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Private Equity: Outlook for Value Creation in Telecom

Private equity firms’ investments in the telecom and media sector. Issue 19, Telecom & Media Insights.

Private equity investments have scaled new highs in the past 2 years, showing a dramatic recovery from the economic downturn that plagued the beginning of this decade. The telecom and media sector especially has experienced large-sized buy-outs, with private equity players attracted to the stable cash flows and debt capacity of the leading industry players. Generating substantial returns from mega-sized investments is likely to present a challenge for these financial investors.

Capgemini Consulting and the TME Strategy Lab investigated the challenges as well as the routes to unlocking value creation in the telecom and media sector. In addition to financial and operational restructuring, private equity players will need to focus on strategic and top-line growth opportunities in the acquired companies. Moreover, the financial investors will need to develop significant domain expertise to pursue the appropriate value creation strategies in the complex telecom and media sector.

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