Cellnex Telecom SA

Spanish wireless infrastructure operator Cellnex said on Tuesday it had reached a deal to buy the telecoms division of Britain's Arqiva for 2.0 billion pounds ($2.5 billion).

Spanish wireless infrastructure operator Cellnex said on Tuesday that it had reached an agreement to buy Arqiva's telecoms division for 2.0 billion pounds ($2.46 billion).

Cellnex <CLNX.MC>, Europe's biggest phone towers group, said on Friday a 10% rise in first-half core earnings put it on track to hit the high end of its target for the full year.

Cellnex, Europe's biggest phone towers group, said on Friday it was on track to reach the high end of its financial target for the full year, thanks to a 10% rise in first-half core earnings.

Italy's Benetton family said on Thursday it had sold an indirect minority interest in Spanish tower group Cellnex to sovereign funds in Abu Dhabi and Singapore.

Spain's Cellnex said on Wednesday it had agreed to acquire the marketing and operating rights of 220 BT high towers in Britain for a period of 20 years, the latest step in its plan to expand in the sector.

* Europe cannot allow trade spat to delay 5G rollout - CEO (Adds comments on financing, 5G rollout, changes headline)

Europe's biggest phone towers group, Spain's Cellnex, expects more deals to take shape in 2019-2020 after a recent $3-billion splurge on assets owned by French tycoon Xavier Niel, its chief executive said on Thursday.

Cellnex is still looking to buy assets, its chief executive said on Thursday, two days after the Spanish towers group splashed out 2.7 billion euros ($3.02 billion) on 10,700 mobile towers owned by French tycoon Xavier Niel.

French tycoon Xavier Niel has agreed a 2.7 billion euro ($3.02 billion) deal to sell mobile towers in France, Italy and Switzerland to Cellnex as he seeks to bolster the finances of his telecoms group Iliad.

Spanish phone towers group Cellnex may consider a takeover bid for British tower company CTIL, but could not afford to invest in France's TDF after agreeing to buy 10,700 sites in France, Italy and Switzerland, its chief executive said on Tuesday.

Telecoms group Iliad said it was in talks over selling its mobile tower assets in France and Italy to Cellnex for 2 billion euros ($2.24 billion), in a deal that should strengthen Iliad's financial position.

* CELLNEX SWITZERLAND AND SWISS FIBRE NET SIGN A COOPERATION AGREEMENT Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: (Gdynia Newsroom)

Spanish telecoms mast group Cellnex is interested in Italian rival Inwit though any deal would have to be friendly, Cellnex chairman Marco Patuano told Il Sole 24 Ore on Friday.

Telecom group Cellnex could bid for CTIL Tower Infrastructure, a Telefonica and Vodafone joint venture, if they put it up for sale, the Spanish company's CEO said on Friday.

Edizione, the holding company of Italy's Benetton family, said on Tuesday it had sold 20 percent of an investment vehicle through which it holds 29.9 percent of Spanish tower group Cellnex to a unit of Singapore's sovereign fund GIC.

Edizione, the holding company of Italy's Benetton family, said on Thursday it had sold 20 percent of an investment vehicle through which it holds 29.9 percent of Spanish tower group Cellnex <CLNX.MC> to a unit of Abu Dhabi fund ADIA.

Edizione, the holding company of Italy's Benetton family, said on Thursday it had sold 20 percent of an investment vehicle through which it holds 29.9 percent of Spanish tower group Cellnex to a unit of Abu Dhabi fund ADIA.

The Benetton family is expected to sell part of its 29.9 percent stake in Spanish telecoms mast group Cellnex <CLNX.MC> to Singapore's GIC and Abu Dahbi's ADIA, two sources said on Thursday.