UK fibre provider Wessex Internet has been awarded an £18.8 million contract under the UK government’s Project Gigabit contract

The Spanish government has acquired a 3% stake in Telefónica through holding company SEPI

Marinus Link – the planned telecoms and electricity transmission link between Tasmania and mainland Australia – has been transitioned to a 3-way public sector ownership

BNP Paribas Asset Management has promoted Vincent Guillaume to co-head of infrastructure debt, based in Paris

French manager Rivage Investment has joined forces with Exclusive Partners to launch its first infrastructure debt fund for private investors

NBN Co on Friday finalised a €1.3 billion Euro-denominated green bond raise

Actis has agreed to sell South African fibre network operator Octotel to a consortium led by African Infrastructure Investment Managers for an undisclosed sum

KPN’s €200 million acquisition of Youfone has been cleared by the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets after an in-depth investigation

Portuguese infrastructure investor TIIC – part of Edmond de Rothschild’s private equity partnership – is launching the third iteration of its transport and social infrastructure fund, IJGlobal understands

STACK Infrastructure yesterday completed the issuance of $240 million in green securitised notes

Chris Stening has joined Eight Advisory as senior adviser on its telecoms and digital infrastructure team after 7 years at Freyloe Consulting

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has launched an in-depth, Phase 2 investigation into the Vodafone-Three merger after concerns that the deal will “leave consumers and businesses worse off”

UK-based emerging markets investor Actis is set to acquire Swiftnet, with the aim of creating a "leading independent telecom tower platform in South Africa".

Sunway Construction Group has signed an agreement worth $159 million to construct a data center in Malaysia

Pantheon Ventures has promoted Kathryn Leaf – current co-head of investment and global head of real assets – to chief executive, based in San Francisco and effective on 1 January 2025