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Retail Asia19/10/2018

Solomon Islands Submarine Cable Company Limited (SISCC) has contracted prefabrication consultant and critical infrastructure building design builder XSite Modular to build four modular cable landing stations in the Pacific nation. The new cable landing stations will be deployed in Honiara, Auki, Noro, and Taro, and will form part of the Solomon Islands’ planned new subsea […]

Retail Asia25/04/2018

Australian enterprise-focused fixed line operator Vocus Group has abandoned plans to sell its New Zealand business, ending negotiations with all interested parties. In a statement, Vocus Group said none of the multiple offers it had received for the New Zealand business appropriately reflected the strategic value of the operation. The offers also did not provide the required […]

Retail Asia14/07/2017

Australian fiber network operator Vocus Communications has revealed it has secured two competing non-binding takeover bids valuing the company at A$2.2 billion ($1.69 billion). Affinity Equity Partners has submitted a preliminary offer to acquire 100% of Vocus for A$3.50 in cash per share, subject to due diligence and other conditions. Vocus announced. The bid comes days […]

Retail Asia04/07/2016

A substantial chunk of fiber is changing hands down under. Vocus Communications has announced plans to acquire Netgen Networks in a deal worth about $500 million. Nextgen had built a 17,000km fiber backbone across Australia with fiber into 1,100 buildings including 70 data centers. They were also a 50% owner with Vocus on the ACS […]

Retail Asia04/07/2016

A substantial chunk of fiber is changing hands down under. Vocus Communications has announced plans to acquire Netgen Networks in a deal worth about $500 million. Nextgen had built a 17,000km fiber backbone across Australia with fiber into 1,100 buildings including 70 data centers. They were also a 50% owner with Vocus on the ACS […]

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SISCC taps XSite Modular for subsea cable landing stations

Vocus Group scraps plans to sell NZ business

Australia’s Vocus gets two takeover bids

Vocus Acquires Netgen

Vocus to buy Australia’s Nextgen Networks