Digicel Group, the mobile-services company owned by Denis O’Brien, is planning to raise $1.5bn-$2bn (€1.78bn) in an initial public offering as soon as this month, people with knowledge of the matter said.

Irish billionaire Denis O’Brien’s Digicel Group, the mobile-services company operating in the Caribbean and South Pacific regions, plans to sell shares in an initial public offering and to list on the New York Stock Exchange.

An Irish woman is understood to be among the 28 victims killed in an attack at a Tunisian resort, Sepp Blatter has fuelled speculation about his future by insisting he has not resigned as FIFA president, and the US Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the country.  Here’s this evening’s irishexaminer.com catch-up.

Businessman Denis O’Brien told the High Court yesterday he pays his taxes in Ireland and in all countries he and his company Digicel are connected with.

Denis O’Brien’s Caribbean-based mobile phone company Digicel has invested $17m (€14m) in California-based Boom Financial.

Despite almost four years of recession, Ireland’s richest are getting even richer.

THE Denis O’Brien-owned network of mobile telephone companies, Digicel, pushed up revenues by 16% in the first half of the year to $1.24 billion (€919 million).

Telecoms mogul Denis O’Brien’s Digicel Group today posted revenues of $1.24bn (€917bn) for the first six months of the year, an increase of 16% on the same period last year.

EIRCOM Group’sindependent directors have set a November 18 deadline for investment proposals as the country’s biggest phone company seeks to restructure its debt, according to two sources.

DIGICEL Group which operates in 30 markets in the Caribbean, El Salvador and the Pacific has reported strong results for the quarter to end December 2010.

Digicel has announced that it has hit the 11 million customer mark across its 32 markets worldwide.

DIGICEL, the mobile operator chaired by Denis O’Brien, saw revenues jump 12% to $2.2 billion (€1.8bn) for the year to the end of March 2010.

Digicel has today announced its financial results for the year ended March 31, 2010.

TELECOM entrepreneur and tax exile Denis O’Brien could increase his personal wealth by as much as €509 million by merging two of his mobile phone companies.

Denis O'Brien's Carribean-based communications company Digicel Group is donating US$5m (€3.4m) to support relief efforts in Haiti.

Mobile operator Digicel has today reported a 10% increase in its half-year profit to US$364 m (€408m) on revenues of US$857m (€960.9m).

Telecommunications provider Digicel has today announced that it has reached the 10 million subscriber landmark across its 32 markets worldwide.

The defiance exhibited yesterday by Aer Lingus would give the impression that all is over in the Ryanair attempt to take over the recently privatised national carrier.

Denis O'Brien's Digicel Group today announced Stephen Brewer has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Digicel Trinidad & Tobago.

Denis O'Brien's Digicel Group announced today it has entered into an agreement to acquire Cingular’s Caribbean operations in a multi-million dollar deal which significantly increases the size of Digicel’s Pan-Caribbean network.

Ernst & Young has announced the Irish shortlist for the 2005 Entrepreneur of the Year Programme.

Digicel Group announced today that it is the first company to be awarded a license to operate a GSM network in Haiti.