More Infra Finance & M&A – Page 2
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Financial & PerformanceLiberty’s Fries foresees second Sunrise as Ziggo spinout races ahead
Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries sees tailwinds for European telecoms business, floats potential for fast completion of restructuring, and anticipates materially higher-than-expected synergies as VodafoneZiggo joins Telenet for Benelux grouping, replicating perceived successes of Sunrise spin-out in 2024.
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PeoplewatchGD Towers picks M&A hand as CEO, as consolidation rumours resurface
GD Towers CFO Philipp Pohlmann to become CEO in September, as longstanding chief Bruno Jacobfeuerborn steps down. Exec brings a wealth of finance and M&A experience, amidst rumours that GD Towers shareholders have held talks over a potential combination with Cellnex over the past year…
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Strategy & ChangeUK’s Hyperoptic puts take-up in crosshairs after hitting fibre build target
After hitting long-term rollout target of passing two million homes, urban-focused altnet targets investments in AI and wholesale segment to help with achieving a new goal of doubling its customer base by 2030.
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Network & InfraOpenreach’s fibre roll slows to 2021 levels
Q1 FY26–27: rollout pace declines sharply as 25 million threshold nears, while customer adds ramp up to become primary Openreach preoccupation, as BT keeps post-2026 build playbook hidden…
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Strategy & ChangeKPN may rethink fibre ambition after Delta buy blocked
Dutch incumbent’s Chief Executive Joost Farwerck calls watchdog’s decision to thwart bolt-on purchase of fibre assets from rival Delta “very strange”, and warns it may prompt a rejig of its footprint expansion goal for 2030.
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Financial & PerformanceEutelsat/OneWeb: UK’s £500m LEO satellite bet loses two-thirds of value in six years
As now-parent Eutelsat painfully pivots from geostationary to low Earth orbit infrastructure, the UK’s £342m loss on its controversial OneWeb rescue faces fresh scrutiny. Despite the substantial loss of value, government officials maintain that LEO commitment remains crucial to the nation.
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M&ATelefónica said to reboot sale of subsea cable interest Telxius
Operator and investor partner Pontegadea reportedly kick off talks to divest Telxius at a €1.2bn valuation. Move aligns with Telefónica Group’s recent reconfiguration of infra assets under Transform & Grow strategy, and follows rumours of previous, unsuccessful sale talks…
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Financial & PerformanceEricsson chief signs off, claims network revival nearing
Amid continuing growth challenges, Ericsson President & CEO Börje Ekholm is pinning hopes on physical AI and defence comms, and claims vendor is fully primed to exploit opportunities for a top-line revival.
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M&AFrance’s Scaleway bulks up cloud platform with Qarnot buy
French cloud provider eyes data centre and services expansion through acquisition of Qarnot, having identified potential synergies and alignment on heat recycling as key benefits to the buy.
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PeoplewatchDeutsche Glasfaser CEO steps down as altnet finally wraps up financing
Andreas Pfisterer to depart as CEO of Deutsche Glasfaser, after the London High Court approves the altnet’s long-awaited financing agreement. Exit comes as altnet transitions away from fibre build-out to drive take-up, in reflection of constrained funding for deployment…
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Network & InfraUK gov plots £330m boost to subsea cable protections
UK government’s long-awaited Defence Investment Plan includes fresh funding to improve subsea infrastructure resilience, including new public-private partnerships and upgraded defence fleets.
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M&AUK’s CityFibre exits off-net as O’Hagan readies for ‘serious’ wholesale expansion
Industry veteran Tom O’Hagan buys CityFibre’s Entanet with ambitions to launch renewed wholesale challenge ready to consolidate and grow. CityFibre, meanwhile, gets fully focused on on-net provisioning…
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M&ACMA uprates Netomnia–nexfibre investigation to Phase 2 as altnets call for ‘urgency’
Altnet buyer nexfibre gets pragmatic and skips straight to the in-depth competition review, keeping hopes alive for completion before the end of the year. The UK’s fibre scene is set to change, but the CMA will now decide the extent.
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M&ARocket Lab to become end-to-end satellite player with Iridium buy
Rocket Lab seeks to move beyond launch services and become vertically integrated satellite player through Iridium acquisition. Challenger eyes opportunities for operational efficiencies and new services, as well as plans for forays into the defence and direct-to-device segments…
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Strategy & ChangeUtility Warehouse eyes broadband and mobile opportunities as it chases convergence
In depth: Multi-play broadband and utilities provider unveils a five-year plan to drive up mobile, broadband, and insurance, while tapping an AI commercial opportunity. UW may be a litmus test as UK altnets develop retail strategies to go beyond connectivity…
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Financial & PerformanceVodafone Spain progresses dramatic, private equity-led turnaround
Spain’s number three telco has more than doubled margin in the two years since being sold by Vodafone to investment group Zegona Communications, again raising a question mark over strategy under its previous owner. Having proved its buy-fix-sell transformation model, Zegona is now eyeing other acquisition targets…
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M&ALiberty Blume bulks up with rights management acquisition as it expands UK infra horizons
Liberty’s Blume is stepping into energy, water, and construction to add to its telecoms heartlands with CLM takeover, positioning itself to capture a larger share of the UK’s infrastructure investment boom.
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Network & InfraGreece: Vodafone, PPC weigh JV to build new fibreco leader
Market analysis: Fibreco combo could reshape market and establish a scaled wholesale challenger to DT-backed incumbent OTE and accelerate momentum in a market that has long lagged behind European FTTP progress.
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M&Anexfibre’s Datta: ‘corner shop fibre’ is dead, the UK needs an infra megamart
Interview: proposed £2bn acquisition of Netomnia is sparking fierce debate across the UK broadband sector. With industry heavyweights trading blows over duopoly fears and infrastructure overlap, discover why CEO Rajiv Datta believes this consolidation is crucial to challenging Openreach.
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Network & InfraEQT raises infrastructure investment stakes amid soaring demand for power and data centres
Swedish private equity behemoth sets target for new infra fund after reiterating strategy to invest in the data centres and power underpinning the AI boom. Ambition comes with European fibrecos under pressure to deliver returns on investment and seen to have lost prominence to data centres in the global infra growth story.