Antin invests in US FTTP provider

Antin Infrastructure Partners is to invest in fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) broadband provider Empire – made up of Empire Access and North Penn Telephone

Trilogy to sell Bolivian telco

US-based communications firm Trilogy International Partners is to sell its 71.5% stake in Bolivia’s Nuevatel

Bonds rated for DC lighting P3

Financing for Washington DC’s first P3 – the DC Smart Street Lighting project - has been assigned a rating of A3 by Moody’s

IJGlobal Awards 2021 – The Global Winners Part II

While the bulk of the global winners were announced at the IJGlobal Awards 2021 at The Londoner in Leicester Square on 16 March, the final winner was broadcasted just one day later at Gotham Hall in New York

Slovenian telco expands into UK with new offshoot

Slovenian telco Iskratel has announced plans to deliver FTTH connection to underserved regions in the UK through a newly established offshoot

Edgnex plans 20MW data centre for Riyadh

Digital infrastructure company Edgnex is to build a 20MW data centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with plans for it to go live in Q3 2023

IFC collabs to improve digital infra in Angola

The International Finance Corporation has partnered with microfinance institution KixiCrédito to help the latter boost the delivery of digital financial services across Angola

KKR and GIP complete $15bn CyrusOne acquisition

KKR and Global Infrastructure Partners have closed their acquisition of global data centre REIT CyrusOne in an all-cash transaction valued at $15 billion

Yondr to build Malaysia data centre

Netherlands-based data centre company Yondr Group has entered the Malaysian market with a 200MW hyperscale data centre in southern Malaysia

Celona raises $60m via DigitalBridge-led funding round

Enterprise 5G company Celona has closed an oversubscribed $60 million Series C financing round led by DigitalBridge Ventures, the venture capital initiative of DigitalBridge Group

Pantheon invests in global data centre

Global infrastructure fund Pantheon Infrastructure has invested in the take-private of data centre operator CyrusOne through a KKR-affiliated investment vehicle

UPDATE: TIM Group mulls €11bn sale to KKR

TIM Group is still considering KKR's indicative and non-binding expression of interest to buy the Italian telco, the company said today

EIB lends on Telecom Egypt expansion

The European Investment Bank has signed a €150 million loan with Telecom Egypt to expand the latter’s 4G network

ICG reaches €1.5bn for debut Infrastructure fund 

Global alternative asset manager Intermediate Capital Group has completed fundraising for its debut Infrastructure fund, ICG Infrastructure Equity 1

HSBC AM extracts AMP listed team for fund

HSBC Asset Management has extracted AMP’s established listed infrastructure equity team in order to launch its own listed fund