Vodafone UK and Three continue to back their merger in the light of recent CMA findings which claim the deal could lead to a “substantial lessening of competition"

Guernsey has approved the merger of Bahrain-based telecoms business Batelco – via its subsidiary Sure – with Airtel Vodafone’s Channel Islands business

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has introduced AIIB+, a digital platform aimed at matching external concessional and technical resources with its project pipeline

KKR-backed data centre firm CyrusOne has launched plans to build a data centre in Dallas, Texas to serve its clients

Microsoft will invest R$14.7 billion over 3 years into cloud infrastructure in Brazil’s São Paulo state – the firm’s largest investment in the country to date

BlackRock has agreed to invest up to $1 billion per year in project finance, energy finance and infrastructure debt investments through an MoU signed with Banco Santander

Swiss firm SFP Infrastructure Partners has held a close on its first infrastructure fund at €110 million, with final close expected by the end of the year

Citigroup has partnered with Apollo to form a $25 billion private credit direct lending program initially in North America, but expandable to other geographies

The International Finance Corp and 2 other investors are providing up to $400 million to support a telecommunications deal in Pakistan

Valokuitunen, a portfolio company of CapMan, has acquired Telia’s residential fibre network in Finland – the Nordic country’s largest fibre network deal

Manulife Investment Management has raised around $1.25 billion for its third infrastructure fund, according to SEC filings

US alternative investment manager Blackstone will develop a £10 billion AI data centre in Blyth, north-east England

The European Commission has conditionally cleared e&’s €2.15 billion acquisition of a 50% plus 1 share interest in PPF Telecom Group’s assets across Bulgaria, Hungary, Servia and Slovakia

Vero Networks, a Colorado-based fibre infrastructure and broadband internet provider, has raised $80 million in preferred equity financing