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Nandy plugs ‘gaping hole’ in UK rules, as InfraVia applies pressure on Netomnia deal

2026-10-27T17:23:00

Nandy plugs ‘gaping hole’ in UK rules, as InfraVia applies pressure on Netomnia deal

Source: vwalakte / Magnific

The UK government looks to plug a regulatory gap exposed by TalkTalk’s collapse, expanding its ability to intervene when telecoms deals threaten critical infrastructure or service continuity. At the same time, InfraVia is turning up political pressure over the separate nexfibre-Netomnia battle.

This article includes:

  • Themes: Critical National Infrastructure (CNI); Fibre consolidation; Merger control; Public interest intervention; Regulatory reform; Telecoms resilience; Wholesale broadband.
  • People: Bruno Candès; Lisa Nandy.
  • Geographic: UK.
  • Organisations: BT; CityFibre; Competition & Markets Authority (CMA); DCMS; InfraVia Capital Partners; Nexfibre; Netomnia; Openreach; TalkTalk.

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