Financial & Performance
KPN still keen on deals to accelerate fibre build
Dutch telco continues to scope out M&A opportunities within country’s consolidating fibre scene, to propel build and reduce competitive threat.
Yorkshire challenger Connexin tag-teaming Calix to unlock SME as ‘experience provider’
’Value-add tops megabits’: ambitious regional fibre challenger and key partner open up on winning ways at Connected North. SME segment presented as golden opportunity to strike against incumbents through solutions tailored using network and service data insights. And much more…
Infrawatch Weekly: UK altnet consolidation, Spanish fibre innovation, data centre energy conservation
Austria’s EuroTeleSites ‘on track’ with ex-A1 go-to-market push
Gov-backed UK Infrastructure Bank provides funding to another rural FibreCo
G.Network: London FibreCo being prepped for trade sale?
Infrawatch Weekly: Europe aims for SatCo breakthrough, Hyperoptic joins £1bn club, DT ponders more TowerCos
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MásOrange eyes more Spanish fibre deals after Vodafone infra tie-up
Consolidation of pressured Spanish telco market continues, seeing recently-reworked operator duo team up to form a distinct fibre business, focused on “dense areas”.
Gov-backed UK Infrastructure Bank provides funding to another rural FibreCo
Cornish Wildanet attracts £35m investment from UKIB, days after the bank ploughed £150m into Hyperoptic.
G.Network: London FibreCo being prepped for trade sale?
Sky News reported anonymous sources claiming the sizeable London fibre provider has hired bankers after being approached by potential buyers. Investors USS and Cube recently rejigging. Potential compatible buyers identified…
KPN still keen on deals to accelerate fibre build
Dutch telco continues to scope out M&A opportunities within country’s consolidating fibre scene, to propel build and reduce competitive threat.
MásOrange eyes more Spanish fibre deals after Vodafone infra tie-up
Consolidation of pressured Spanish telco market continues, seeing recently-reworked operator duo team up to form a distinct fibre business, focused on “dense areas”.
Vodafone takes another billion from Vantage kitty
Deleveraging-focused Group sells a third stake in tower business to partners KKR and GIP, raising €1.3bn.
Infrawatch Weekly: UK altnet consolidation, Spanish fibre innovation, data centre energy conservation
London‑based G.Network is said to be in demand as financial advisors consider a response to mooted acquisitions.
Infracapital: UK FibreCo fundraisers must graft to overcome global ‘bad rep’, new gov showing ‘green shoots’
INCA event provides platform for investors and altnets including Octopus and Netomnia to review early weeks of Labour government, with broad optimism on show despite still rocky funding environment. The capital exists, but what will Downing Street do to bring it to the UK? Read more…
nexfibre joins calls to tighten Openreach infra choker, ensure lasting UK fibre competition
UK fibre wholesaler calls for new and improved regulation to provide platform for altnet competition as attention turns to Ofcom’s next five-year framework. Echoes broad consensus among INCA members that more could be done to limit Openreach dominance, encourage altnet investment…
UK fibre M&A ‘easy’ (compared to challenges of compatibility, integration, compliance)
Challenger leaders at INCA gathering call out lack of industry standards as key obstacle to more M&A. Integration and migration are costly and complex, making compatibility a consideration for prospective buyers. Compliance also increasingly important in valuations. More positive is XGS-PON embrace, deemed a “damn fine standard for a starting place”, but beware legacy tech. Learn more…