Roland Berger prepares New Yangon City Swiss challenge

Germany-based Roland Berger will prepare and oversee the Swiss challenge tender process for the New Yangon City project in Myanmar

Kirwan leaves Rubicon to set up consultancy

John Kirwan has left his role at advisory firm Rubicon to set up his own outfit: Broadstone Capital Advisors

Indonesia Satellite PPP starts preparatory work

Preparatory works for Indonesia’s multifunction satellite PPP – Satria satellite – has started, followed by a to-be-announced $400 million syndicated loan

Multilateral approves cornerstone investment

Asian Development Bank has approved a $25 million investment to finance a new mobile telecommunications network in Papua New Guinea, where only 11% of the population has internet access

France allocates half a billion for digital infrastructure

The French government today has announced €500 million in funding to improve digital infrastructure across the country

New MD for Zayo Europe

Communications infrastructure services company, Zayo, has appointed Jesper Aagaard as the managing director of its European operations effective this month

Asian pension has new infra GPs

A sovereign pension fund in Asia has disclosed it mandated 2 new infrastructure investment managers during 2Q 2020

Telefonica launches 5G network in Spain

Telefonica has launched 5G network for businesses and individual consumers across Spain

Brazil's Patria raises $2bi infra fund

Brazilian asset manager Pátria Investimentos has closed an infrastructure fund at R10 billion ($2 billion) to invest in infrastructure projects in Brazil and in Latin American countries, including Chile and Colombia, focusing on energy, logistics, telecommunications, and potentially sanitation

India trust closes transmission acquisition

A KKR-backed infrastructure investment trust in India has closed its acquisition of a $150 million new transmission asset

MIDIS provides acquisition financing for UK data centre

Macquarie Infrastructure Debt Investment Solutions has made a £73 million debt investment in Vantage Data Centre’s acquisition of Next Generation Data centre

Italy on track for national fibre network

The Italian government’s push for a sole service provider in the country has come to fruition with the signing of a letter of intent

LPs join Brookfield on India towers acquisition

A Singaporean sovereign wealth fund and Canadian institutional investor are among the co-investors to join Brookfield Asset Management to buy an Indian telecom towers company from a Reliance Jio subsidiary for $3.44 billion

OZ strengthens broadband infra

Australian national wholesale broadband provider NBN Co has joined forced with 17 private telecom operators to deliver fast broadband connection across the country

MEAG launches second infra debt fund

MEAG has launched its second infrastructure debt fund with a target of €800 million, following investor demand