Europe – Page 3
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Financial & Performance
KPN hits five million fibre homes; open to ‘larger’ buy to boost build
Dutch telco remains interested in bolt-on fibre buyouts — including a ‘larger’ transaction — to speed up its flagship infrastructure programme.
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M&A
Cellnex wants in on MásOrange integration, Spanish tower consolidation
Chief Executive Marco Patuano considers American Tower and Cellnex as likely consolidators in fragmented Spanish tower infrastructure market, as number of MNO customers shrinks. Read more…
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M&A
Cellnex seeks co-investor to support Polish NetCo strategy
European tower group ‘actively working’ on plan for part-sale of Cellnex Poland, generating funds to fuel transformation of the business into a more fully-fledged NetCo, with both RAN assets and passive infra.
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People
Vodafone veteran Colman Deegan appointed CEO of Zayo Europe
Former CEO of Vodafone Spain takes helm at fibre infra player Zayo Europe.
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Venturing & Investments
DTCP closes second Infra fund, hints at a third
Report suggests that DIV II fund fell €40m short of its €1.6bn target.
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Network & Infrastructure
Germany’s 1&1 claims network prep progress, with modest site growth
German challenger expects to construct 3,000 antenna sites in 2024.
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Network & Infrastructure
‘Stop the mud slinging’: DT’s Gopalan hammers German rivals’ fibre competition complaints
FTTH Conference 2024: Tensions spill over in Berlin on fibre leaders CEO panel, with competitors arguing over who and what is to blame for poor position in European league table on availability and penetration. Incumbent Srini Gopalan lambasts ‘rhetoric’, untruths, lying. Read much more…
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Network & Infrastructure
Deutsche Telekom wades into ‘trench warfare’ over fibre duct access
Group continues to refute accusations it is trying to hinder altnet fibre buildouts.
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Financial & Performance
Telefónica Infra moves closer to 30m full-fibre target
Spanish group reaffirms aim to pass over 100 million homes with fibre networks by 2026, helped by growing portfolio of specialist side-businesses.
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Strategy & Change
Cellnex to carve out (and possibly monetise) land assets
Spanish group outlines plan to create the “biggest LandCo in Europe” as part of cash flow-focused strategy update.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodafone, OXG pull €1bn from German fibre investment pot
OXG Glasfaser to widen Vodafone Germany’s reach in major expansion initiative, covering 900,000 homes. Project to begin imminently, at a time when Germany’s fibre market is only getting more competitive…
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Network & Infrastructure
Liberty eyes network-sharing deals in a “couple of markets”
MWC: Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries says network-sharing holds potential as part of broader need for telcos to up their partnering game and “return to profitable growth”.
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Suppliers & SCM
EuroTeleSites switches to Sitetracker in bid for efficiency boost
A1 Telekom Austria spinout plans to complete migration of asset management software to a new, “state of the art” platform by the end of 2024.
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Public Affairs
European Commission bending to Big Telco calls for consolidation — report
Draft policy paper shows EC ready to make big changes in telecom rules to allow its big players to scale, invest and better face other (typically US) service providers, according to reports.
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M&A
Orange is ‘actively looking’ at fibre M&A opportunities
Group CEO Christel Heydemann confirms halting of discussions on purchase of TDF’s fibre unit, but indicates operator remains open to bolt-on transactions for broadband infra footprint.
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Network & Infrastructure
ETNO in existential crisis as Europe weighs response to global business threats
ETNO’s recent State of Digital Communications report portrayed the big beasts of European telecoms as open to change, but hamstrung by regulation and pondering long-term impact of letting infrastructure go.
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Network & Infrastructure
1&1 wants to pick up pace on network rollout
CEO of German challenger sets yet another target for antenna sites, although activations remain low at just 100.
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People
Ex-DT duo eye tech and telco opportunities after reuniting at Warburg Pincus
Former Group Chief Executive René Obermann hires one-time lieutenant Dirk Wössner to help build out European investment portfolio.
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Strategy & Change
Liberty eyes infra ‘gold’ through NetCo-ServCo split
February strategy update could see group pave way towards separation of European businesses along lines of infra and retail, says CEO Mike Fries. Liberty envisaging a “series of transactions, structures, and strategies” for next phase of business, following recent years’ portfolio strengthening.
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M&A
UK’s Actis makes a play in Balkans tower market
London-based infrastructure investment group says it wants to build a “first class” central and eastern European telecoms infra portfolio after leading a takeover of 1,800 sites from Telekom Srbija.