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It's Sing-and-Tel time for Optus shareholders
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SingTel may have won the crowd over with its first half performance for Australia's Cable & Wireless Optus, but the show is far from over. The local telco must now woo Optus shareholders to sell it the remaining 32.6 percent it needs for a controlling stake.
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SingTel may have won the crowd over with its first half performance for Australia's Cable & Wireless Optus, but the show is far from over. The local telco must now woo Optus shareholders to sell it the remaining 32.6 percent it needs for a controlling stake.
SingTel wants to buy, retain all of C&W Optus SingTel, Southeast Asia's biggest phone company, wants to buy and retain all of Cable & Wireless Optus, Australia's No. 2 phone company, an Australian Financial Review report said. January 16 2001 SingTel in acquisitions talks as part of Asian expansion SingTel has held talks about buying stakes in several companies, part of its strategy to accelerate expansion in Asia now that the cost of potential acquisitions has fallen. February 23 2001 SingTel eyes Asia-wide mobile network, has US$3.5b on hand SingTel, Southeast Asia's biggest cellular operator, said it will buy stakes in partners throughout Asia, spending "tens of billions" of dollars to cobble together a region-wide mobile network. December 5 2000 |
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It's showtime...
SingTel signals strong competition for Telstra The Australian telecommunications sector is bracing itself for increased competition following Singapore Telecommunications Ltd's A$17.2 billion takeover bid for Cable & Wireless Optus Ltd. March 27 2001 SingTel, Optus deal still in limbo SingTel has one last hurdle to cross before gaining control of Cable & Wireless Optus. March 26 2001
SingTel to bid A$20b for Optus SingTel, Southeast Asia's largest phone company, plans to offer A$20 billion (US$9.9 billion) for Cable & Wireless Optus to gain a third of Australia's mobile phone market, bankers familiar with the plans said. March 26 2001 SingTel may sweeten bid for Optus SingTel is looking at raising the cash component of its takeover offer for Cable & Wireless Optus. March 23 2001 Commentary: What if SingTel wins the Optus bid? With its monopoly cut back and facing increasing competition on the homefront, SingTel needs to develop regionally if it intends to be a world-class telecommunication player. March 20 2001 SingTel to give Optus shareholders 17% stake SingTel is offering a 17 percent stake to Cable & Wireless Optus Ltd shareholders as part of its A$17 billion (US$8.4 billion) takeover bid, a banker familiar with the plan said. March 19 2001 SingTel says talks with Optus still ongoing SingTel has confirmed that talks are still ongoing with Australian phone company Cable & Wireless Optus. March 19 2001 Optus falls on report SingTel fails to agree with C&W Cable & Wireless Optus fell after a newspaper reported SingTel failed to agree with 53 percent owner Cable & Wireless Plc on terms of a A$17 billion (US$8.4 billion) bid. March 19 2001 SingTel may ring off Optus if no decision by next week SingTel may walk away from its A$4.50 (S$3.95) a share offer for Cable & Wireless Optus early next week if there's no decision by London-based Cable & Wireless Plc, the 52.5 percent owner of Australia's second-largest phone company. March 16 2001 SingTel makes daring bid for Optus? SingTel has offered more than A$4.60 per share in cash and stock for Cable & Wireless Optus, Australian second largest telecom company, a source told Dow Jones Newswires Sunday. March 12 2001 SingTel expected to make US$7.7b bid for C&W Optus SingTel is expected to bid A$15.1 billion (US$7.7 billion) today for Cable & Wireless Optus, the Sydney Morning Herald said. March 9 2001 SingTel unlikely to overpay for Optus SingTel is unlikely to pay much more than the US$7.5 billion market value of Australia's Cable & Wireless Optus, analysts said. February 19 2001 SingTel offer will be above Optus share price SingTel will offer to buy shares in Cable & Wireless Optus at a price above present trading levels, said the Australian newspaper, without citing sources. February 14 2001 Short Take: SingTel puts in bid for C&W Optus SingTel has put in a non-binding bid for Australia's No 2 telco, Cable & Wireless Optus. UK-based Cable & Wireless Plc, which owns 53 percent of Optus, is trying to unload its stake in the company, which has a third of the Australian mobile market. February 8 2001 Cable & Wireless Optus sale price shrivels Cable & Wireless Optus--whose assets are up for sale--may be forced to accept a takeover offer lower than its current market capitalization because there are few bidders and a widening gap in value of the assets. February 7 2001
SingTel refutes Vodafone's claims SingTel has refuted claims that it would not be able to finance the long-term "capital appetite" of Cable & Wireless Optus if the latter were maintained as a full-service carrier. March 22 2001 Vodafone to pitch Optus bid Monday; raps SingTel's offer Vodafone Plc will release details of its takeover bid for Cable & Wireless Optus to the nation's antitrust regulator on Monday. March 22 2001 Vodafone to file Optus bid proposal this week Vodafone Group Plc will file as early as tomorrow a proposal to buy Cable & Wireless Optus, the antitrust regulator said. February 7 2001 DoCoMo abandons Optus race, SingTel no comment SingTel, believed to be bidding for the mobile phone assets of Australia's Cable & Wireless Optus, has no comments on media reports that NTT DoCoMo Inc, Japan's biggest cellular phone company, will be bowing out of the contest, Dow Jones said. January 10 2001 SingTel: No comment on Vodafone's offer for Optus SingTel, a possible bidder for Cable & Wireless Optus Ltd assets, has declined to comment on news reports that Vodafone Group Plc has offered A$11 billion (US$6 billion) for the Australian telco's mobile phone units. January 3 2001 Vodafone makes A$18b offer to acquire C&W Optus Vodafone Group Plc's Australian unit offered A$18 billion (US$10 billion) for Cable & Wireless Optus, making it the top bidder for Australia's No 2 phone company, The Australian reported. December 22 2000 Telecom NZ wants to buy C&W Optus Mobile assets Telecom Corp, New Zealand's largest phone company, said it wants to buy the US$6.2 billion mobile phone business of Cable & Wireless Optus to further expand its business in Australia. December 15 2000
S'pore govt willing to cede control of SingTel Singapore's government said it's willing to cede control of SingTel, the island's dominant phone company, a move that may help the company's bid for Australia's Cable & Wireless Optus. March 14 2001 Lee Hsien Yang negotiating with Optus CEO SingTel chief executive Lee Hsien Yang yesterday arrived in Sydney to complete a bid for Cable & Wireless Optus, the Sydney Morning Herald said. March 14 2001 Optus received revised proposals to buy assets Cable & Wireless Optus said it received revised proposals, though no formal offers, to buy the assets of Australia's No 2 mobile phone company. March 12 2001 Short Take: SingTel launches S$1b bond issue SingTel has launched a S$1 billion bond issue, said to be the single largest Singapore Dollar bond transaction to date, to fund its overseas investment and acquisition activities. February 19 2001 Short Take: SingTel announces its interest in Optus Mainboard-listed SingTel today announced that it has submitted a "non-binding indicative expression of interest for the acquisition of shares in Cable & Wireless Optus," ending months of speculation and unconfirmed reports. February 15 2001 C&W sets March deadline for Optus sale, SingTel has lodged bid Cable & Wireless Plc wants to have completed the buyer for its stake in Australia's No.2 phone company by the end of March, the Australian Financial Review reported. January 5 2001 |
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