The French billionaire who will hold on to Eir ‘until the day I die’
Worth an estimated €10bn, Niel is one of your ‘always on’ kind of entrepreneurs
Worth an estimated €10bn, Niel is one of your ‘always on’ kind of entrepreneurs
French billionaire moving to take full control of telecoms firm
Company says broadband and mobile customers rose by 148,000 year on year in first quarter
Ratings agency expects dividends to fall to no more than €150m this year and next as it raises outlook on telecom’s junk-rated debt
Seen & Heard: RTÉ contracts come to an end, Eir dividends rise above €1bn, Kildare Village revenue jumps and stock exchange left out of financial strategy
Intended projects include cloud supercomputer as Europe looks to compete with US and China in new technology
Telco said its fibre broadband customer base increased by 2 per cent year on year to 852,000 customers
Two competing groups offer cash injections as French supermarket races to restructure debts
Seen and heard: Broadband subsidies, private housing gloom and Kingspan’s Grenfell recall
Telco’s first female boss is to step down later this year
Apple soared and Zoom slumped in a year that saw markets surge to record levels
Deal hesistancy followed regulators’ blocking of bid for Telefonica’s UK business
Financial advisory firm Lazard engaged to advise on possible transaction
French telecoms billionaire launches offer to buy out his €11bn Iliad telecoms empire
Telecoms group also points to advertising recovery at Virgin Media Television
Customers trying to get through to us had a really hard time, says Eir boss Carolan Lennon
Cantillon: Its rights ambitions likely faded with regime change, long before Covid-19
Eir points to Covid impact on live sports across the world
CRH leads Dublin market higher, while sterling rises against dollar and euro
Xavier Neil joins with two French businessmen in sustainable consumer goods Spac
Investors taking European telecoms companies private as share prices drift lower
296,200 Virgin subscribers won’t have access after Eir removed its channels from platform
Dispute between telecoms rivals flares up as postponed European football reaches climax
Poor day on Dublin exchange for building and housing stocks, while FBD insurance group falls
For fans, it’s frustrating. For media companies, it’s expensive and perilous.
Siro boss John Keaney says telco is about to deepen operations in Cork and Galway and take the fight to Eir in Dublin’s suburbs
Sterling slips on concerns that the next UK prime minister may push for hard Brexit
Archer Hotel Capital to add five-star Earlsfort Terrace property to €2bn portfolio
Businessman’s company Iliad burned through €1.44bn in cash in 2018
Fine relates to Iliad’s attempt to acquire T-Mobile USA in July 2014
Telecom firm hit with more debt to help make €400m payment to US hedge funds
Dividend replaces loan note the funds received for some of their shares last year
Latest moves will leave Eir with high debt level of 4.1 times its earnings
French billionaire Xavier Niel firms, which control Eir, not to take dividend at this time
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