Cali city awards broadband contract
The City of Fremont has awarded SmartWave Technoloigies and Astound Business Solutions the contract to develop its broadband project
Rural Broadband Solutions rebrands amid investment
UK broadband provider Rural Broadband Solutions has rebranded as Global Connectivity ahead of an investment of £75 million from Tiger Infrastructure Partners
Ardian promotes MD in Milan
Ardian Infrastructure has promoted Federica Vasquez to managing director in its Milan office
USTDA backs internet expansion in DRC
The USTDA has signed a grant to local internet service provider GBS to support a rural internet access expansion project in the DRC
AtlasEdge to acquire German data centres
Pan-European edge data centre provider AtlasEdge is set to acquire Germany’s independent data centre provider, Datacenter One, for an undisclosed sum
KKR acquires Norwegian telco stake
A consortium led by KKR is set to acquire a 30% stake in Telenor's newly established passive fibre infrastructure company, Telenor Fiber, in Norway
John Laing expands US & Canada team
John Laing has strengthened its US & Canada teams with the hiring of Kara Vague and Richard Kim as director and associate director respectively
EdgeConneX to expand into the Philippines
US-based data centre company EdgeConneX has partnered with Aboitiz InfraCapital and is planning to build a network of hyperscale data centres across the Philippines
Foresight to invest in UK alt net
Foresight Group is set to invest in full fibre technology business Fibre & Wireless Networks – with a deal expected imminently, IJGlobal understands
Equinix plans Indonesia data centre
Digital infrastructure company Equinix has announced plans to set up a $74 million international business exchange data centre in Jakarta, Indonesia
Antin brings in €5bn at first close on latest fund
Antin Infrastructure Partners’ fifth flagship fund has held first close, raising more than €5 billion to invest in infrastructure opportunities
Infracapitcal secures debt for German fibre roll-out
Infracapital, the equity investment arm of M&G, has secured an €895 million debt facility from 4 commercial lenders to fund its fibre roll-out in rural Germany
NIBC ups investment in Open Dutch Fiber
NIBC Infrastructure Partners – lead arranger for the short-term loan facilities for Open Dutch Fiber’s fibre-to-the-premises roll-out – will increase the financing of the business
Asia debt fund nears first capital call
A limited partner has passed a milestone to allocate capital to a debt fund in Asia targeting to raise $750 million
Huron Capital to acquire Pennsylvanian telco
TriStruX – Huron Capital’s Infrastructure Services Platform – is set to acquire fibre specialist Hess Broadband