PB selected for West Virginia country broadband P3
Jefferson County in West Virginia has selected Comcast as the private partner for its GigReady broadband implementation project, IJGlobal has learnt
Vodafone Hungary sale completes
Vodafone Europe B.V. has offloaded its Hungarian unit, Vodafone Magyarország Zrt, to IT management business 4iG and Hungarian government-controlled investment company Corvinus Zrt for €1.7 billion
Sharkawy & Sarhan promotes Abdelmoniem to partner
Sharkawy & Sarhan has promoted managing associate Esraa Abdelmoniem to partner in the firm’s mergers & acquisitions practice
Covage reaches FC on French fibre financing
Covage and NordLB have reached financial close on a €156 million debt financing package for a full fibre roll-out in France
PINT to invest in European towers business
Global infrastructure fund Pantheon Infrastructure has invested around €49.2m in telecoms operator GD Towers via a co-investment vehicle managed by affiliates of DigitalBridge Group
Guinea-Bissau to sell off 80% stakes in telecom companies
Guinea-Bissau has announced that stakes of up to 80% in state-owned GuinéTelecom and GuinéTel will be offered to the market
Tivit creates data centre business
Brazilian-based tech company Tivit is splitting off its data centre business into a company called Takoda
Eltel, Viken Fiber collab for Norwegian wireless
Telecoms business Eltel and Norway's largest fibre company Viken Fiber have signed a 3-year frame agreement to roll-out fixed wireless access in Norway
OP&F increases infra allocation
The Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund said it will allocate up to $350 million to infrastructure investments in 2023
Bluebird completes Missouri Telecom fibre asset acquisition
US telco Bluebird Network has completed the previously announced acquisition of middle-mile fibre network assets from Missouri Telecom
Flex called on CityFibre – back to market
The underwriters on the £4.9 billion CityFibre debt package have invoked the flex clause, repricing the deal after a failed syndication last year
Amazon submits plans for Ireland data centres
Universal Developers, on behalf of Amazon, has submitted plans for 3 data centres at its campus in Dublin
Final close for third fund vintage draws near
Final close is expected on the third vintage of an EU-focused fund in the coming months, according to a senior source
Nxtra to invest $296.8m in Hyderabad telecom
Nxtra, an Indian IT service management company, has announced plans to invest $296.8 million in a new hyperscale data centre in southern India