Macquarie takes €2.12bn Open Fiber stake

Macquarie Asset Management has finalised an agreement with Enel to acquire a 40% equity interest in Open Fiber for €2.12 billion

KKR drops out of Oz telecom deal

KKR has this week reportedly dropped out of the bidding war for the sale of Singtel’s Australian mobile telecom tower operator Optus

Axiata in talks to take over Link Net

Malaysia-based Axiata Group has made an offer to acquire a 66.3% stake in Indonesian internet service and cable television provider LinkNet

Bidders close in on CityFibre stake

Three bidders are said to be closing in on a £500 million ($696 million) deal to acquire an equity slice of London broadband business CityFibre

India data centres to get $1bn boost

A Mumbai-headquartered data centre developer signed agreements with 3 state governments to invest $1 billion in the industry’s development

APN, KPG secure €700m for Dutch fibre rollout

A JV of Dutch pension fund APG and AMS-listed telecom company KPN has secured €700 million in debt to fund fibre rollout in rural Netherlands

GuarantCo supports Pakistani credit guarantor

A member of the Private Infrastructure Development Group provided a roughly $50 million facility to a Pakistani credit guarantor to address gaps in the local infrastructure financing market through more use of credit guarantees

Digital infra startup to develop 6 data centres

Australian digital infra startup DC Matrix is set to deliver 6 data centres in Queensland, having started the approval process earlier this year

Peru appoints new transport and energy ministers

Peru has appointed its new ministers responsible for infrastructure, following the recent change of government

PLDT eyes $800m towers sale

Filipino telecoms company PLDT is reportedly considering selling its telecoms tower portfolio worth $800 million to $1 billion

Delta Fiber secures funding for Dutch fibre

Dutch broadband provider Delta Fiber has on Monday confirmed that it secured more than €2 billion to fund fibre rollout across the Netherlands

Keppel to acquire SPH assets

Singaporean conglomerate Keppel has offered $1.63 billion to acquire Singapore Press Holding's asset portfolio, including purpose-built student accommodation, nursing homes, and data centres

I Squared to acquire Mexican data centres

Miami-based investment fund I Squared is to purchase KIO Networks, Mexico’s largest operator of data centres

Gibson Dunn makes PE hire

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has hired Marwan Azzi as a partner in its New York private equity practice

Asian LP allocates to infra funds

An Asia-based life insurance company agreed to commit capital totalling $120 million to infrastructure equity funds