Telecom M&A — July 2026
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July 2026
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A structured record of 84 mergers, acquisitions, and strategic transactions completed or announced in the global telecoms sector in July 2026, covering mobile network operators, tower companies, and fixed-line carriers. Each event captures the acquirer, target, deal type, disclosed transaction value where available, and deal rationale. Coverage spans operator consolidation, infrastructure sale-leasebacks, and cross-border spectrum and licence transactions.
Mobile network operator, tower company, or fixed-line carrier completed or announced an acquisition, merger, or spectrum licence purchase valued above $100 million
Investment bankers in TMT coverage use this data to track deal flow, identify consolidation patterns, and benchmark transaction multiples. Corporate development teams at telecom operators and tower companies monitor M&A activity to assess strategic threats and partnership opportunities. Private equity and infrastructure fund managers follow sector M&A to evaluate entry and exit timing.
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<div style="overflow-x:auto;width:100%"><table class="catchall-table"><thead><tr><th style="min-width:40px">#</th><th style="min-width:240px">Event</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Deal Currency</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Acquirer Type</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Deal Type</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Deal Status</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Acquired Company</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Location</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Event Date</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Deal Amount</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Acquirer Company</th><th style="min-width:120px;white-space:nowrap">Source</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td style="min-width:240px">Privatization of CRT in Rio Grande do Sul</td><td style="min-width:140px">BRL</td><td style="min-width:140px">mobile_network_operator</td><td style="min-width:140px">acquisition</td><td style="min-width:140px">completed</td><td style="min-width:140px">CRT (Rio Grande do Sul Telecommunications Company)</td><td style="min-width:140px">Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil</td><td style="min-width:140px">1998-01-01</td><td style="min-width:140px">1,605,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">Telefônica do Brasil</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.jornalja.com.br/geral/eleicoes-2026-rio-grande-do-sul-ainda-tem-14-estatais-qual-e-o-futuro-delas" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.jornalja.com.br/geral/eleicoes-2026-rio-grande-do-sul-ainda-tem-14-estatais-qual-e-o-futuro-delas</a></td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style="min-width:240px">Tata Communications invests in India-Singapore submarine cable infrastructure</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">fixed_line_carrier</td><td style="min-width:140px">acquisition</td><td style="min-width:140px">announced</td><td style="min-width:140px">a significant proportion of fiber optic capacity rights</td><td style="min-width:140px">India, Singapore</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-07-07</td><td style="min-width:140px">2,500,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">Tata Communications</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://digitalmore.co/tata-communications-%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%82%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%83%E0%B8%AB" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://digitalmore.co/tata-communications-%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%82%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%83%E0%B8%AB</a></td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td style="min-width:240px">Providence invests in SCG to support M&A strategy</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">fixed_line_carrier</td><td style="min-width:140px">acquisition</td><td style="min-width:140px">announced</td><td style="min-width:140px">SCG</td><td style="min-width:140px">UK</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-07-24</td><td style="min-width:140px">100,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">Providence Equity Partners</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.aoshearman.com/news/ao-shearman-advises-providence-on-financing-for-its-investment-in-scg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.aoshearman.com/news/ao-shearman-advises-providence-on-financing-for-its-investment-in-scg</a></td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td style="min-width:240px">Yas acquires telecom operator Wananchi in Kenya</td><td style="min-width:140px">EUR</td><td style="min-width:140px">mobile_network_operator</td><td style="min-width:140px">acquisition</td><td style="min-width:140px">completed</td><td style="min-width:140px">Wananchi</td><td style="min-width:140px">Kenya</td><td style="min-width:140px">2025-01-01</td><td style="min-width:140px">270,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">Yas</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://newtelegraphng.com/ebrd-commits-309m-to-support-digital-infrastructure-in-sub-saharan-africa" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://newtelegraphng.com/ebrd-commits-309m-to-support-digital-infrastructure-in-sub-saharan-africa</a></td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td style="min-width:240px">Kyivstar acquires Uklon service for $155 million</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">mobile_network_operator</td><td style="min-width:140px">acquisition</td><td style="min-width:140px">completed</td><td style="min-width:140px">Uklon service</td><td style="min-width:140px">Ukraine</td><td style="min-width:140px">2025-01-01</td><td style="min-width:140px">155,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">Kyivstar</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://kpmg.com/ua/uk/insights/2026/07/h1-2026-ma-radar-ukraine.