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UPDATE 2-Anadarko, Indian tycoon launch $4.5 bln Mozambique gas sale-sources

2013-03-05 11:59:05| Oil & Gas - Topix.net

Anadarko Petroleum Corp and an Indian billionaire have launched the auction of a 20 percent stake in a Mozambique gas field that could fetch $4.5 billion, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

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UK 4G auction raises GBP 2.3 bln from 5 winning bidders

2013-02-20 09:22:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) The UK's LTE auction has completed with total proceeds of GBP 2.3 billion and five bidders winning spectrum, regulator Ofcom announced. Vodafone UK paid the highest amount, at GBP 790.8 million for 2x10MHz in the 800MHz band, 2x20MHz in the 2.6GHz band and 1x25MHz in the 2.6GHz band. Everything Everywhere, the joint venture of T-Mobile and Orange, paid GBP 588.9 million for 2x5MHz in the 800MHz band and 2x35MHz in the 2.6GHz band. Telefonica, owner of O2 UK, followed with total bids of GBP 550 million for 2x10MHz in the 800 MHz band, which carries a special obligation of indoor coverage for 98 percent of the population by end-2017. 3 UK acquired 2x5MHz in the 800MHz band for a total price of GBP 225 million, benefiting from a spectrum reservation in Ofcom's efforts to create a fourth national wholesale. Niche Spectrum Ventures, a subsidiary set up by BT, acquired 2x15MHz and 1x20MHz in the 2.6GHz band for a total GBP 186.5 million.

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Comcast to buy rest of NBCUniversal for USD 16.7 bln

2013-02-13 09:06:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) US cable operator Comcast has agreed to buy the rest of NBCUniversal from GE for USD 16.7 billion. This includes the remaining 49 percent in the broadcast and production company and properties used by NBCUniversal at 30 Rockefeller Plaza and CNBC's headquarters in New Jersey for USD 1.4 billion. Comcast acquired an initial 51 percent in NBCUniversal two years ago, when it also agreed options to take full control from GE. The latest takeover will be funded with USD 11.4 billion of cash on hand, USD 4.0 billion of senior unsecured notes to be issued to GE, USD 2.0 billion of borrowings under bank credit facilities and USD 725 million of preferred stock to be issued to GE. The takeover is expected to close by the end of the first quarter.

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U.S. power industry to invest $85 bln annually in electric grid

2013-02-07 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: U.S. investor-owned utilities will invest about $85 billion annually this year and next to keep the power grid reliable and integrate new natural gas plants while cleaning up older coal units, the president of the industry's trade group told Reuters on Wednesday. "Our industry is the most capital-intensive industry in the United States and projects to spend an average of about $85 billion a year on capital expenditures through 2014," said Tom Kuhn, president of the Edison Electric Institute. ...

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Telstra grows H1 profit 8.8% to AUD 1.6 bln

2013-02-07 02:10:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) Telstra saw its net profit for the first half ended 31 December 2012 rise 8.8 percent to AUD 1.6 billion from AUD 1.5 billion a year earlier. Total revenues grew 1.7 percent to AUD 12.7 billion from AUD 12.5 billion a year earlier, as mobile, NAS, and international revenue growth offset declines in fixed, media, and data and IP revenues. EBITDA went up 5 percent to AUD 5 billion, which included the AUD 130 million impairment for TelstraClear which was related to the loss on foreign exchange over the period the company held the asset. Free cashflow totalled AUD 2.16 billion, up 20.1 percent. Telstra ended the period with 6.7 million retail fixed-line customers, down by 178,000, and the number of retail broadband customers grew by 85,000 to 2.7 million. The mobile base went up by 607,000 new customers in the period to 14.4 million. Capex in the six month period was up 10.2 percent to AUD 1.89 billion. Telstra also announced a AUD 0.14 fully franked interim dividend. The company confirms fiscal 2013 guidance of low single digit total income and EBITDA growth, with free cashflow of between AUD 4.75 billion and AUD 5.25 billion. Telstra expects capital expenditure to be around 15 percent of sales.

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