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EU looks for telecom sweeteners to spur fast broadband roll-out

* EU wants to incentivise operators to co-invest * EU telecoms rules to be reviewed in September * Running fibre-optic networks to households is costly By Julia Fioretti BRUSSELS, June 25 (Reuters) - The European Union is leaning towards relaxing rules that force telecoms

"Too Soon" To Say If Vodafone Will Move Headquarters After Brexit Vote

Vodafone says too soon to say what Brexit means for HQ

LONDON, June 24 (Reuters) - Vodafone, the world's second biggest telecoms company and a linchpin of the FTSE 100 index, said it was too soon to form a view on where the UK-based company would be domiciled after Britain voted to leave the European Union. The group said on Friday it was commi

Thursday broker round-up

(ShareCast News) - Ascential: Goldman Sachs reiterates buy with a target price of 278p. Sophos: UBS keeps at buy with a 300p target. SSP Group: JP Morgan keeps at overweight with a target price of 335p. Vodafone: HSBC upgrades to buy with a target of 175p. Bae Systems: Berenberg downgrades to hol

South Africa's MTN bets on mobile banking with new CEO

* Company looks to offset growth for telecoms basic services * MTN faces regulatory hurdles in mobile banking * Expansion pits MTN against dominant Safaricom's M-Pesa By Tiisetso Motsoeneng JOHANNESBURG, June 23 (Reuters) - MTN's new chief executive Rob Shuter has been bro

UPDATE 1-Vodafone to file prospectus for Indian listing in August - sources

* IPO expected to raise as much as $2.5 billion * Set to be biggest IPO in India since 2010 (Adds details on Vodafone India operations, background) By Sumeet Chatterjee and Elzio Barreto HONG KONG, June 23 (Reuters) - Vodafone Group is likely to file a draft prospectus for a p

UPDATE 2-Egypt to auction 4G licences if local operators don't bite

* Egypt introducing high-speed mobile service * Licenses offered to mobile operators, landline monopoly * 4G part of plan to reform telecoms sector, end monopoly * Telecom Egypt will not have to sell Vodafone stake (Recasts with minister's comments) By Ehab Farouk

Vodafone plans to file for India IPO in Aug, listing seen in Q4 -sources

HONG KONG, June 23 (Reuters) - Vodafone Group is likely to file a draft prospectus for the planned IPO of its Indian business in August with the listing expected in the fourth quarter, in a deal seen raising as much as $2.5 billion, people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. T

EU mergers and takeovers (June 21)

BRUSSELS, June 21 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process: APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS -- Private equity firms the Carlyle Group and Crestview Advisors to jointly acquire U.S. sports and entertainment event

BROKER RATINGS SUMMARY: RBC Downgrades Circassia To Sector Perform

UPDATE 1-Telia sells Yoigo stake to Masmovil, sees capital gain of over 4 bln SEK

(Adds details) June 21 (Reuters) - Telia * Swedish telecom operator Telia says has agreed to sell its 76.6 percent stake in Spain's Yoigo to Masmovil in a 479 million euro ($543 million) deal * Telia looking to step back from business outside its Nordic and Baltic core markets<

Vodafone CEO urges Britain to stay in EU to shape digital market

LONDON, June 21 (Reuters) - The chief executive of Europe's biggest mobile group Vodafone warned that Britain needs to remain in the European Union to influence the development of the single market for digital services, one the fastest growing parts of the economy. "We think the digital sin

UPDATE 3-South Africa's MTN names Vodafone Europe head as new CEO

* Rob Shuter to take over by July 2017 * Has risk-management, banking experience * Comes days after firm agreed to pay $1.7 bln fine * MTN looks to overhaul governance standards, strategy (Adds analyst comment, appointment of head M&A) By Tiisetso Motsoeneng JOHANN

RPT-South Africa's MTN names Vodafone Europe head as new CEO

(Repeats story to more subscribers) JOHANNESBURG, June 20 (Reuters) - South African mobile phone operator MTN named Vodafone European cluster head Rob Shuter as its new chief executive on Monday. Shuter, who will start no later than July 2017, replaces Sifiso Dabengwa, who resigned la

South Africa's MTN names Vodafone Europe head as new CEO

JOHANNESBURG, June 20 (Reuters) - South African mobile phone operator MTN named Vodafone European cluster head Rob Shuter as its new chief executive on Monday. Shuter, who will start no later than July 2017, replaces Sifiso Dabengwa, who resigned last November after a $5.2 billion fine in N