold with a 3530p target. Royal Dutch Shell: Barclays keeps at overweight

India to re-auction unsold airwaves when telcos' fortunes improve

By Aditi Shah and Devidutta Tripathy NEW DELHI, Oct 7 (Reuters) - India said on Friday it will consider re-auctioning mobile phone spectrum that remained unsold in a sale this week when the financial situation of its telecoms companies improves. The government raised $9.9 billion from

Vodafone acquires raft of spectrum in India

(ShareCast News) - Vodafone announced on Friday that its subsidiary, Vodafone India, has acquired spectrum in all its key telecom circles in the latest spectrum auction for a total cost of INR 202.8bn. The FTSE 100 firm said the new spectrum "significantly enhances" the coverage, capacity and speed

UPDATE 2-India telecoms spectrum auction raises $9.9 bln, Vodafone tops spending

* Vodafone buys $3 bln-plus worth of spectrum -source * Bharti spends $2.13 bln, Jio spends $2.05 bln, Idea $1.92 bln * Govt to get $4.8 bln upfront; $84 bln on offer dwarfs proceeds (Adds Vodafone, details on auction, background) By Rupam Jain and Promit Mukherjee NEW

Vodafone's Indian unit spent $3 bln-plus in spectrum auction -source

Oct 6 (Reuters) - Vodafone Group's Indian unit has bought spectrum worth more than 200 billion rupees ($3 billion) in a government auction that ended on Thursday, a source with knowledge of developments told Reuters. India's telecoms ministry announced the results of the auction, which rais

India raises $9.9 bln from telecoms spectrum auction - minister

MUMBAI, Oct 6 (Reuters) - India's telecoms spectrum auction ended on Thursday, raising the government 657.89 billion rupees ($9.86 billion), Telecoms Minister Manoj Sinha said. The minister told reporters the government expected to get about 320 billion rupees of the spectrum payments initi

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Friday broker round-up

(ShareCast News) - Vodafone: UBS reiterates buy with a target price of 310p. British Land: HSBC reiterantes buy, 738p target. Ophir Energy: Deutsche Bank keeps at neutral with a 95p target. Homeserve: UBS reiterates neutral with a 610p target. Intercontinental Hotels: Credit Suisse keeps at outpe

SAP to invest 2 bln euros in Internet of Things by end 2020

FRANKFURT, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Europe's biggest software maker SAP has earmarked 2 billion euros ($2.2 bln) for investments in products that help companies to connect everything from washing machines to cars to the Internet. The German company said it would invest that amount by the end of

Tuesday broker round-up

(ShareCast News) - Vodafone: HSBC reiterates buy with a target price of 280p. Melrose: UBS upgrades to buy, 200p target. Marks & Spencer: Deutsche Bank keeps at hold with a 350p target. Shire: Berenberg reiterates buy with a 5800p target. Next: Deutsche Bank keeps at buy with a 5950p target. Llo

UPDATE 1-Telecom Egypt considers buying more spectrum

(Adds background) CAIRO, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Telecom Egypt, the state fixed-line monopoly, said on Monday it was considering buying more spectrum, weeks after acquiring a fourth-generation (4G) licence that will allow it to directly offer mobile phone services for the first time. "Tel

Telecom Egypt says considers acquiring additional 4G spectrum

CAIRO, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Telecom Egypt, the state fixed-line monopoly, said on Monday it was considering acquiring additional spectrum, weeks after it bought a fourth-generation licence that will allow it to directly offer mobile phone services for the first time. "Telecom Egypt has prese

Vodafone extends agreement with Afrimax

(ShareCast News) - Vodafone and 4G-LTE telecommunications operator Afrimax Group have announced a new non-equity partner market agreement for Cameroon. The companies will launch LTE data services under the 'Vodafone Cameroon' brand initially in Cameroon's two biggest cities, Douala and Yaoundé. Th

UPDATE 3-Egypt considers international auction after mobile operators spurn 4G licence offer

* Rejection opens way for international operators * Thursday was deadline for companies to accept offer * Vodafone Egypt says spectrum insufficient (Recasts adding Orange, regulator statement, quotes, analyst) By Ola Noureldin CAIRO, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Egypt said it wil

UPDATE 1-Vodafone injects $7.2 bln into Indian arm as competition intensifies

* Vodafone India says received 477 bln rupees in April-Sept * Says funds to help expansion, investments in airwaves * Vodafone faces increased competition in India (Updates with background, details) By Swati Bhat MUMBAI, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Vodafone Group Plc has injecte