Mergers and Acquisitions

Global investment company, KKR has signed an agreement with EQT Infrastructure and OMERS for the latter to jointly acquire German network operator, Deutsche Glasfaser.

UK altnet, CityFibre has acquired broadband network provider, FibreNation from TalkTalk Group.

Network design consultancy, 4site has been acquired by Indigo Telecom Group.

Lumentum has entered into an agreement with passive optical component supplier, Advanced Fiber Resources (AFR) where the latter will acquire certain assets from the former.

Altice Europe’s French subsidiary, SFR FTTH has entered into an exclusivity agreement to acquire 100 per cent of wholesale operator, Covage.

Cloud communications provider, Ribbon Communications has entered into an agreement to acquire, via merger, SDN/NFV and end-to-end packet-optical transport provider ECI Telecom Group.

High-speed semi-conductor provider, Inphi has signed a definitive agreement to acquire eSilicon for $216 million.

Hengtong Optic-Electric has agreed to purchase Global Marine Group’s (a HC2 Holdings company) 49 per cent stake in Huawei Marine Networks.

Network infrastructure solutions provider, HellermannTyton is to acquire German manufacturer of micro duct systems, gabo Systemtechnik (gabocom).

Fibre structure investor, EQT Infrastructure is to acquire inexio.