MIH buys Berlin fibre operator Eurofiber Netz
GERMANY 23 JUN

MIH buys Berlin fibre operator Eurofiber Netz

MIH Management, a developer and operator of fibre-optic infrastructure, has acquired Berlin-based Eurofiber Netz from Eurofiber Germany. Through the acquisition, MIH strengthens its position on the German market for fibre-optic networks, and expands its existing portfolio of services to include the commercialisation of network infrastructure. Eurofiber Netz develops and operates a fiber-to-the-home (FttH) infrastructure in the Berlin metropolitan area. It has established a strong regional presence with more

Cegeka acquires cybersecurity specialist 3Point
BELGIUM 23 JUN

Cegeka acquires cybersecurity specialist 3Point

Belgian IT services provider Cegeka announced the takeover of 3Point, a cybersecurity and IT consulting firm active especially in the defense and public sectors. The takeover strengthens the recently created defense unit at Cegeka and its efforts to expand in the critical infrastructure market in response to growing demand for greater IT resilience in Europe. No financial details were disclosed. 

R&S merges Lancom and cybersecurity business to form Rohde & Schwarz Networks and Cybersecurity
EUROPE 23 JUN

R&S merges Lancom and cybersecurity business to form Rohde & Schwarz Networks and Cybersecurity

Rohde & Schwarz has completed the merger of its subsidiary Lancom Systems with its network security business to form the new company Rohde & Schwarz Networks and Cybersecurity. The new company will start operating from 01 July, employing around 550 people, including just under 100 from R&S Cybersecurity and 450 from Lancom, across six German locations. The current managing directors of Lancom Systems, Constantin von Reden and Robert Mallinson will continue to lead the merged company, and Lancom founder and

Singtel raises SGD 1 bln from Gulf Development stake sale
SINGAPORE 23 JUN

Singtel raises SGD 1 bln from Gulf Development stake sale

Singtel has sold a 2.8 percent stake in Thailand's Gulf Development for approximately SGD 1 billion, advancing its capital recycling programme and bringing total proceeds raised under its Singtel28 strategy to SGD 6.8 billion. The transaction was completed through a private placement to institutional investors and generated cumulative equity gains of around SGD 140 million for the group. Following the sale, Singtel will retain a 4.95 percent stake in Gulf Development, valued at approximately SGD 1.8 billion

Digital Realty announces Kansas City expansion and new acquisitions
UNITED STATES 23 JUN

Digital Realty announces Kansas City expansion and new acquisitions

Digital Realty has announced a series of transactions valued at more than USD 1.6 billion aimed at expanding its hyperscale data centre development capacity, increasing its ownership of African data centre operator Teraco and growing its private capital business. The company has acquired approximately 1,440 acres of land at Astra Enterprise Park near Kansas City for approximately USD 475 million in cash and operating partnership units. The site is intended to support future hyperscale data centre developmen

Telefonica Brasil approves full merger of Fibrasil
BRAZIL 22 JUN

Telefonica Brasil approves full merger of Fibrasil

The board of directors of Telefonica Brasil has approved the absolute merger of its wholly-owned subsidiary Fibrasil Infraestrutura e Fibra Otica, following the recent acquisition of 100 percent of shares in the fibre network operator. Following the transaction, Fibrasil will be dissolved, and Telefonica Brasil will assume full legal and operational succession to all its assets and liabilities, effective 01 August. An extraordinary shareholders meeting is scheduled for 31 July to ratify the decision. Fibras

Alares Internet acquires Oquei Telecom group
BRAZIL 22 JUN

Alares Internet acquires Oquei Telecom group

Brazilian regional ISP Alares Internet has agreed to acquire the Oquei Telecom group, comprising Oquei Telecom, Oquei Tecnologia, Oquei BR Telecom, and Oquei BR Tecnologia. The total acquisition price is BRL 189.0 million, with BRL 75.6 million payable at closing and the remainder spread across 10 semi-annual instalments.

