Switzerland

Vodafone sells its Italian business to Switzerland's Swisscom for €8B in cash and plans a ~€4B stock buyback; Swisscom will merge Vodafone Italia with Fastweb

- Vodafone also announced plans for a €4 billion share buyback  — Sale to Swisscom will create a new market dynamic in Italy

Switzerland-based SoftwareOne, which advises companies on cloud strategies, rejects Bain's $3.5B takeover, ending months of back-and-forth; SWON.SW drops 10%+

Bloomberg :

Ripple acquires Switzerland-based digital asset custody startup Metaco for $250M in cash and stock and plans to keep the brand and founder Adrien Treccani

David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images  — Crypto payments firm Ripple shelled out $250 million for Swiss custody startup Metaco.

Switzerland-based cybersecurity company Infinigate merges with Dubai-based cybersecurity firm Starlink to form a company with a ~$2.2B estimated annual revenue

US-based IT services company DXC Technology to acquire Switzerland-based software development company Luxoft for ~$2B in deal expected to close in June 2019

Asha McLean / ZDNet :

SK Telecom buys a majority stake in Switzerland-based quantum-safe crypto firm ID Quantique for $65M

The South Korean telco has acquired quantum-safe solutions provider ID Quantique (IDQ) which will ensure security in the coming 5G era, the company said.