ITS promotes collaboration before ‘toolkit’ consolidation in “tough market”

Neal Doran2026-09-16T11:19:00

Source: ITS

Daren Baythorpe, CEO at UK B2B fibre wholesaler ITS Technology, believes the next phase of telecoms consolidation could look very different from the last. The B2B wholesaler boss argues that investors may increasingly combine complementary infrastructure assets rather than pursue straightforward fibre-network mergers.

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Themes: Alternative networks (altnets); Broadband investment; Business connectivity; Capital intensity; Collaboration; Competition; Consolidation; Data centres; Digital infrastructure; Fibre infrastructure; Fibre market consolidation; Infrastructure investment; Mergers and acquisitions (M&A); Network expansion; Private equity; Shareholder returns; Wholesale broadband; Wholesale fibre.
Events: Connected Britain 2026.
People: Daren Baythorpe.
Geographic: Europe; London; United Kingdom (UK).
Organisations: Avenue Capital; Aviva; CityFibre; Competition and Markets Authority (CMA); ITS Technology; nexfibre; Netomnia; Openreach; Sky.

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