M&A Deal Summary

Millicom International Cellular Acquires Cablevisión Paraguay S.A.

On July 16, 2012, Millicom International Cellular acquired media company Cablevisión Paraguay S.A. for 150M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Millicom International Cellular’s 1st transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Millicom International Cellular’s 6th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Millicom International Cellular’s 1st transaction in Paraguay.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2012-07-16
Target Cablevisión Paraguay S.A.
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Millicom International Cellular
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 150M USD

Target

Cablevisión Paraguay S.A.

Asuncion, Paraguay
Cablevisión Paraguay S.A. is a provider of cable pay-TV services in Paraguay. In 2011, it covered 470, 000 households and had 116,000 cable TV customers, with close to 10% of them subscribing to fixed broadband services. Cablevisión Paraguay has exclusive rights to broadcast Paraguay’s soccer championship games.

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Buyer

Millicom International Cellular

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Category Company
Founded 1990
Sector Communications
Employees14,000
Revenue 5.8B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Millicom International Cellular is a telecom company. Millicom International Cellular was founded in 1990 and is based in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg .


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 8
Sector: Media M&A 1 of 2
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 3
Country: Paraguay M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2012 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 6 of 6
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