Changes at the top for DIF

The supervisory board of DIF Management has made changes to the composition of its executive committee to create what it terms a “more effective and focused governance body”

SIRO expands Irish broadband network

Irish fibre broadband provider SIRO will roll out fibre to the premises to 20,000 homes throughout County Cork and 8 neighbouring towns by the end of 2023

Actis acquires 11 data centres across LatAm

London-based infrastructure investor Actis has acquired 11 data centres across 6 Latin American countries and the US from Spanish data centre operator Nabiax

Basalt Infrastructure to acquire telecoms company

Basalt Infrastructure Partners has reached an agreement to acquire Fatbeam Holdings from a fund managed by SDC Capital Partners and other investors

UPDATE: Alpen Glasfaser raises funding for maiden roll-out

Austrian fibre joint venture Alpen Glasfaser has secured a €412.5 million funding facility for its first fibre roll-out in Austria

AIIB to invest $120m in Seraya Partners’ fund

The AIIB has approved an investment into a Southeast Asia focused green energy and digital infra fund, making good on commitments announced earlier this year

UKIB given royal assent

The UK Infrastructure Bank today received Royal Assent in the UK Infrastructure Bank Act and is now an enduring institution able to serve the whole of the UK

Cleary Gottlieb hires PE partner

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has hired Ed Aldred to the firm's private equity practice

Swiss investment company introduces infra offering

Swiss financial and property investment entity Interogo has announced a new business under its umbrella focused on infrastructure investment opportunities – IH Infrastructure Advisors

Vodafone completes co-control partnership

German telecoms entity Vantage Towers has now completed its co-control partnership with a consortium led by Global Infrastructure Partners and KKR, introducing a new ownership structure

TIM, road concessionaire to develop Brazilian 4G

TIM Brasil and the Way112 and Way306 Concessionaires – part of Grupo Way Brasil – have partnered to bring 4G connectivity to more than 600km of highways in Mato Grosso do Sul state

Cincinnati Bell invests in Ohio county broadband

Altafiber has partnered with Warren County in Ohio to provide gigabit high-speed broadband fibre internet access to the region over the next 3-4 years

Omantel breaks into African telecoms

Oman telecoms company Omantel has signed a partnership deal with Wingu Group’s Djibouti Data Centre in East Africa to expand into the African market as a regional wholesale hub

IJGlobal APAC Awards – the results

The IJGlobal Awards for the Asia Pacific region were hosted last night in Singapore, recognising some of the best greenfield finance deals to have closed in the 2022 calendar year and the companies that supported them