Phillippines replaces 8 infra projects with 13

The Philippine government has replaced 8 projects with 13 new infrastructure flagship projects under the 'Build, Build, Build' (BBB) program initiated by the Duterte administration

Italian gov ramps up plans for single broadband

The Italian government is rumoured to be seeking to become a prominent shareholder in the broadband company currently being set up to act as a sole service provider in the country

Telstra to sell Oz data centre

Melbourne-based telecommunications company Telstra today signed an agreement to sell a data centre complex in southeast Australia to Centuria Industrial REIT for A$416.7 million

TIM sale postponed

The sale of a minority stake in Telecom Italia’s last-mile grid has been postponed at the request of the Italian Government

KKR Asia fundraising surges

Commitments to global alternative asset manager KKR’s Asia Pacific infrastructure platform have increased 43% during Q2 2020

Rural fibre capital raise launching soon

A capital raise for a rural fibre company in the UK will launch in the next fortnight, IJInvestor has learned

DFI considers Kyrgyz non-sovereign loan

A development finance institution is evaluating whether to provide a loan to Kyrgyzstan’s largest private broadband operator

Myanmar unbundles New Yangon City plan

The Government of Myanmar would split up the Yangon New City project into smaller projects for tender, revealed Minister U Thaung Tunon in an investment seminar on 29 July

KKR makes TIM ‘last-mile grid’ offer

Fund manager KKR has made a binding offer for a stake in Telecom Italia’s last-mile telecoms grid

Warburg Pincus and DTCP take Community Fibre stake

Investors Warburg Pincus and DTCP have acquired a controlling stake in Community Fibre from shareholders Amber Infrastructure and RPMI Railpen

Investor appetite for digital infrastructure

IJGlobal will tomorrow host a webinar focused on digital infrastructure, where we will delve into the international survey of investor appetite for this sector with our partner M&E Global Inc

Antin fund hits €6.5bn hard cap

Fund manager Antin has concluded fundraising on its fourth and largest fund to date, hitting its €6.5 billion hard cap