An Asia-based sponsor plans in June to launch a more than $400 million securitisation of project finance and infrastructure loans for projects in Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and South America with a dedicated sustainability tranche

Filipino telecoms company Globe Telecom has obtained 799 permits to build cell towers in the Philippines

Singapore headquartered telco SingTel has this week unveiled its restructure strategy which could see the company offload infrastructure assets including towers, satellites, subsea cables and data centres across Singapore and Australia

The ECA will decide on a new tender for a second telecom licence “in the coming months”, a source close to the process told IJGlobal

UBS AM’s infrastructure debt platform has agreed to provide €50 million in financing for a data centre in Norway

A region in the Commonwealth of Virginia has issued an RFP for a private partner to DBFOM the Regional Connectivity Ring, a fibre-optic network that will interconnect 5 cities

DIF has completed fundraising for DIF Core Infrastructure Fund II after raising €1.012 billion

NZX listed infrastructure investor Infratil has started the process to exchange company bonds that are due to mature mid next month

The EIB and the International Federation of Consulting Engineers have signed a 5-year MoU to foster cooperation on shared objectives and on effective procurement and contract management

The Ethiopian Communications Authority has awarded the first of its 2 tendered telecom licences to a Vodafone-led consortium

Mott MacDonald has hired Binnur Guleryuz as vice president, digital transformation to work with the North American and global infrastructure advisory teams

The Nordic Investment Bank and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken have provided a 5-year loan to Valokuitunen to roll out fibre in Finland

Ironbark Asset Management has entered into a partnership with Canadian mid-market investor Fiera Infrastructure in a move that will give Ironbark access to Fiera’s flagship fund – EagleCrest Infrastructure

Thailand state-owned telecoms company National Telecom has tapped 3 companies to develop the country's first 5G Smart City in Ban Chang city, Thailand