Telefónica mulls acquisition of DirecTV
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Spanish telecom Telefónica could move into the satellite TV in Latin America — including much of Central America — through an acquisition of DirecTV.
To do so it would have to join forces with Liberty Global, which recently absorbed the operations in Panama of Cable&Wireless. The target markets are El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panamá, Ecuador and Uruguay, according to Reuters.
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