Accenture bulks up cybersecurity division with multiple acquisitions
UNITED STATES 19 JUN

Accenture bulks up cybersecurity division with multiple acquisitions

Accenture is acquiring a majority stake in one business and buying two more companies outright in a bid to shore up its USD 10 billion cybersecurity business. The US firm is buying the entire share capital in runZero, which specialises in cyber risk management, and NetRise, a provider of cybersecurity tools for analysing and safeguarding software components. Both NetRise and runZero are based in Austin, Texas.

Govt imposes strict conditions on Telecom Argentina's Movistar buy
ARGENTINA 19 JUN

Govt imposes strict conditions on Telecom Argentina's Movistar buy

Argentina's National Competition Authority (ANC) said it is prepared to authorise Telecom Argentina's USD 1.25 billion acquisition of Telefonica's local subsidiary (Movistar Argentina) if it agrees to a series of strict "structural and behavioural" conditions designed to prevent excessive concentration in the telecommunications market and safeguard effective competition for the benefit of users. These include the requirement that Telecom Argentina divest 6 million mobile customers and associated infrastruct

No bids for Brazil's Oi Solucoes
BRAZIL 18 JUN

No bids for Brazil's Oi Solucoes

The recent auction for Oi Solucoes, Oi's enterprise services subsidiary, concluded without any bids, despite five companies—TIM, Claro, Sercomtel, Telefonica and V.tal—having qualified to participate, reported Valor Economico. Sources close to the auction suggested that the minimum asking price of BRL 1.4 billion was deemed too high. This was largely due to Oi Solucoes' recent client losses and concerns that remaining clients might switch providers once their contracts expire.

Harmonic closes USD 145 mln sale of B2B video assets to MediaKind
GLOBAL 18 JUN

Harmonic closes USD 145 mln sale of B2B video assets to MediaKind

Harmonic said it has completed the sale of its streaming and broadcast assets to MediaKind for a cash consideration totalling USD 145 million. In its own statement, MediaKind said integrating Harmonic assets had created the world's leading independent provider of video infrastructure. The enlarged company could possess an annual recurring revenue of over USD 100 million and potentially bring in a USD 150 million turnover from fixed media processing appliances. MediaKind expects to serve a global blue-chip c

EQT agrees to acquire Exolaunch
GLOBAL 18 JUN

EQT agrees to acquire Exolaunch

Investment company EQT said its EQT X fund has agreed to acquire Germany's Exolaunch, a satellite deployment technology and launch mission management company. Exolaunch has deployed more than 790 satellites on 47 missions and has flown on every SpaceX Transporter and Bandwagon rideshare mission aboard Falcon 9. The purchase from founder Dmitriy Sternharz is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026 and EQT X is projected to be invested at 80 to 85 percent.

UNITED STATES 17 JUN

DeepL acquires Mixhalo; establishes San Francisco office

DeepL, global Language AI specialist, has announced the acquisition of San Francisco-based Mixhalo, which has developed a platform for real-time, ultra-low latency audio. The acquisition will boost the capabilities of the DeepL Voice real-time AI voice translation solution to support live, large-scale environments such as conferences and major events.

IRELAND 17 JUN

Irish hosting provider Blacknight acquired by Your.Online

Blacknight, Irish hosting provider and domain registrar, is being acquired by Netherlands-based European digital services group Your.Online. This will provide Blacknight with the long-term investment needed for expansion. Carlow-based Blacknight was established in 2023 and currently serves more than 90,000 customers in Ireland and overseas. 

UNITED STATES 17 JUN

Great Plains Communications, Ritter Communications to merge

Grain Management, digital infrastructure investment group, has announced plans to merge two of its portfolio businesses - Blair, Nebraska-based Great Plains Communications and Jonesboro, Arkanas-based Ritter Communications. They will be combined to create a new telecoms brand called Rightfiber. Heath Simpson, currently CEO of Ritter Communications, will be CEO of the merged group; with Great Plains CEO Todd Foje becoming Executive Chairman.

SPAIN 17 JUN

Amper closes EUR 225 mln Teltronic buy

Spain's Grupo Amper has completed the acquisition of Zaragoza-based critical communications specialist Teltronic from private equity fund manager Nazca for up to EUR 225 million. The final purchase price consists of a fixed amount of EUR 155 million and a maximum earn-out of EUR 45 million, plus EUR 25 million in debt.

