Top telecom mergers and acquisitions in May 2026
Every verified merger and acquisition in the telecom sector in this period, ranked by disclosed value. Updated every morning.
We tracked 3 deals in the telecom sector in May 2026, 3 of them with a disclosed value, worth $9.2bn in total. The largest was Vodafone Group Plc's $5.8bn deal for VodafoneThree (CK Hutchison's 49% stake), ahead of Bharti Airtel Limited and Airtel Africa plc (16.31% stake) at $2.9bn.
Top telecom mergers and acquisitions in May 2026
- 15 MayVodafone Group Plc → VodafoneThree (CK Hutchison's 49% stake)Vodafone agrees £4.3bn buyout of CK Hutchison's VodafoneThree stakeTelecom / Mobile networksCompleted$5.8bn
- 213 MayBharti Airtel Limited → Airtel Africa plc (16.31% stake)Bharti Airtel swaps INR282bn of shares for bigger Airtel Africa stakeTelecom / Mobile operatorsCompleted$2.9bn
- 312 MayVerdane → Telenor Connexion (50% stake)Verdane takes half of Telenor Connexion at SEK 7.5bn valueTelecom / IoT connectivityCompleted$500m