I Squared has emerged as the winner of the GTT auction, and will acquire the business for $2.15 billion

German utility EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg has issued another senior bond of €500 million

Spanish telecom giant Telefonica is reportedly in the final stages of negotiation to establish an independent company for the deployment of a fibre optic network in Germany

MIDIS has raised €1.2 billion for a sub-investment grade infrastructure debt fund

Infracapital has reached an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Welsh fibre broadband owner/operator Spectrum

UK-based emerging markets investor Actis has entered into agreements to acquire stakes in 2 South African digital infrastructure firms – Octotel and RSAWEB

Asterion Industrial Partners has agreed to acquire a 100% interest in telecoms business Axión from AMP Capital

Orange has become the latest French player to kick of a sale process of its fibre network, following peers Altice, Bouygues and Free

Spanish telecoms operator Telefonica is reportedly in the final stages of negotiations to close a €5 billion deal to build a fibre network in Germany

An infrastructure debt fund has fixed a date for its first close

Credit Agricole yesterday closed syndication on a €1.1 billion financing for Société de Développement pour l’Accès à l’Infrastructure Fibre

AMP Capital has made a junior debt investment into GlobalConnect Group – a fibre and data centre services provider to northern Europe

Swedish institutional investor Polhem Infra has acquired Telia’s carrier business for SEK 9.4 billion ($1bn)

Data centre specialist Keysource today named Dan Hyner as its new finance director, based in the UK

Foresight Group has completed a long-term financing agreement with Lightning Fibre, a broadband provider based in East Sussex