All Investors articles – Page 2
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Venturing & InvestmentsInfracapital: UK FibreCo fundraisers must graft to overcome global ‘bad rep’, new gov showing ‘green shoots’
INCA event provides platform for investors and altnets including Octopus and Netomnia to review early weeks of Labour government, with broad optimism on show despite still rocky funding environment. The capital exists, but what will Downing Street do to bring it to the UK? Read more…
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Network & InfrastructureMásOrange eyes more Spanish fibre deals after Vodafone infra tie-up
Consolidation of pressured Spanish telco market continues, seeing recently-reworked operator duo team up to form a distinct fibre business, focused on “dense areas”.
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M&AInvestment groups flock towards Telefónica, Asterion data centre assets — report
Blackstone, Brookfield, PFA, Vauban, and Wren House among investors reportedly preparing offers for Spanish data centre player Nabiax.
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Venturing & InvestmentsGov-backed UK Infrastructure Bank provides funding to another rural FibreCo
Cornish Wildanet attracts £35m investment from UKIB, days after the bank ploughed £150m into Hyperoptic.
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M&AG.Network: London FibreCo being prepped for trade sale?
Sky News reported anonymous sources claiming the sizeable London fibre provider has hired bankers after being approached by potential buyers. Investors USS and Cube recently rejigging. Potential compatible buyers identified…
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Weekly BriefingsInfrawatch Weekly: Europe aims for SatCo breakthrough, Hyperoptic joins £1bn club, DT ponders more TowerCos
Latest from the digital infra scene in the UK and beyond, including: EU efforts to support connectivity on Earth and above the skies; UK public sector stoking the fire of fibre investment; musings on the merits of more TowerCos; and plenty more…
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Venturing & InvestmentsHyperoptic crosses £1bn funding milestone with fresh UK investment
Altnet focused on plugging connectivity gaps in urban areas says £150m in UK Infrastructure Bank money will particularly benefit social housing residents.
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Weekly BriefingsDeutsche Telekomwatch Weekly: Group calls in the B2B backup in Germany
Telekom Deutschland continues efforts to inject some go-to-market oomph in broadband and B2B, with new marque and products.
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Weekly BriefingsInfrawatch Weekly: innovation fuelling investment, data centres bringing in cash
Latest from the digital infra scene in the UK and beyond, including billions of dollars flood into data centres, race for satellite mobility drives innovation, ongoing UK efforts to make infrastructure-sharing a viable option; people moves, and plenty more…
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Venturing & InvestmentsVivo backs customer loyalty partner CRMBonus
Vivo Ventures invested in a digital money-back startup that the operator has been using since January and clearly likes what it sees.
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Venturing & InvestmentsDTCP joins Porsche to steer into mobility tech
Deutsche Telekom said to again act as anchor as affiliated investment group closes a third growth fund and sets up a mobility venturing vehicle with Porsche.
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M&ACriteriaCaixa makes another Telefónica share buy, reaching 10% target
Spanish investment group ties with the government as operator’s largest shareholder after gradually building up its position over last two years.
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Public Affairsnexfibre joins calls to tighten Openreach infra choker, ensure lasting UK fibre competition
UK fibre wholesaler calls for new and improved regulation to provide platform for altnet competition as attention turns to Ofcom’s next five-year framework. Echoes broad consensus among INCA members that more could be done to limit Openreach dominance, encourage altnet investment…
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Weekly BriefingsInfrawatch Weekly: Netomnia climbs UK altnet table, Poland drives on fibre, UK politicians play it safe
Latest from the digital infra scene in the UK and beyond, including the emergence of a new £1bn challenger in the UK fibre scene, collab-driven network advances in Poland, connectivity promises in the UK General Election; people moves, and plenty more…
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M&ALiberty mulls M&A opportunities for Virgin Media O2’s NetCo
Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries still “looking actively” at possible altnet acquisitions, noting potential for VM O2’s planned FibreCo spin-off to serve as a vehicle for consolidation in the UK’s fibre market.
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M&ACaixaBank bids farewell to remaining Telefónica stake
Spanish investment group sheds last slice of operator’s share capital, after gradually reducing its position over last three years.
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M&AUK fibre altnet Voneus gets £18m funding boost
Existing investors plough another £18m into Voneus after the recently expanded group is said to be on a roll with increased build rate and sales.
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Venturing & InvestmentsAirbus’ HAPS startup Aalto lands Japanese investment for ‘next phase’
Long-sought funding set to help Aalto accelerate commercial deployment of its Zephyr stations, through which it aims to provide non-terrestrial, direct-to-device mobile connectivity, among other applications.
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Network & InfrastructureHrvatski Telekom assessing carve-out of wireless infra
Croatian operator becomes second Deutsche Telekom business in recent weeks to flag interest in a tower spin-off, after Greece’s OTE.
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M&ATelefónica, Asterion ‘gearing up’ to put data centre asset in play
Bidding for data centre operator reportedly set to begin “in the coming weeks”, shortly after firming up major capacity expansion agreement with hyperscalers.