GLOBAL 17 JUN

HPE accelerates Juniper AIOps integration, launches unified SASE offering

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise is ramping up efforts to integrate the Juniper Networking portfolio with its data centre networking fabric, targeting market share in AI factories, data centres and the enterprise edge. The integration of Juniper Networking switching and AIOps functionality with HPE's AI Data Center Solutions line-up is expected to yield a full-stack infrastructure playbook, drawing on AI and agentic optimisation to accelerate deployment and boost performance.

ITALY 17 JUN

Italy's Rai Way, EI Towers extend talks on tower merger to end-June

Italian broadcasting tower operators Rai Way and EI Towers have agreed to extended negotiations on a potential merger of their activities until the end of June after missing a previously set 15 June deadline. A tie-up between Rai Way, majority owned by state broadcaster RAI, and rival EI Towers, owned by infrastructure fund F2i and commercial broadcaster MFE, would create a joint TV tower company with around 4,700 sites worth nearly EUR 4 billion.

NETHERLANDS 17 JUN

Solvinity files appeal against govt ban on Kyndryl takeover

The Dutch ICT services provider Solvinity and its shareholder Vitruvian Partners have filed a lawsuit against the Dutch government over its decision to block Solvinity's takeover by Kyndryl. The takeover was prohibited in May on public interest grounds following a foreign investment screening. Solvinity told Dutch media that it takes the state's concerns seriously, but the company wants more clarity on the legal basis for the decision so it can prepare its business for the future.

UNITED KINGDOM 16 JUN

Liberty Blume acquires UK land rights specialist CLM

Liberty Global-owned Liberty Blume, provider of AI-powered back-office solutions, has announced a deal to acquire Connections Legal Management (CLM), UK-based land rights specialist. This expands Liberty Blume's infrastructure services business beyond the telecoms market. The combination of CLM's expertise in renewables and energy with Liberty Blume's expertise in telecoms and AI-powered technology, will enhance support for companies such as wind and solar developers, infrastructure delivery firms, and grid

GLOBAL 16 JUN

SpaceX agrees to acquire AI coding company Cursor in stock deal worth USD 60 bln

SpaceX said it has agreed to take over Anysphere, an AI coding company that trades as Cursor, in a stock deal worth USD 60 billion. Cursor will operate trade as a wholly owned subsidiary of SpaceX. The merger is expected to close in the third quarter of 2026 and is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions as well as regulatory approvals.

NETHERLANDS 16 JUN

ACM finds little impact on retail mobile competition from Youfone takeover

KPN's takeover of the MVNO Youfone in 2024 has not had a negative impact on competition in the retail mobile services market, the Consumer and Markets Authority has concluded. In a review of the takeover approved in March 2024, the Dutch regulator ACM found that the trend of ever larger data bundles continues, and market parties have seen little change in that as a result of the Youfone takeover. Prices also show a downward trend, based both on invoice amounts and list prices, without any trend break visibl

GLOBAL 16 JUN

HPE to complete Juniper partner transition by November

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) confirmed it will roll up partner resources from its Juniper Networks subsidiary into its new HPE Partner Ready Vantage initiative from 01 November. This transition follows the initial phase launch of Partner Ready Vantage in November 2025, combining resources from legacy HPE offerings such as HPE Partner Ready, Partner Ready for Networking, and Partner Ready Service Provider. 

THAILAND 16 JUN

CPG divests additional 2.7% stake in True to UBS AG London Branch

Charoen Pokphand Group (CPG) has divested an additional portion of its shares in Thai operator True to UBS AG London Branch, as part of a pre-planned two-tranche 10 percent equity offloading strategy. Following the sale of an initial tranche representing 4.7 percent of the company's issued shares on 27 February, CPG sold an additional 2.706 percent of True shares to UBS AG London Branch on 15 June. The remaining balance of up to 2.585 percent is scheduled to be sold to UBS as soon as standard administrative

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