Telecoms company Openreach is expanding to 10 locations where it plans to deliver gigabit-capable broadband to a further 124,000 homes and businesses, the company said this week

Arjun Infrastructure Partners via its Infrastructure Alliance Europe 2 fund has acquired a minority stake in France’s fibre infrastructure operator Altitude Infra

Ravi Suri this week started as managing director at Alpen Capital in Dubai, switching over from his role as senior managing director at AP Moller Capital

Virgin Media O2 has made changes to its executive committee, including the appointment of Ulrik Bengtsson as chief operating officer

German fibre infrastructure company Glasfaser Nordwest is presenting multiple rounds of meetings to Stadthagen locals to showcase its plans for an upcoming expansion into the region

Peruvian investment promotion agency ProInversión has prequalified 4 bidders for the award of the AWS-3 and 2.3GHz Radio Spectrum Band projects

Asian Development Bank has launched fund ADB Frontier to invest in small and medium-sized enterprises at frontier markets in Asia Pacific

Squire Patton Boggs has appointed Lian Yok Tan as its Singapore-based partner focusing on energy and infrastructure practices

Ardian has completed the sell-down of its directly and indirectly held shareholding in Italian telecoms business Infrastrutture Wireless Italiane, now exceeding the 30% threshold

Stonepeak has recapitalised bandwidth infra business euNetworks, alongside strategic investments from APG and IMCO

UK-based data centre operator Virtus has launched its first data centre project outside of the UK with a campus to be built in Berlin, Germany

Swiss Life Asset Managers has launched the second fund in its value-add strategy, a part of its growing Infrastructure Equity platform

Real estate and investment advisory firm Arch Street Capital Advisors will enter the infrastructure sector in the US with an up to $3 billion mandate

Burges Salmon has appointed AJ Venter as partner in its corporate and M&A team based in Edinburgh

The board of directors of Patrizia, the global real assets manager, have named Asoka Wöhrmann as CEO designate and Slava Shafir as chief operating officer