BlackRock Alternatives’ Private Infrastructure Opportunities European Long Term Investment Fund has hit a final close with 415 million in commitments – exceeding its target

Cube Infrastructure Managers – via its Connecting Europe Broadband fund – is set to invest around €50 million for the first phase of a fibre-to-the-home and fibre-to-the-office project, operated by ClioFiber in Italy

A consortium of 6 international banks is providing €325 million in financing to Kiel-based TNG Glasfaser for a fibre-optic network expansion

The International Finance Corporation has issued an $194 million loan to Airtel Africa to support the connection of millions of subscribers to mobile internet in 6 African countries

Nicole Walker is stepping down as chief commercial officer at Morrison & Co to dedicate more time to her family – and will leave at the end of March

Vivacom, the largest telecommunications company in Bulgaria, is to invest 1 million lev into building a satellite network portal for UK-based company OneWeb

Jefferson County in West Virginia has issued an RFP seeking a private partner for its GigReady broadband implementation project

Antin Infrastructure Partners has acquired a majority interest in OpticalTel, a leading fibre broadband provider in Florida

Africa Data Centres is to expand its Sameer Data Centre facility in Nairobi by up to 15MW of IT load

Digital infrastructure company STACK Infrastructure and ESR Group have formed a JV to develop a 72MW data centre campus in Osaka’s eastern hub of Keihanna

NOVA Infrastructure has acquired Xchange Telecom, a company that delivers high-speed internet, voice, and unified communication services

Digital infrastructure company Equinix has announced plans to set up a $40 million international business exchange data centre in Johor, Malaysia

Morrison & Co has named Pia Lambert as its newest executive director, a move designed to build out the firm's presence in Europe

Brookfield Asset Management has selected Amazon Web Services as a preferred cloud provider to accelerate its digital infrastructure and become a more data-driven company

Filipino lawmakers have proposed a bill to establish the country’s sovereign wealth fund with an initial investment of $4.4 billion to support the archipelago’s economy