Sustainability FoF raises €292m
Spain’s Arcano Capital has reached a final close for a sustainable infrastructure fund of funds, raising €292 million ($349m)
Portugal to proceed with 5G auction despite lawsuit
The Portuguese telecommunications watchdog ANACOM is set to proceed with 5G spectrum auction despite precautionary injunctions filed by the country’s 3 established service providers, Altice, Vodafone and NOS
Stilmark JV’s advisory team for Optus deal
The symphony consortium has hired a North American advisory team to assist with its bid for the A$2 billion Optus towers deal
ASI wins Airband auction
Aberdeen Standard Investments has won the auction to acquire a majority interest in Airband Community Internet
Investec hires for power and infra team
South African financial institution Investec has hired Felix Fletcher to join the power and infrastructure finance team in the firm's London office
Wardlaw joins Hermes
James Wardlaw has been appointed partner at Hermes Infrastructure after 9 years as vice chair of infrastructure at Campbell Lutyens
“Innovative funding” lined up for European data centres
An innovative financing structure led by 2 established project finance lenders will early next year reach a key stage in the delivery of 3 major data centres in Europe
Orange France to launch 5G in December
Orange France is set next week to launch 5G mobile internet in 15 cities across France
EQT and Proximus form fibre JV
EQT Infrastructure and Belgian telco Proximus have signed a joint venture agreement to build a fibre-to-the-home network for at least 1.5 million households and businesses in Belgium
Ethiopia issues RFP for telecom licences
The ECA has issued the RFP documents for two telecommunication licences – in line with the government of Ethiopia’s plan to liberalize the telecoms sector
UK gov abandons 2025 fibre target
The government will abandon its pledge to deliver full-fibre to all homes in Britain by 2025, as was revealed in the UK National Infrastructure Strategy yesterday
Generali launches 2 infra funds for Covid recovery
Generali Investments has launched 2 new infrastructure funds with the aim of investing in the energy transition, digital and social infrastructure
Eltel and Telia team up on Norwegian wireless
Swedish company Eltel and Nordic telecoms business Telia have today signed a frame agreement to roll out Fixed Wireless Access in Norway
Indonesia delays the launch of satellite PPP
Indonesia's government is planning to delay the launch of the country’s multifunction satellite PPP, Satria Satellite, from March 2023 to the fourth quarter of 2023
Kemp exits M&G
M&G Investments managing director David Kemp is leaving the group's infrastructure debt team to start his own financial advisory business with a focus on energy, infrastructure and other real assets