Trio of debt funds to close in 2023

Three debt fund’s of a European asset manager – one flagship and two thematic – will all hold final close in 2023 raising close to €4 billion combined

Eiffage completes French telecoms asset deal

French civil engineering company Eiffage Group has acquired 70% of SNEF Telecom capital, a SNEF group subsidiary

Australian towers business rebrands to Indara

Australian Tower Network – owned by AustralianSuper and Singapore headquartered telco Singtel – has rebranded to indara to expand its digital infrastructure assets and services, the company said in a statement

SCOR IP holds closing on debt strategy

SCOR Investment Partners has made an intermediary closing of the fourth vintage of its senior secured infrastructure debt strategies, SCORLUX Infrastructure Loans IV, with commitments of €320 million

Italian telco merger close extended

CDP Equity – majority shareholder of Open Fiber – has requested more time to consider the proposed merger between TIM Group and the fibre provider

UK altnet secures £985m for fibre roll-out

London-headquatered Community Fibre has secured a £985 million facility to fund its 2024 FTTH roll-out strategy

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