Liberty’s Fries dismisses CityFibre ‘sour grapes’ over £2bn nexfibre bulk-up

Richard Agnew2026-03-25T15:54:00

Source: Liberty Global

UK altnet tensions continue to heighten over the competitive implications of nexfibre’s planned acquisition of Substantial Group, as Liberty’s Mike Fries hits back at CityFibre over calls for an in-depth CMA inquiry.

This article includes:

Themes: Broadband market; Consolidation; Duopoly; Fibre-to-the-home (FTTH); Game theory; Hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC); Infrastructure; Merger and acquisition (M&A); Regulation; Wholesale competition.
Events: Global Connectivity Leaders Conference.
People: James Ratzer; Luisa Affuso; Mike Fries; Simon Holden.
Geographic: United Kingdom (UK).
Organisations: Boston Consulting Group (BCG); BT; CityFibre; Competition and Markets Authority (CMA); Global Competition Review; InfraVia; Liberty Global; Netomnia; New Street Research; nexfibre; Ofcom; Openreach; Substantial Group; Telefónica; Virgin Media O2 (VM O2); VodafoneThree.

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