UK launches £40m 5G fund

The UK government has opened applications for 5G roll-out funding via a £40 million fund

Responses in for New Haven broadband RFP

The City of New Haven in Connecticut has received submissions from 7 firms in response to the RFP for its broadband P3 issued last month

Patrizia chief exec takes helm

Real assets investor Patrizia has completed a leadership changeover in which Asoka Wöhrmann has taken over the position of sole chief executive

abrdn buys Airband stake from Amber, UK

abrdn's Core Infrastructure division has bought a minority stake in British full-fibre rural network operator Airband from Amber Infrastructure, increasing its majority shareholding

Artelia acquires Canadian engineer

France’s Artelia Group has acquired engineering company FNX-INNOV in Quebec, Canada

Texas ERS commits to infra funds

The board of the Employees Retirement System of Texas has approved $152 million of infrastructure investment to 2 funds

BT names new chief exec

Allison Kirkby will head BT Group from January 2024, replacing incumbent chief Philip Jansen

Infranity closes senior debt strategy

Infranity, part of the Generali Investments asset management firms, has held a close on the third generation of its Senior Infrastructure Debt strategy II

AltamarCAM shareholders sell 40% stake

Asset manager AltamarCAM Partners has sold a 40% interest to Permira Growth Opportunities II, with sellers including a mix of external financial partners and existing managing partners

Africa impact fund closes at $115m

The Infra Impact Mid-Market Infrastructure Fund 1, managed by Infra Impact Investment Managers, has exceeded its fundraising target, reaching a final close at R2.15bn

Sacramento issues RFP for broadband P3

The City of Sacramento in California has issued an RFP seeking private partners to expands its business and residential broadband access via a P3

Cellnex, EIB ink on funding for European 5G

Spanish towerco Cellnex Telecom has signed a €315 million agreement with the European Investment Bank to finance the expansion of 5G infrastructure across Europe

BlackRock rocked by second senior exit, London

Word reaches IJGlobal once again of a senior exit from the London-based European infrastructure and energy team at BlackRock – less than a month after Jonathan Stevens served notice and was put on gardening leave

Lyntia to buy Spanish telecoms, cloud services platform

Spanish fibre provider Lyntia Networks has agreed to acquire telecoms and cloud services platform Evolutio Business Connectivity from the Evolutio Group

Adani seals inaugural dollar financing for data centres

AdaniConneX, a 50:50 JV between Adani Enterprises and EdgeConnex, has recently secured a $213 million facility to fund 2 data centres in India