nexfibre set to win race for Netomnia — reports
Neal Doran2026-02-03T16:31:00
Deep dive: Liberty/Telefónica‑backed netco said to be finalising a £2bn deal for UK’s #2 altnet, with confirmation as soon as this week… but what does it mean for nexfibre, VM O2, fibre rivals?
This article includes:
- Themes: Altnet consolidation; Competition review; Fibre infrastructure; Fixed‑mobile convergence (FMC); Infraco strategy; Mergers and acquisitions (M&A); Network overbuild; Premises footprint expansion; Sector restructuring; Valuation metrics.
- People: Jeremy Chelot; Marc Murtra; Mario Martín.
- Geographic: UK.
- Organisations: Assembly Research; Brsk; BT; CityFibre; Financial Times; Gigaclear; G.Network; InfraVia; Liberty Global; Netomnia; Ofcom; Openreach; Telefónica; Telxius; ThinkBroadband; Virgin Media O2 (VM O2); Vodafone‑Three; YouFibre.