Here’s four interesting items from the international front:
Orange Business has landed a partnership with PSA Peugeot for fleet telematics. Basically, Peugeot will be using their network services as part of a solution that tracks the way a fleet of automobiles are used – location, speed, fuel consumption, etc. The so-called ‘internet of things’ is clearly already here in many ways.
Vodafone Global Enterprise has announced a 7 year multi-million pound contract with RWE over in the UK. They’ve become the utility company’s total communications partner there, providing network voice and data starting as of yesterday. This probably derives from the C&W Worldwide assets of course, which Vodafone bought two years ago now (time sure does fly).
GTT has landed another multnational EtherCloud customer. Phillips, the auction house and not the electronics giant, is using their network to provide reliable connectivity for its global auctions. And GTT also looks like it plans to be aggressive on the M&A front this year, as it filed a fat $200M shelf registration with the FCC yesterday.
CoreOne Technologies is expanding in the Asia-Pacific region with a little help from Equinix. The financial information provider has moved into Equinix’s SG2 facility in Singapore. They were already working with Equinix in London, New York and Chicago, so it’s not a big stretch except for the raw distance.
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Any insights into the sale of GNF Telecom by the Spanish gas utility, Gas Natural Fenosa? It’s a big asset – 30,000km of fibre in Spain and Central America. Pure wholesale model (mainly dark fibre). Would be great to know who are rumoured buyers…!
Wow, that’s a brand new one for me. http://www.telecom.gasnaturalfenosa.com/es/red+de+infraestructura+/1297146352156/red+de+fibra+optica++.html I’ll give it some thought.
I guess there’s an obvious list including the Spanish telcos, AMX, Zayo, etc but I hear also that infrastructure funds are part of the mix and it will be interesting to see if they can outbid the network operators.
I think you could probably add Level 3 to that list, although probably not at the top of it. Honestly, I think if AMX wants it they get it. If they don’t, then the infrastructure funds are probably next in line. Central America doesn’t get a lot of fiber attention, if there is in fact a sale in the wind it will definitely be interesting to see who shows up at the table.
Apollo, blackstone, cinven, red ecltectrica are the bidders of the moment, reportedly want 600mn euros. L3 not mentioned.
Looks like this went for 510mn euros to Cinven.
Cinven, interesting… Thanks for the update!