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Excited to announce ACON Investments, L.L.C. acquisition of Rymel SAS a rapidly expanding company that provides essential components to the energy infrastructure of the Americas.   We look forward to collaborating closely with Rymel’s talented management team as they execute multiple growth initiatives including expanding the Company’s manufacturing capacity and commercial coverage across the region, allowing it to benefit from multiple macroeconomic and industry trends, including the transition towards cleaner energy sources, increased energy demand derived from data centers, an aging power distribution infrastructure across the region, and the continued nearshoring to the United States. https://lnkd.in/gWtaewzv

Charting new horizons! 🚀 Orange is off to a stellar start in 2024, thanks to a robust performance in Africa & the Middle East! With revenues surging by 11.1%, the group hails its €18.6bn Spanish merger as a milestone for European progress. Meanwhile, DigitalRoute sails under a new flag, joining GRO to revolutionize the subscription and usage-based software landscape. 🌐 And over in Portugal, AtlasEdge is shaping the sustainable datacentre domain, vowing over €500m investment in eco-efficient tech hubs. It's all about innovation, expansion, and sustainable growth in the telecom arena! 💡 #TelecomGrowth #SustainableTech #DigitalInnovation"

🚀 We’re thrilled to support Zayo Europe’s growth through a club deal financing, enabling the carve-out of its strategic business and further expansion plans! Backed by DigitalBridge and EQT Group, Zayo Group is a global leader in network infrastructure. This carve-out will create two independent entities: Zayo’s European business and another entity focused on managing customers’ global network needs outside of Zayo’s core North American and European markets. This strategic move allows Zayo to streamline operations, align its growth objectives, and unlock new opportunities for both entities. Zayo Europe already operates a largely autonomous fiber infrastructure network across eight Western European countries. As a standalone business, it will be even better positioned to capture growth across its key markets while still offering global network services through formal partnerships with Zayo. We look forward to seeing Zayo Europe continue its impressive trajectory and wish them great success in their next chapter! 🌍📈 #DigitalInfrastructure #FiberNetworks #InfrastructureFinance #Telecom

It's been a while since I've written about #telcos and my latest piece for Hock Lock Siew touches on M1's role in the Keppel transformation. Market rumours have been swirling about a possible acquisition by StarHub since 2020, not too long after Keppel and then-listed SPH took M1 private. These rumours surfaced again recently, and it's hard to see why wouldn't it be a viable transaction. Singapore-focused telcos are fighting for the same pie that's unlikely to grow much bigger. Closing the gap between M1 and it's next closest competitor StarHub will be an expensive venture, with increased costs from customer acquisition or subsidies, even as M1 focuses on the enterprise business. All of these factors do jar against Keppel's transformation into an asset manager. Read the column below to find out more. https://bt.sg/g/LqwS

Virgin Media O2 have sold another stake of their ownership in Cornerstone, this time to Equitix investment management. This time it’s a stake of 8.33%, valued at £186m. Its not unusual for Equitix to not own 100% of a tower business, they also are a joint owner of Telecom Castilla La Mancha in Spain. Not sure if this changes anything for the UK Telecoms market at the moment – so much of what will happen in the future is about whether the Competition and Markets Authority approve the proposed Vodafone and Three UK merger, maybe this is VMO2 getting partners with dry powder ready in case the merger is approved and Cornerstone needs to invest to keep VMO2’s network investment competitive with a new Vodafone/Three and BT Group/EE competitive challenge? What do you think? any other benefit to selling such a small minority share in Cornerstone? #connectivity #networks #privatenetworks #private5g #investment #innovation #mnos #2g #3g #4g #5g #business #enterprise #spain #UK #towers #masts #inbuilding #property #realestate #growth #mobile #mobilenetworks #telecoms #telecommunications #technology #netshare

Charting new horizons! 🚀 Orange is off to a stellar start in 2024, thanks to a robust performance in Africa & the Middle East! With revenues surging by 11.1%, the group hails its €18.6bn Spanish merger as a milestone for European progress. Meanwhile, DigitalRoute sails under a new flag, joining GRO to revolutionize the subscription and usage-based software landscape. 🌐 And over in Portugal, AtlasEdge is shaping the sustainable datacentre domain, vowing over €500m investment in eco-efficient tech hubs. It's all about innovation, expansion, and sustainable growth in the telecom arena! 💡 #TelecomGrowth #SustainableTech #DigitalInnovation"

Capricorn Group plans to increase its stake in Paratus Telecom, emphasizing the telecom's growth potential. CEO David Nuuyoma highlights Paratus's innovative services and pan-African presence as key factors driving this strategic move. #CapricornGroup #ParatusTelecom #Telecommunications #Investment #Namibia #AfricanNetwork #Expansion #DigitalEconomy #BusinessGrowth #PanAfrican #BCS #TelecomServices #InvestmentStrategy #NamibianStockExchange #CEOInsights

-27% fleet size and -28% ridership for mopeds this year; what happened? 🛵 Acquisitions of Cityscoot, GO Sharing and felyx as the number of operators per country dwindles 📈 Trips per Vehicle per Day is still healthy, however; this shows that the business is still viable, with companies like Cooltra leading the way 👀 With this consistent TVD, it's likely that the market will stay stable during 2024 Download our 2023 report to get all this and more: 👉 https://lnkd.in/evax42Z Thanks to our sponsors Arval BNP Paribas Group, IDnow, PBSC Urban Solutions, Segway, Free2move and POLIS Network. #sharedmobility #micromobility

Cellnex Telecom Chief Executive Marco Patuano believes TowerCo consolidation in Spain is a certainty in the wake of the recently merged MASORANGE and he expects to be part of the action. Read more from Patuano, including talks with MásOrange about network integration, future of Orange-Vodafone RAN sharing agreement, and more: #TelcoTitans #Telecoms #Cellnex #TowerCo #Spain #MasOrange #Orange #Vodafone #Mergers

I started EXEPT with the objective to merge two passions, cycling and aerospace engineering... we have found out that our competitors are losing business because they relied on their foreign suppliers, transferring all of their knowledge, while in our case, we own the knowledge and production capacity in Europe”. Alessio Rebagliati CEO of EXEPT, during his presentation at the AGP Capital Markets Forum explains where the idea of starting EXEPT went about and what was the objective of the company. https://lnkd.in/gSKuAJQr #investmentbanking #corporatefinance #privatedebt #privateequity #venturecapital #alternativefinance #alternativeinvestments #privateplacement #consumerlending #financialservices #longterminvestments #investmetnmanagement #equity #ipo #mergersandacquisitions #saas #fintech #healthtech #healthcare #lending #mobility #logistics #lendingplatforms #uk #eu #usa #canada #latam #mexico #colombia #chile #brazil #spain #italy #portugal #france #germany