Colombian development bank Financiera de Desarrollo Nacional has approved a financing for Onnet Fibra Colombia – owned by KKR – to develop fibre infrastructure

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System has closed a $500 million investment with Macquarie

NordLB has launched a debt fund to invest in infrastructure assets with a €300 million target

The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved BlackRock’s $12.5 billion takeover of Global Infrastructure Partners

IDB Invest is considering investing $40 million to support One Communication Guyana’s – formerly GTT – expansion of fixed and mobile infrastructure

Liberty Latin America has acquired spectrum assets from EchoStar in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands for $255 million

Ramboll has acquired i3 Solutions Group – a UK-based data centre consulting company – as part of its global expansion into the digital infrastructure industry

TalkTalk has finalised its £400 million debt refinancing which will allow the beleaguered telco to extend its debt maturities to 2027

Amber Infrastructure listed fund International Public Partnerships is “actively pursuing” divestment opportunities within its portfolio as it attempts to address its share price trading discount

South Africa’s Competition Tribunal has approved the sale of Telkom’s communications towers subsidiary Swiftnet to UK-based emerging markets investor Actis

The EU and European Investment Bank have inked €300 million in financing for the Republic of Cabo Verde to support the development of the west African country’s digital, port and renewable energy sectors

Danish data centre developer Penta Infra has acquired a land parcel in the nation’s capital which will be the location of its second data centre

Verizon has agreed to acquire Dallas-based Frontier Communications in an all-cash deal valued at $20 billion, including debt, to expand its high-speed internet business

EXA Infrastructure will acquire Bulgarian telco Global Communication Net as part of its south eastern Europe expansion plan

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has said that it will not oppose Optus Mobile and TPG Telecom’s network sharing agreement to boost 4G access across Australia