private equity
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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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Private equity company CVC has bought Myanmar’s Irrawaddy Green Towers (IGT) for a reported US$700 million.
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Telcos might give stable returns on long-term infrastructure, but stock markets don’t seem to like the industry, writes Alan Burkitt-Gray. That’s why private equity investors and pension funds are stepping in
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After four years with Sunrise in Switzerland, Olaf Swantee is now heading a company with an ambitious target to fibre up London. Alan Burkitt-Gray asks him about his vision
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TIM’s board has approved a proposal from private equity company KKR to acquire a share in its fixed network – but no final decision will be made before the end of August.
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New owner of a London-based alternative fibre company backed by Deutsche Telekom has recruited Olaf Swantee, former CEO of Orange, EE and then Sunrise, as its executive chairman.
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Syniverse, the mobile systems company owned by the Carlyle Group, has reshuffled its management following the retirement of Dean Douglas, who has been CEO since 2018.
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Activist investor Cevian Capital has told Ericsson that it should sell its 83.3% stake in US number portability company Iconectiv, formerly Telcordia.
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Private equity company EQT invested a record €11.9 billion in infrastructure and other companies in 2019, CEO Christian Sinding said this morning.
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BT has accelerated the transformation of its global unit with the sale of its Spanish managed ICT services business, which includes its domestic network infrastructure.
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BC Partners-owned United Group has agreed to acquire Bulgarian telecoms operator Vivacom for €1.2 billion ($1.3bn).
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Swedish infrastructure investor EQT is reportedly in talks to buy data centre firm EdgeConneX for $2.5 billion deal.
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Orange and Deutsche Telekom are waiting on the Romanian government to decide the future of the fixed-line operations of Telekom Romania.
