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