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://kpmg.com/ua/uk/insights/2026/07/h1-2026-ma-radar-ukraine.html</a></td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td style="min-width:240px">Entegro acquires Acel Energy to expand into renewable energy</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">fixed_line_carrier</td><td style="min-width:140px">acquisition</td><td style="min-width:140px">announced</td><td style="min-width:140px">Acel Energy</td><td style="min-width:140px">Ireland</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-07-23</td><td style="min-width:140px">200,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">Entegro</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.siliconrepublic.com/jobs-news/irish-engineering-group-entegro-create-100-jobs-acel-energy-acquisition" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.siliconrepublic.com/jobs-news/irish-engineering-group-entegro-create-100-jobs-acel-energy-acquisition</a></td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td style="min-width:240px">Apollo Global announces $7.6 billion acquisition offer for EasyJet</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">mobile_network_operator</td><td style="min-width:140px">acquisition</td><td style="min-width:140px">announced</td><td style="min-width:140px">EasyJet</td><td style="min-width:140px">United Kingdom</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-07-10</td><td style="min-width:140px">7,600,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">Apollo Global</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://valor.globo.com/empresas/noticia/2026/07/10/agenda-de-empresas-lucro-da-delta-supera-estimativas-apollo-faz-oferta-de-u-76-bi-pela-easyjet.ghtml" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://valor.globo.com/empresas/noticia/2026/07/10/agenda-de-empresas-lucro-da-delta-supera-estimativas-apollo-faz-oferta-de-u-76-bi-pela-easyjet.ghtml</a></td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td style="min-width:240px">BH Telecom's Planned Acquisition of Telemach</td><td style="min-width:140px">BAM</td><td style="min-width:140px">mobile_network_operator</td><td style="min-width:140px">acquisition</td><td style="min-width:140px">announced</td><td style="min-width:140px">Telemach</td><td style="min-width:140px">Bosnia and Herzegovina</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-07-20</td><td style="min-width:140px">750,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">BH Telecom</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://vox.ba/2026/07/20/obuca-kada-trojka-upravlja-javnim-novcem-javnost-po-pravilu-dobije-samo-jednu-informaciju-poslovna-tajna" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://vox.ba/2026/07/20/obuca-kada-trojka-upravlja-javnim-novcem-javnost-po-pravilu-dobije-samo-jednu-informaciju-poslovna-tajna</a></td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td style="min-width:240px">Kyivstar acquires Tabletki.ua for $160 million</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">mobile_network_operator</td><td style="min-width:140px">acquisition</td><td style="min-width:140px">completed</td><td style="min-width:140px">Tabletki.ua</td><td style="min-width:140px">Ukraine</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-02-01</td><td style="min-width:140px">160,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">Kyivstar</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://mind.ua/news/20308166-amku-oshtrafuvav-kiyivstar-na-175-mln-grn-cherez-reklamu-pro-najshvidshij-mobilnij-internet" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://mind.ua/news/20308166-amku-oshtrafuvav-kiyivstar-na-175-mln-grn-cherez-reklamu-pro-najshvidshij-mobilnij-internet</a></td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td style="min-width:240px">Libera Telecom acquires MyPlay to automate sports broadcasting</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">fixed_line_carrier</td><td style="min-width:140px">acquisition</td><td style="min-width:140px">completed</td><td style="min-width:140px">MyPlay</td><td style="min-width:140px">Spain</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-07-09</td><td style="min-width:140px">2,500,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">Libera Telecom</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.marca.com/futbol/2026/07/13/ia-automatizara-retransmisiones-deporte-base.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.marca.com/futbol/2026/07/13/ia-automatizara-retransmisiones-deporte-base.html</a></td></tr><tr class="row-locked"><td>11</td><td style="min-width:240px">Greenlight Networks Completes Acquisition of FastBridge Fiber</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">fixed_line_carrier</td><td style="min-width:140px">acquisition</td><td style="min-width:140px">completed</td><td style="min-width:140px">FastBridge Fiber</td><td style="min-width:140px">Pennsylvania and New York</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-07-06</td><td style="min-width:140px">2,500,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">Greenlight Networks</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://natlawreview.com/press-releases/greenlight-networks-completes-acquisition-fastbridge-fiber-expanding-reach" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://natlawreview.com/press-releases/greenlight-networks-completes-acquisition-fastbridge-fiber-expanding-reach</a></td></tr><tr class="row-locked"><td>12</td><td style="min-width:240px">Strategic Fiber Networks to acquire Northern Fiber Holding</td><td style="min-width:140px">EUR</td><td style="min-width:140px">fixed_line_carrier</td><td style="min-width:140px">acquisition</td><td style="min-width:140px">announced</td><td style="min-width:140px">Northern Fiber Holding</td><td style="min-width:140px">Germany</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-07-08</td><td style="min-width:140px">400,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">Strategic Fiber Networks</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.noerr.com/de/presse/20260709-northern-fiber-holding" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.noerr.com/de/presse/20260709-northern-fiber-holding</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
<h3>What deal size threshold applies?</h3><p>The dataset covers acquisitions, mergers, and spectrum licence purchases valued above $100 million. Smaller bolt-on acquisitions below this threshold are generally excluded.</p><h3>Which types of companies are in scope?</h3><p>Coverage includes mobile network operators, tower companies, fixed-line carriers, cable operators, and satellite communications providers. Pure software or IT service acquisitions by telecoms companies are not included.</p><h3>Are announced deals included, or only completed ones?</h3><p>Both announced and completed deals are included. The deal status (announced vs. completed) is indicated in the record where determinable.</p><h3>How often is this dataset updated?</h3><p>We rerun this dataset once a month. You can create your own dataset that updates as frequently as every one hour on <a href="https://platform.newscatcherapi.com/catchall">platform.newscatcherapi.com/catchall</a></p>