IJGlobal Awards 2020 – MENA Judging Team
We are delighted today to be announcing the judging team for Middle East and North Africa for the IJGlobal Awards 2020. The submissions team reports that entries are flooding in for what looks to be an exciting (virtual) awards ceremony in the summer
UBS to bankroll German FTTH rollout
UBS Asset Management has today extended a €73 million loan to TNG – the German provider offering a fast fiber-to-home broadband platform operating in rural Germany
IJGlobal Awards 2020 – Latin America Judging Team
A sneak peek into our peer-reviewed process that builds the annually anticipated IJGlobal Awards – this one for Latin America – uncovering not only an independent but a diversified team of experts to select the winners
Ashurst expands consultancy
The Australian arm of Ashurst has appointed 5 new partners as a part of the firm’s strategy to expand its consulting business
Digital Colony to take Boingo private
Digital Colony will take public company Boingo private in a deal worth $854 million
Mavroyannis to lead infra practice at Sera
Brookfield-backed BFIN, a real estate and infrastructure adviser, has rebranded to Sera Global as the firm expands its investment banking business
IPI Partners takes over Italian data centre platform
IPI Partners has taken over a majority holding in data centre Supernap Italia from Accelero Capital Holdings
Indonesia's satellite PPP reaches FC
Indonesia's first multi-function satellite PPP Satria Satellite has achieved financial close, announced Indonesia's Communication and Information Technology Minister Johnny G Plate
World Bank stops payment for Myanmar projects
The World Bank has halted payments for projects in Myanmar on withdrawal request due to the military coup of 1 February
CPPIB CEO resigns over Covid trip
Mark Machin, chief executive of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, has resigned following a trip the United Arab Emirates where he was vaccinated
Cellnex acquires Polkomtel
Cellnex has reached an agreement with Cyfrowy Polsat to acquire 99.99% of its telecoms infrastructure subsidiary Polkomtel Infrastruktura
Axiata mothballs plan to divest towers unit
Malaysian telecommunications company Axiata shelved plans to sell a stake in its telecommunications infrastructure company Edotco Group due to an uncertain market
Liverpool to add 212km fibre network
Steve Rotheram, the mayor of Liverpool Metro, has today announced the rollout of a 212 km high speed full fiber network in a bid to boost the local economy
IA's A$59bn 2021 priority list
Infrastructure Australia has released its 2021 priority list which includes a record 44 new proposals providing an investment roadmap for the country’s economic recovery post pandemic
PEXA mulls IPO amid potential holding co sale
Electronic property settlement provider Property Exchange Australia (PEXA) has today (25 February 2021) announced that it will explore the viability of an IPO, having posted strong results for the 6 months to December 2020