All Macquarie Group articles
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Weekly Briefings
Infrawatch Weekly: private networks under scrutiny, IoT’s defence role flagged
Latest from the digital infra scene in the UK and beyond, including NIC consideration of network investment vulnerabilities; Europe backing for satellite defence role; iliad plots hyperscale data platform; people moves, and plenty more…
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M&A
BT Ireland catches eye of Macquarie-backed Viatel — report
A new report from The Irish Times says Viatel Technology Group, a Macquarie-backed digital services provider, is looking with interest at BT Ireland as “all options” are being explored for the Group’s international B2B businesses…
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Weekly Briefings
Infrawatch Weekly: TowerCos face churn, altnets’ £800m losses, TalkTalk rapped
Latest from the digital infra scene in the Europe and beyond, including another £16m on the £800m UK altnet losses pile; £6bn datacentre boost; European TowerCo consolidation mooted, and plenty more…
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Weekly Briefings
Vodafonewatch Weekly: Group taps mega-deals with Accenture, Google, e&, more
Latest from Vodafone and its ecosystem, including an extended deal with Google for GenAI deployment; Accenture-backed reset for shared services operation VOIS; e& tie-up feeds into UAE IoT contract…
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M&A
TPG secures fibre sale to Macquarie-backed Vocus
AUD 5.25bn deal will see Vocus pick up fibre network assets and a chunk of TPG’s enterprise, government, and wholesale business.
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Strategy & Change
Digital 9 dumps Triple Point for InfraRed to manage wind-down
Digital 9 Infrastructure (D9) has chosen InfraRed Capital Partners to manage the sale of its assets, including major shareholding in Arqiva, as part of ongoing wind-down.
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M&A
GIP said to seek reboot in India after completion of BlackRock mega-buy
Change reportedly already underway at GIP following BlackRock acquisition, as the digital infra investor gauges interest from the likes of Macquarie, KKR, and Stonepeak on a sale of Ascend Telecom stake. Read more…
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Weekly Briefings
Vodafonewatch Weekly: ups and downs for Group M&A projects
Latest from Vodafone and its ecosystem, including: green light for Italian sale, news from wannabe acquisition Nowo, and TPG’s fibre assets still in the shop window; Fries weighs VodafoneZiggo future; Vi bags networks deal in latest turnaround attempt…
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Weekly Briefings
Infrawatch Weekly: telco politics across Europe, infra sell-offs, new UK fibre leader pops up
Latest from the digital infra scene in Europe and beyond, including: Draghi’s plans for Euro consolidation; One Touch Switch impact; another LEO constellation funded; $40bn data centre IPO looms; people moves; plenty more…
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Products & Services
Europe’s petri dish: Spain’s incumbents caught in price war with converged challengers
Fixed and mobile challengers forcing Spain’s Big Two into balancing act of retaining customers while maintaining profitability. Freshly unbound Vodafone Spain strategically re-positioning as enabler and challenger, while MásOrange and Telefónica España tease premium sweeteners. Read more…
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Weekly Briefings
Infrawatch Weekly: fibre routes to retail; TalkTalk’s latest rejig; Asia’s infra ownership overhaul
Latest from the digital infra scene in the UK and beyond, including TalkTalk’s last-minute refinancing, investment boosts for the satellite sector, Japan’s moves towards greater infrastructure sharing, and plenty more…
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Weekly Briefings
Infrawatch Weekly: Italian infra on the up; Project Gigabit preps leap forward; Macquarie comes and goes
Latest from the digital infra scene in the UK and beyond; including INWIT prepping for Italian investment boost; Indus Towers finally getting paid; claims that UK PIA oversight is MIA; latest people moves; and plenty more…
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M&A
Australia’s TPG puts fibre back on the table in new Vocus talks
Macquarie-backed fibre operator Vocus in early talks with TPG Telecom as fibre assets put back on the table…
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Network & Infrastructure
MásOrange 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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Weekly Briefings
Infrawatch 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&A
UK 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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Weekly Briefings
Infrawatch Weekly: interesting infra times in Spain, a SatCo share drop lawsuit, and UK altnets’ ‘moment of peril’
Latest from the digital infra scene in the UK and beyond, including consideration at Connected North of how altnets can balance urgent, and occasionally conflicting, priorities; Cellnex aiming to win as the Spanish mobile sector restructures, and exploring a new TowerCo paradigm in Poland; Phoenix Towers’ European expansion ambitions; legal woes compound setbacks at SpaceMobile; plus plenty more…
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Partnerships & Alliances
Digi keeps MásOrange waiting on Spanish roaming decision
Digi Spain has until 2025 to activate a national roaming agreement with Orange, but could opt for another partner.
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Weekly Briefings
Infrawatch Weekly: billion-pound network investments, digital inclusivity, and French fibre M&A on the menu
VM O2 moves to forge UK NetCo/ServCo split in operations; associate nexfibre to remain separate, commits £1bn to 2024 build; Orange CEO suggests M&A still on agenda to expand domestic fibre footprint; TalkTalk in negotiations over wholesale arm sale; much more…
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M&A
TalkTalk confirms wholesale stake sale plans, ties Consumer to exclusive access deal
TalkTalk confirmed exclusive talks are ongoing with a potential new equity partner for its wholesale business, Platform X Communications, as it refinances its £1bn debt facilities.