UK-based telecom operator CityFibre has raised £4.9 billion in debt to fund its planned rollout of FTTH connection to nearly 8 million homes in the UK – progressing the Project Gigabit initiative

iCON has held first and final closing today on its $3.6 billion fund, iCON Infrastructure Partners V

iCON Infrastructure has hired Celine Billant as director of infrastructure investments in North America, based in the firm’s New York office

The IFC and EBRD have lent $45 million to Telecom Armenia to improve high-speed broadband infrastructure in the country

A global infrastructure manager is close to holding a $500 million first close for the latest vintage of its flagship vehicle, which will target $1.5 billion

Negotiations continue between the government of Malaysia and the country’s 4 largest telcos about gaining control of state-owned 5G wholesale provider Digital Nasional

Orlando-based Kinetic Group is to acquire a portfolio of Ecuadorean telecoms assets

Telecommunication services provider Telia has completed the sale of Telia Latvia to Latvian telco Tet SIA for €10.75 million

Campbell Lutyens has expanded its GP capital advisory team with 3 new hires including 2 senior appointments

MUFG has made 2 Singapore-based senior appointments within its global corporate and investment banking unit in Asia Pacific, effective tomorrow

Macquarie Asset Management has reached final close of its third Asia Pacific infrastructure fund

Asian Development Bank has approved a $400 million policy-based loan to further deepen the country’s domestic capital markets, especially for infrastructure development

TIM Group and Open Fiber have signed a memorandum of understanding with all relevant parties, confirming the integration of the 2 networks

Non-binding offers for Brookfield Infrastructure Partners’ minority stake in French telco TDF Group are due end July