M&A Deals Telecom

M&A Deals - Telecom Industry - Q1 Update

M&A deals in the telecom space are off to a good start this year. Through March 23, 2015, there have been 90 M&A deals - telecom closed or announced worldwide. With approximately one more week left in the quarter, this is more transactions than either Q1 2013 or Q1 2014.

Here’s a chart showing the activity by quarter from 2013 to date.

With regard to value, through March 23, 2015, US$663.2 billion of M&A deals were closed.

Europe saw the most M&A deals with 43 of the 90 transactions. Asia was next with 19 transactions. Here is a chart with the number of transactions by region.