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