Telecom M&A Tracker
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June 2026
GTM
Mobile network operator mergers, tower company acquisitions, fixed-line carrier consolidations, and spectrum licence purchases confirmed each month. Each record includes the acquirer and target, deal type (acquisition, merger, spectrum purchase), deal value, location, date and deal summary. The dataset applies a $100M threshold, filtering for commercially significant transactions.
Mobile network operator, tower company, or fixed-line carrier completed or announced an acquisition, merger, or spectrum licence purchase valued above $100 million
Telecoms equity analysts and sector investors use it to track deal activity and consolidation trends across operator tiers. Investment banks advising on telecom transactions use it to benchmark deal multiples and identify potential mandates. Tower infrastructure investors use it to monitor which MNOs are acquiring or divesting tower assets. Corporate strategy teams at telecoms companies use it to track competitor transactions before they become widely reported.
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<table class="catchall-table"><thead><tr><th style="min-width:40px">#</th><th style="min-width:280px">Event</th><th style="min-width:160px">Deal Amount</th><th style="min-width:160px">Location</th><th style="min-width:160px">Acquirer Company</th><th style="min-width:160px">Acquirer Sector</th><th style="min-width:160px">Deal Status</th><th style="min-width:160px">Deal Summary</th><th style="min-width:160px">Deal Currency</th><th style="min-width:160px">Deal Type</th><th style="min-width:160px">Acquired Company</th><th style="min-width:160px">Event Date</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="min-width:40px">1</td><td style="min-width:280px">Poste Italiane Bids €10.8 Billion for Telecom Italia</td><td style="min-width:160px">10,800,000,000</td><td style="min-width:160px">Italy</td><td style="min-width:160px">Poste Italiane</td><td style="min-width:160px">other</td><td style="min-width:160px">announced</td><td style="min-width:160px">Poste Italiane announced a takeover bid of 10.8 billion euros for Telecom Italia, a key step towards the total acquisition of the telecommunications group. Poste Italiane's shareholders approved a capital increase to facilitate this acquisition.</td><td style="min-width:160px">EUR</td><td style="min-width:160px">acquisition</td><td style="min-width:160px">Telecom Italia</td><td style="min-width:160px">2026-06-11</td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:40px">2</td><td style="min-width:280px">T-Mobile Acquires Stake in Fiber Providers</td><td style="min-width:160px">2,000,000,000</td><td style="min-width:160px">USA</td><td style="min-width:160px">T-Mobile</td><td style="min-width:160px">mobile_network_operator</td><td style="min-width:160px">announced</td><td style="min-width:160px">T-Mobile, in a $2 billion joint venture with Oak Hill Capital, acquired a 50% stake in regional fiber providers Greenlight Networks and GoNetspeed. The deal is set to close in the first half of 2027.</td><td style="min-width:160px">USD</td><td style="min-width:160px">acquisition</td><td style="min-width:160px">Greenlight Networks and GoNetspeed</td><td style="min-width:160px">2026-06-17</td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:40px">3</td><td style="min-width:280px">Verizon Wins Spectrum Licenses</td><td style="min-width:160px">3,160,000,000</td><td style="min-width:160px">United States</td><td style="min-width:160px">Verizon Communications</td><td style="min-width:160px">mobile_network_operator</td><td style="min-width:160px">completed</td><td style="min-width:160px">Verizon Communications won 82 spectrum licenses for $3.16 billion in the Federal Communications Commission's first spectrum auction in four years.</td><td style="min-width:160px">USD</td><td style="min-width:160px">spectrum_licence_purchase</td><td style="min-width:160px">Federal Communications Commission</td><td style="min-width:160px">2026-06-26</td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:40px">4</td><td style="min-width:280px">Radio TEDDY awarded Hamburg FM frequency by Media Authority</td><td style="min-width:160px">100,000,000</td><td style="min-width:160px">Hamburg, Germany</td><td style="min-width:160px">Radio Teddy</td><td style="min-width:160px">mobile_network_operator</td><td style="min-width:160px">completed</td><td style="min-width:160px">Radio TEDDY was awarded a 10-year analogue broadcasting frequency (98.1 MHz) in Hamburg by the Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein Media Authority.</td><td style="min-width:160px">USD</td><td style="min-width:160px">spectrum_licence_purchase</td><td style="min-width:160px">Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein Media Authority (MA HSH)</td><td style="min-width:160px">2026-06-25</td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:40px">5</td><td style="min-width:280px">SilverCape Investments Limited increases holdings in Broadband Tower Co., Ltd.</td><td style="min-width:160px">100,000,001</td><td style="min-width:160px">Japan</td><td style="min-width:160px">SilverCape Investments Limited</td><td style="min-width:160px">other</td><td style="min-width:160px">completed</td><td style="min-width:160px">SilverCape Investments Limited completed an acquisition of shares in Broadband Tower Co., Ltd. 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<h3>Are spectrum licence purchases included alongside operator M&A?</h3><p>Yes. Spectrum licence acquisitions, spectrum sharing agreements with commercial value, and direct spectrum trades between operators are all included where the transaction value exceeds $100M or where the spectrum deal has material competitive significance.</p><h3>Are tower company transactions included?</h3><p>Yes. Tower REIT and independent tower company acquisitions (American Tower, Crown Castle, SBA, Cellnex, and others) are included alongside MNO transactions.</p><h3>Does this cover emerging market telecom M&A?</h3><p>Yes. Africa, Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Middle East telecom consolidation is included where deals are publicly announced and meet the value threshold.</p><h3>What is the refresh rate of this dataset?</h3><p>This dataset is refreshed monthly using <a href="https://www.newscatcherapi.com/web-search-api">CatchAll</a>, NewsCatcher's recall-first web search API. You can run your own version of this dataset and update it as frequently as every one hour.</p>