Transaction adviser recruits for Philippines telco PPP

Bases Conversion and Development Authority’s transaction adviser is recruiting 2 advisers to assist with the development of infrastructure in New Clark City using a PPP model

South SF issues RFP for broadband P3

The City of South San Francisco has issued an RFP seeking consultants for its broadband infrastructure project which includes developing a P3 programme with internet service providers

DigitalBridge makes play for Brazilian fixed-line

DigitalBridge’s Brazilian portfolio company, Highline do Brasil, has made a binding offer to acquire 8,000 fixed-line telecoms sites from local telco Oi

PIF invests in Rakiza

Saudi Arabia’s PIF has invested $300 million into Muscat-based private equity infra fund Rakiza

Ardian increases stake in Italian telco

A consortium led by private investment house Ardian is set to acquire TIM Group’s indirect stake in Italian telecoms business Infrastrutture Wireless Italiane for around €1.3 billion

MAM acquires stake in UK data centre

Macquarie Asset Management is set to acquire a ‘significant’ minority stake in data centre provider VIRTUS Data Centres from ST Telemedia Global Data Centres

Safaricom appoints Ngumi as chair

Kenyan mobile network operator Safaricom has appointed investment banker John Ngumi as a director and chair of the board

Deloitte expands LatAm infra team

Deloitte has brought on Alex de la Vega as a partner in its infrastructure investment banking team

Lumen completes LatAm sale

Lumen Technologies has completed the sale of its Latin American operations to Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners

UK JV to deliver fibre to 7 million homes

A JV of Liberty Global, Telefónica and InfraVia Capital Partners is gearing up to roll-out FTTH connection to 7 million UK premises

F2i holds first close on maiden debt fund

F2i, Italy's largest infrastructure asset manager, has held first close on its new Infrastructure Debt Fund 1 at €310 million

Takayama joins Frontier in Japan

The Australian asset consultant has opened a Tokyo office

PGGM names new head of infrastructure

Dennis van Alphen has been nominated head of infrastructure at PGGM in the Netherlands, with his new role scheduled to begin this month

PLDT passes milestone on towers deal

Integrated Filipino telco PLDT has completed the nearly $240 million sale of a portion of its telecom towers and related infrastructure to Axiata and DigitalBridge