CityFibre’s Holden: altnets and backers must pull together for investment‑grade nirvana
In-depth from Eight Advisory’s London event: as UK fibre altnets face financing challenges, optimistic CityFibre COO reveals vision for consolidation, suggesting sector is “a very small number of M&A transactions away” from creating a sufficiently scaled platform to rival BT/Openreach and VM O2. Additional Greg Mesch and Rob Hamlin coverage from FTTH Conference in Amsterdam…
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People: Charles Cameron; Greg Mesch; Rob Hamlin; Simon Holden.
Themes: Altnet (alternative network); Broadband; Capital structures; Consolidation; Debt financing; Equity investment; Fibre infrastructure; FTTH (Fibre to the Home); Infrastructure investment; Investment-grade status; Leveraged finance; M&A (Mergers and Acquisitions); Network penetration; Pension funds; Programmatic M&A; Refinancing; Regulatory policy; Telecommunications.
Events: Eight Advisory’s fibre financing event (Telecoms Panel Discussion – UK Fibre Financing State of Play); FTTH Conference 2025.
Geographic: Hull, England; United Kingdom (UK).
Organisations: BT Group; CityFibre; Connexin; Eight Advisory; FullFibre; Goldman Sachs; Lit Fibre; Macquarie; Netomnia; Ofcom; Openreach; Sky; Virgin Media O2 (VM O2).
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