All Eight Advisory articles

  • Simon Holden (CityFibre), Daniel Mendes (Digital Bridge), Marco Griefahn (ING)
    M&A

    CityFibre’s Holden: altnets and backers must pull together for investment‑grade nirvana

    2025-04-22T13:15:00Z

    In-depth from Eight Advisory’s London event: as UK fibre altnets face financing challenges, optimistic CityFibre COO reveals vision for consolidation, suggesting sector is “a very small number of M&A transactions away” from creating a sufficiently scaled platform to rival BT/Openreach and VM O2. Additional Greg Mesch and Rob Hamlin coverage from FTTH Conference in Amsterdam… 

  • infra-tt-chelot interview
    Strategy & Change

    UK FibreCo Netomnia mobile bolt-on to drive take-up

    2025-02-27T10:54:00Z

    Top-three fibre challenger targeting inertial BT/EE customer base with segment-first addition of mobile bolt-on. Maverick CEO Jeremy Chelot seeking to break through customer acquisition ceiling, drive up ARPU and retention, chase down Openreach…