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European shares edged higher early on Monday, led by the telecoms sector after Telenet's move to buy KPN's mobile telephony unit in Belgium.
Belgium's Telenet, a subsidiary of cable company Liberty Global, rose 6 per cent after agreeing to acquire KPN's BASE Company for 1.325 billion euros ($1.43 billion), sending shares in the Dutch firm up 3 percent.
At 0710 GMT, the pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index was up 0.6 per cent to 1,616.78 points after shedding 2.3 per cent in the previous week.
The index was also helped by a rise in basic resources stocks after the Chinese central bank unveiled new measures to shore up the world's second-largest economy and top consumer of metals.
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