Category Archives: Telecom Acquisitions, Financing

Skype’s Set Free (Almost)

By Mark Evans | Published: September 1, 2009
When eBay purchased Skype in 2005, it was a $4.1-billion strategic head-scratcher. Why eBay, the world’s leading online auction service, needed to buy a disruptive VOIP service provider – even one as popular as Skype – made little sense despite assertions there were many synergies, including how Skype would allow eBay to roll out click-to-call to [...]
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Toronto Hydro Bailing Out of Telecom Biz

By Mark Evans | Published: January 23, 2008
For all the upbeat talk from Toronto Hydro about its telecom services – wholesale access to corporate customers and a struggling municipal Wi-Fi service – the utility is looking to bail out of the business. In a press release, Toronto Hydro said “it intends to solicit expressions of interest from third parties with respect to a [...]
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Still Don’t Get BCE LBO

By Mark Evans | Published: April 18, 2007
Maybe I’m missing something here but I still don’t get the bidding war for BCE Inc. (aka Bell Canada) now being orchestrated by BCE senior management. So, what you’ve got a low-growth telecom carrier scrambling to jump-start its financial prospects (mostly through cut-cutting) in an increasingly competitive marketplace…and apparently several private-equity players willing to cough [...]
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Why is Bell the Belle of the Ball?

By Mark Evans | Published: April 15, 2007
Thoughts for a Sunday morning: Over the past week or so, I’ve read countless stories on how Bell Canada (aka BCE Inc.) has become the target of private equity investors willing to spend as much as $30-billion. As far as I can tell, the biggest motivation for a private equity buy-out is unhapiness among institutional [...]
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Will KKR be Michael Sabia’s Legacy?

By Mark Evans | Published: March 29, 2007
Since taking over as BCE Inc.’s CEO in 2001, Michael Sabia has had a a pretty rough go of it trying to restructure the company amid increasingly fierce competition. Five years into the job, you have to wonder what Sabia’s legacy will be. Despite a lot of unglamorous blocking and tackling, he hasn’t created much [...]
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BCE’s Early Xmas Gift

By Mark Evans | Published: December 18, 2006
Nothing like a pension fund (and a partner) to take a non-core asset off your hands AND give you a lot more money for it than many people expected. Clearly,, BCE CEO Michael Sabia made Santa Claus’ list of people who’ve been good this year as Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board and Loral Space [...]
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