Canadian infratech team wins global innovation competition

A G20 initiative announced the winner of a competition to innovate the infrastructure sector

SDC managed funds acquire fibre optics company

SDC Capital Partners has acquired a majority interest in IQ Fiber, a new residential fibre-optic internet provider based in Florida

DIF Capital adds 2 senior hires and opens NY office

DIF Capital Partners has hired Kanan Joshi and Luuk Veenstra as senior directors based in New York and Amsterdam respectively

CityFibre completes £1.13bn financing

Full fibre platform CityFibre has completed a £1.13 billion capital raise – bringing in new investors Mubadala Investment and Interogo Holding

Nokia signs digital infra MoU with ATU

Finnish telecoms and information technology company Nokia has signed a MoU with the African Telecommunications Union to collaborate on digital infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa

Liberty Latin America makes Panama purchase

Liberty Latin America is to acquire América Móvil’s Panamanian operations

QIC expands into Europe with infra hire

Queensland Investment Corporation has this week poached Nicholas Stockdale from Whitehelm Capital as a part of the Australian outfit’s expansion strategy into Europe

Vietnam taps Nokia for digital transformation

Vietnam state-owned Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VPTG) has tapped Finnish telecoms company Nokia to upgrade its digital infrastructure in Vietnam

Antin IPO kicks off

Antin has launched its IPO, seeking to raise €350-402 million on the Paris stock exchange after getting sign off for the prospectus from regulators yesterday

Bahraini law firm appoints head of banking and finance

Al Doseri Law has hired Ronald Langat as a partner and head of banking and finance

IFC seeks advisers for Philippines telecoms PPP

The World Bank Group member is recruiting advisers to assist the Philippines with telecoms PPPs

AFC Capital Partners out to debut new fund

The AFC has established an independent asset management arm – AFC Capital Partners, which will offer the Infrastructure Climate Resilient Fund

América Móvil plots tower spinoff

Latin American telecoms conglomerate América Móvil will propose the spinoff of its telecommunications towers and related infrastructure later this month

Oz startup submits application for Victoria data centre

Australian edge data centre developer Edge Centres has this week lodged the planning application for its first facility in Victoria

UBS AM acquires UK data centre business

UBS Asset Management Real Estate & Private Markets has acquired UK data centre business Datum Datacentres.