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