17
Deals announced in 2026
$49.6B
Disclosed deal value in 2026
| Announced | Acquirer | Target |
|---|---|---|
| July 28, 2026 | AT&T (AT&T Mobility II LLC) | EchoStar (spectrum licenses) |
| July 21, 2026 | Xtel Communications | SimpliMeta |
| July 21, 2026 | Affiliates of Searchlight Capital Partners & Abry Partners | KORE Group Holdings, Inc. |
| July 20, 2026 | LeadDesk | ACE (Telia contact centre software platform) |
| July 20, 2026 | América Móvil (América Móvil Perú S.A.C.) | WOW Tel S.A.C. (WOW Peru) |
| July 20, 2026 | TAWAL (PIF-backed towerco) | Tower portfolio of Etihad Etisalat Co. (Mobily) — reported >10,000 sites |
| July 17, 2026 | Truecaller AB | TextPlus Inc. |
| July 17, 2026 | Flotek Group | Clear Telecom (UK) |
| July 16, 2026 | Poste Italiane S.p.A. | Telecom Italia S.p.A. |
| July 10, 2026 | Vega (Niel family acquisition vehicle) | Vodafone Group PLC (16.21% stake held by e&) |
| July 9, 2026 | Wireless Logic | SIMETRY (division of Stallion Infrastructure Services) |
| July 8, 2026 | York Space Systems Inc. | ALL.SPACE Limited |
| July 8, 2026 | MDA Space Ltd. | Collecte Localisation Satellites (CLS) |
| July 7, 2026 | Druid Software | Node-H |
| June 13, 2026 | AXON Networks | Greenwave Systems |
| February 17, 2026 | Macquarie Asset Management | IHS Towers' Latin American tower operations |
| February 17, 2026 | MTN Group | IHS Towers |
| November 5, 2025 | Hansen Technologies | Digitalk Group Holdings |
| October 31, 2025 | Orange | Lorca's 50% stake in MasOrange |
| September 3, 2025 | iBASIS | Telstra International wholesale voice, mobile and messaging contracts |
| August 26, 2025 | AT&T | EchoStar spectrum (~50 MHz nationwide) |
| August 5, 2025 | Wireless Logic | Zipit Wireless |
| May 21, 2025 | AT&T | Lumen Mass Markets fiber business |
| May 16, 2025 | Charter Communications | Cox Communications |
| April 2, 2025 | Wireless Logic | Arqia |
| November 13, 2024 | Charter Communications | Liberty Broadband |
| November 4, 2024 | Bell Canada (BCE) | Ziply Fiber |
| October 18, 2024 | Verizon | UScellular spectrum licenses (850 MHz, AWS, PCS) |
| September 30, 2024 | DirecTV | EchoStar video distribution (Dish TV & Sling TV) |
| September 30, 2024 | TPG | DirecTV (AT&T's 70% stake) |
| September 30, 2024 | Vertical Bridge | 6,339 Verizon towers (exclusive lease rights) |
| September 5, 2024 | Verizon | Frontier Communications |
| July 24, 2024 | T-Mobile & KKR (joint venture) | Metronet |
| May 28, 2024 | T-Mobile | UScellular (wireless operations) |
| April 30, 2024 | SES | Intelsat |
| March 15, 2024 | Swisscom | Vodafone Italia |
| February 22, 2024 | Bouygues Telecom | La Poste Telecom (La Poste Mobile) |
| January 9, 2024 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise | Juniper Networks |
| October 31, 2023 | Zegona Communications | Vodafone Spain |
| August 8, 2023 | Wireless Logic | Webbing |
| August 8, 2023 | DISH Network | EchoStar Corporation |
| June 28, 2023 | Tata Communications | Kaleyra |
| June 14, 2023 | Vodafone UK | Three UK (merger) |
| March 27, 2023 | KORE Wireless | Twilio IoT business unit |
| March 15, 2023 | T-Mobile | Ka'ena Corp (Mint Mobile, Ultra Mobile, Plum) |
| March 6, 2023 | Wireless Logic | Blue Wireless |
| August 30, 2022 | Telit | Mobilogix |
| August 22, 2022 | 4iG & Hungarian state | Vodafone Hungary |
| August 2, 2022 | Semtech | Sierra Wireless |
| July 29, 2022 | Telit | Thales cellular IoT products business |
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