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SoftBank (OTCMKTS:SFTBY) has opened discussions with Deutsche Telekom (OTCMKTS:DTEGY) about selling some of its shares in T-Mobile (NYSE:TMUS).

T-Mobile and Sprint’s deadline to extend their $26.5 billion proposed merger agreement passed on November 1. After 18 months, there’s still no end in sight.

The global telecom industry is undergoing a rapid transformation, especially with the advent of 5G technology. We look at the telecom space’s key trends.

On May 9, Vodafone (VOD) announced that it had reached an agreement to purchase Liberty Global (LBTYA) assets in certain European markets.

Starting this month, Sprint (S) has a new CEO, Michel Combes. Sprint hired Combes in January as its CFO.

Nokia (NOK) is collaborating with Deutsche Telekom and Hamburg Port Authority on a two-year 5G (fifth-generation) research project.

T-Mobile’s (TMUS) subscriber base continued to expand in 4Q17. The company closed 2017 with 72.6 million subscribers in total.

The financials sector is still the biggest sectoral holding of TEMIX, with industrials coming in a close second.

There has barely been anything positive about AXEAX so far in 2016. The fund has a high portfolio turnover rate and has seen its top-invested sectors contribute negatively.

The Fidelity Advisor Overseas Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in common stocks of non-US issuers.

The Franklin Mutual European Fund’s assets were spread across 84 holdings as of June 2016, and it was managing assets worth $2.6 billion as of June’s end.

The Fidelity Advisor Overseas Fund’s (FAOAX) top sectoral bet is the consumer discretionary sector, which forms one-fourth of the fund’s total assets.

The Vanguard European Stock Index Fund – Investor Shares’ (VEURX) assets were spread across a staggering 1,249 stocks as of March 2016. It was managing assets worth $19.0 billion.

TEMIX had a terrible 2015. Things haven’t gotten better in the one-year period ended March 15, 2016. Its alpha for the period was the worst among its peers.

Telefónica’s fixed broadband accesses in Germany continued to fall in 4Q15. These connections fell by ~2.1% YoY to ~2.1 million at the end of the quarter.

Year-over-year, Telefónica’s mobile revenue rose by ~2.8% to reach ~1.8 billion euros in Germany.

Telefónica reported its 2015 results on February 26, 2016. The telecom player’s revenue figure was ~47.2 billion euros for the year.

During 4Q15, the data revenue stream of Telefónica’s mobile component rose by ~30.2% organically YoY to reach ~0.25 billion euros in Argentina.

Organically, TEF’s revenue rose robustly by ~18% year-over-year to ~1 billion euros in Argentina during 4Q15.

The Franklin Mutual European Fund (TEMIX) is among the top three funds according to asset size in this review.

Vodafone service revenue in Itay fell ~8.8% YoY (year-over-year) to reach ~0.93 billion pounds.

In fiscal 3Q16, Vodafone’s mobile customers in Germany decreased ~3.6% YoY to reach ~30.4 million.

As per Vodafone, Vodacom’s service revenue in South Africa increased by ~7.2% organically YoY in fiscal 3Q16 compared to ~3% YoY in fiscal 2Q16.

The Franklin Mutual European Fund’s assets were spread across 78 holdings (stocks, bonds, and currencies) as of December 2015.

TEMIX’s assets were spread across 78 holdings as of September 2015. It was managing assets worth $3.3 billion as of November’s end.

In this part, we’ll look at some of the metrics for Telefonica and its peers as of December 3, 2015. We’ll see how their stocks have performed in the last 52 weeks.

Telefonica’s fixed services were responsible for the YoY organic decline in revenue in Germany in 3Q15. On the organic level, the YoY decline was 1.1%.

Vodafone’s European component continued to dampen overall revenue growth during fiscal 1H16. The European component’s revenue fell ~4.8% year-over-year.

The auto manufacturing industry provided a highest weighted return, at 0.085%, as well as the highest individual return, at 4.2%, on November 23.

The Franklin Mutual European Fund can invest up to 20% of its assets in instruments issued by companies located in the United States and several other regions.

In the software space, SAP (SAP) gave a positive return. In the banking space, all banks gave negative return except for Unicredito (UNCFF).

On October 21, the top three performing industries in the SPDR Euro Stoxx 50 ETF were software, miscellaneous manufacturer, and the food industry.