SMBC promotion and move around

James White has been promoted to director at SMBC in London where he is now sector head for telecoms, the latest move in a shift around since Layth Irani’s promotion

Sustainability FoF raises €292m

Spain’s Arcano Capital has reached a final close for a sustainable infrastructure fund of funds, raising €292 million ($349m)

Portugal to proceed with 5G auction despite lawsuit

The Portuguese telecommunications watchdog ANACOM is set to proceed with 5G spectrum auction despite precautionary injunctions filed by the country’s 3 established service providers, Altice, Vodafone and NOS

Stilmark JV’s advisory team for Optus deal

The symphony consortium has hired a North American advisory team to assist with its bid for the A$2 billion Optus towers deal

ASI wins Airband auction

Aberdeen Standard Investments has won the auction to acquire a majority interest in Airband Community Internet

Investec hires for power and infra team

South African financial institution Investec has hired Felix Fletcher to join the power and infrastructure finance team in the firm's London office

Wardlaw joins Hermes

James Wardlaw has been appointed partner at Hermes Infrastructure after 9 years as vice chair of infrastructure at Campbell Lutyens

“Innovative funding” lined up for European data centres

An innovative financing structure led by 2 established project finance lenders will early next year reach a key stage in the delivery of 3 major data centres in Europe

Orange France to launch 5G in December

Orange France is set next week to launch 5G mobile internet in 15 cities across France

EQT and Proximus form fibre JV

EQT Infrastructure and Belgian telco Proximus have signed a joint venture agreement to build a fibre-to-the-home network for at least 1.5 million households and businesses in Belgium

Ethiopia issues RFP for telecom licences

The ECA has issued the RFP documents for two telecommunication licences – in line with the government of Ethiopia’s plan to liberalize the telecoms sector

UK gov abandons 2025 fibre target

The government will abandon its pledge to deliver full-fibre to all homes in Britain by 2025, as was revealed in the UK National Infrastructure Strategy yesterday

Generali launches 2 infra funds for Covid recovery

Generali Investments has launched 2 new infrastructure funds with the aim of investing in the energy transition, digital and social infrastructure

Eltel and Telia team up on Norwegian wireless

Swedish company Eltel and Nordic telecoms business Telia have today signed a frame agreement to roll out Fixed Wireless Access in Norway

Indonesia delays the launch of satellite PPP

Indonesia's government is planning to delay the launch of the country’s multifunction satellite PPP, Satria Satellite, from March 2023 to the fourth quarter of 2023