London broadband provider appoints CFO
G.Network, the owner and operator of London’s fibre infrastructure, has appointed former Transport for London boss Simon Kilonback as its new chief financial officer
TMF Group acquires Paraty Capital
Dutch financial services company TMF Group has completed the acquisition of Paraty Capital – a Brazilian fund administration platform focused on private equity, infrastructure, venture capital and private debt funds
Cloud Capital hires Hammerli as managing director
Cloud Capital, an affiliate of CloudHQ, has hired Christof Hammerli as a managing director in Florida
Star America announces final close of Fund II
Star America has announced the final close of Star America Infrastructure Fund II, its North American greenfield infrastructure focused fund
Gresham House invests in British broadband company
Gresham House – through its British Sustainable Infrastructure Fund strategy to “improve digital inclusion in under-served communities in the UK” – has invested £164 million in Borderlink Broadband
D9 to invest in Icelandic data centre
Digital 9 Infrastructure is to invest an additional $93 million in Verne Global over the next 12 months, which will expand Verne’s capacity by a further 20.7MW
Cbus Super moves up infra veteran
Australian industry pension fund Cbus Super has promoted infrastructure veteran Alexandra Campbell to head of private markets & infrastructure, replacing Grant Harrison who is set to retire this month
SingTel considers Oz fibre assets sale
Singapore-listed telecom Singtel is reportedly considering the sale of its fibre assets in Australia having launched a strategic review to evaluate its options
Ethiopia suspends telecoms Licence B tender ahead of rela...
The Ethiopian Communications Authority says it has delayed the RFP tender for the second telecommunications licence upon request from “several prospective bidders"
Stonepeak to recapitalise Cologix
Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners has launched the equity recapitalisation of its portfolio company Cologix
IDB Invest backs Colombian broadband expansion
IDB Invest has provided a Ps 625 billion guarantee line to a local subsidiary of Millicom, backing efforts to expand broadband and mobile coverage in Colombia
IJGlobal Awards 2021 – deadline extension
The deadline for submissions to be received for IJGlobal Awards 2021 has been pushed back to Thursday 13 January, allowing a little extra time for the last of the entries to come in
Apollo closes second infra fund with $2.54bn raised
Apollo has closed its second dedicated infrastructure fund, Apollo Infrastructure Opportunities Fund II, with roughly $2.54 billion in capital commitments
Far North Digital announces Pan-Arctic fibre cable with C...
Far North Digital-True North Global Networks and Cinia have announced plans to jointly construct a fibre optic cable system linking Europe and Asia through the Arctic
New managing partners at V&E NY
Eamon Nolan has been promoted to co-managing partner of the New York office of Vinson & Elkins, working alongside M&A partner Dan Komarek