Meridiam to invest in broadband for 3 Indiana cities
Meridiam has reached an agreement with Indiana cities of Columbus and Shelbyville, in addition to Bloomington, to build a ubiquitous fibre network as part of its Hoosier Network Fiber Project
SBA acquires Brazilian tower portfolio
Boca Raton-based digital infra firm SBA Communications has inked a deal to acquire around 2,600 Brazilian towers from Grupo TorreSur
Transaction adviser recruits for Philippines telco PPP
Bases Conversion and Development Authority’s transaction adviser is recruiting 2 advisers to assist with the development of infrastructure in New Clark City using a PPP model
South SF issues RFP for broadband P3
The City of South San Francisco has issued an RFP seeking consultants for its broadband infrastructure project which includes developing a P3 programme with internet service providers
DigitalBridge makes play for Brazilian fixed-line
DigitalBridge’s Brazilian portfolio company, Highline do Brasil, has made a binding offer to acquire 8,000 fixed-line telecoms sites from local telco Oi
PIF invests in Rakiza
Saudi Arabia’s PIF has invested $300 million into Muscat-based private equity infra fund Rakiza
Ardian increases stake in Italian telco
A consortium led by private investment house Ardian is set to acquire TIM Group’s indirect stake in Italian telecoms business Infrastrutture Wireless Italiane for around €1.3 billion
MAM acquires stake in UK data centre
Macquarie Asset Management is set to acquire a ‘significant’ minority stake in data centre provider VIRTUS Data Centres from ST Telemedia Global Data Centres
Safaricom appoints Ngumi as chair
Kenyan mobile network operator Safaricom has appointed investment banker John Ngumi as a director and chair of the board
Deloitte expands LatAm infra team
Deloitte has brought on Alex de la Vega as a partner in its infrastructure investment banking team
Lumen completes LatAm sale
Lumen Technologies has completed the sale of its Latin American operations to Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners
UK JV to deliver fibre to 7 million homes
A JV of Liberty Global, Telefónica and InfraVia Capital Partners is gearing up to roll-out FTTH connection to 7 million UK premises
F2i holds first close on maiden debt fund
F2i, Italy's largest infrastructure asset manager, has held first close on its new Infrastructure Debt Fund 1 at €310 million
PGGM names new head of infrastructure
Dennis van Alphen has been nominated head of infrastructure at PGGM in the Netherlands, with his new role scheduled to begin this month