Telecoms & Media

Telecommunications company Telecom Italia (TIM) has secured an extension to its long running partnership with Lega Serie A, which encompasses title sponsorship of Serie A, the top division of Italian football, and other competitions.

Mobile phone manufacturer Samsung has struck a partnership with the NHL North American ice hockey league.

UK telecommunications company BT has agreed a multi-year partnership with the Williams Formula One motor-racing team.

Telecommunications company Ooredoo has secured a commercial partnership with Uefa Champions League holder Real Madrid in Algeria.

US wireless technologies specialist Qualcomm has secured a multi-year deal to become the official technology partner of Formula One motor racing champion Mercedes.

Telecommunications brand O2 is pursuing a three-pronged sponsorship strategy led this year by the activation of its England national rugby team rights in advance of the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

Portuguese telecommunications company NOS has signed a three-and-a-half year deal to become title sponsor of the Portuguese Primeira Liga, the country’s top-tier football league.

Spanish Liga football club Barcelona has reached a deal with Telefónica to make the telecommunications company a regional partner in Latin America for the next three seasons.

The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) has hit its asking price on its first top-tier domestic deals for the 2020 Games.

Chinese telecommunications company Huawei has struck a sponsorship deal with Mexican Liga MX top-tier football team Club América.

Chinese telecommunications company Huawei has expanded its portfolio in sport by linking up with Benfica, the most popular football club in Portugal.

Chinese telecommunications company Huawei has reached an agreement to become the main sponsor of Norwegian Tippeligaen football team Valerenga.

Brazilian telecommunications company TIM has further strengthened its considerable presence in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A football league by signing one-year sponsorship agreements with Coritiba and Atletico Paranaense.

Organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games have announced Nippon Telegraph and Telephone as the event’s first official gold partner.

Chinese telecommunications company Huawei has furthered its presence in the South African sports market by agreeing a sponsorship deal with the country’s top five rugby union teams.

The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has sealed an eight-year extension to its sponsorship agreement with telecommunications brand Vivo, part of the Telefonica Group.

The Kings XI Punjab Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket franchise has unveiled telecommunications company HTC as its principal sponsor for the 2015 season.

Nigerian telecommunications company Globacom has extended its headline sponsorship of the Confederation of African Football’s annual awards event for four years until 2018.