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Private equity group Cube Infrastructure Managers is buying control of Glesys, a Nordic data centre company. -
Unified communications software vendor TelcoSwitch has appointed Matt Mansell as its new CEO.
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The new head of the International Telecommunication Union is putting connectivity at the heart of the world’s sustainability goals.
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Private equity investor Cube Infrastructure Managers has injected €14 million into Fibernet Finland in what it calls “the first phase”.
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A new fibre company has started up in the US Mid-west with US$250 million backing from investment company Oak Hill Capital.
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Antin Infrastructure Partners has seen a 33.5% increase in assets under management (AUM) compared to 12 months ago, reaching values of €22 billion.
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Djibouti, the Red Sea country where many subsea cables land, is opening up its state-owned telecoms operator to outside investment.
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Five private equity companies are interested in buying T-Mobile Netherlands from Deutsche Telekom, according to reports this morning.
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The private-equity shareholder in companies such as Bezeq, Liberty Latin America, Mitel and Rackspace has hired Ajit Pai as a partner.
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IPI Partners has raised $3.8 billion from its backers to plough more into data centre assets. This second fund raising means IPI has generated more than $5.25 billion in total equity since its inception in 2016.
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Swedish private equity investor EQT is making another attempt to buy KPN, this time with US investor Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners, according to reports.
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AT&T will have lost more than US$35 billion on its 2015 acquisition of DirecTV, according to reports that it is planning to sell a stake in its video business.
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Shares in GTT Communications plunged 29% yesterday as rumours spread that the company is considering a pre-packaged bankruptcy filing to reduce its debt.
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UK telecoms group Daisy has demerged its cloud business into a separate company, with investment from private equity fund Inflexion.
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US telecoms group ATN International has beat private equity investors to buy Alaska Communications.
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Euskaltel, the telco based in the Basque country of northern Spain, has three bids for a stake in its broadband network unit, according to reports.
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UK independent telco TalkTalk is set to be taken over by a hedge fund and a private equity firm for £1.1 billion.
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London wholesale fibre company G.Network has raised over £1 billion in equity and loans to expand its network.
