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July 1, 2010

Taiwan Mobile-Carlyle $1b cable falls over govt holding

Filed under: Cable TV,Carlyle Group,Daily News,Fixed Access,Fixed Broadband,IPTV and Video on Demand,Merger and acquisition,Operator Services,Public,Regulation,Taiwan,Taiwan Mobile,kbro — fmmonteverde @ 6:30 am

Taiwan Mobile failed to finalize its proposed $1 billion acquisition of Taiwan cable TV outfit kbro by yesterday’s deadline. 
 
The deal, announced last September, fell over because of ownership restrictions.
 
Taiwan’s Cable Television Ac

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March 9, 2010

Govt shareholding could scupper Taiwan cable deal

Filed under: Business and managed services,Daily News,Merger and acquisition,Network management,Operator Services,Public,Taiwan,Taiwan Mobile,kbro — fmmonteverde @ 6:08 am

A merger to create Taiwan’s biggest cable company could founder because of a government shareholding in one of the major investors.
 
Cable operator kbro announced last September that it would merge with Taiwan Mobile in a $1 billion share swap driven by its

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