TMT Finance

The Telecom Deal of the Year shortlist for the TMT Finance Middle East 2012 Awards have been announced highlighting over US$10bn of successful merger and financing activity by the region’s leading telecom operators over the past year.

The 2012 judging panel for the TMT Finance Middle East Awards, which will be presented in Dubai on May 2 has been announced representing key players in telecom, finance and advisory. Awards include Telecom Deal of the Year, Growth Story and Operator.

Global telecom investment perspectives are shifting and leaders from telecom operators, investment banks and investors are meeting in Dubai to debate issues at TMT Finance & Investment Middle East 2012 (www.tmtfinance.com/me) on May 2-3.

Technology leaders and investors are meeting in London next week to discuss a new wave of transformational opportunities for telecom and tech companies as part of the TMT M&A Forum on March 14.

Telecoms M&A has increased significantly and many leading telcos, advisers and investment banks including Etisalat, Telenor, Tata, Goldman Sachs, UBS and Citi are meeting to discuss opportunities at the TMT M&A Forum in London on March 14.

The 3rd annual TMT Finance and Investment Africa conference returns to London on June 7 bringing leadership from telecom operators, investors and advisory businesses to assess mobile and fixed broadband investment models, mergers and acquisitions.

Global telecom operators including Etisalat, Batelco and Saudi Telecom are meeting with leading investment banks, including Goldman Sachs, Citi and UBS at the TMT M&A Forum in London on March 14 to discuss mergers and acquisitions.

Telecom Infrastructure ownership strategies and 4G spectrum bundling and pricing will form central parts of the debate at the much anticipated TMT M&A Forum 2012 taking place in London on March 14 – www.tmtfinance.com/merger

The TMT Finance Middle East Awards officially opened nominations for 2012. The Awards for outstanding telecom, technology, finance and legal advisers will be presented at the Gala Dinner in Dubai on May 2. www.tmtfinance.com/awards/

Saudi Telecom Group was selected as Main Event Sponsor for this year’s most significant meeting of global telecom leaders, the TMT Finance and Investment Middle East 2012 Conference and Awards Ceremony, in Dubai on May 2-3, 2012.