T‑Mobile and EQT Joint Venture Acquires Lumos

T-Mobile Expands Fiber Footprint via Joint Ventures with Oak Hill Capital and Wren House (GoNetspeed/Greenlight Networks; i3 Broadband)

April 29, 2026

Telecommunications

T-Mobile signed definitive agreements for two 50/50 fiber joint ventures to expand its home broadband reach. One partnership with Oak Hill Capital will combine GoNetspeed and Greenlight Networks, while the other with Wren House will acquire i3 Broadband; both are expected to close in 2026/2027 subject to regulatory approvals and customary conditions.

AT&T Acquires Lumen Mass Markets Fiber-to-the-Home Business for $5.75 Billion

February 3, 2026

Telecommunications

AT&T has completed its previously announced all-cash acquisition of substantially all of Lumen Technologies' Mass Markets fiber-to-the-home business for $5.75 billion, subject to customary adjustments. The deal expands AT&T Fiber across 32 states and adds more than 1 million subscribers and over 4 million fiber locations.

Proximus Acquires EQT's Stake in Fiberklaar

July 25, 2024

Telecommunications

Proximus has agreed to acquire EQT Infrastructure V’s majority stake in Fiberklaar for EUR 246 million, making Proximus the sole shareholder. Fiberklaar, headquartered in Ghent, is Flanders’ leading independent fiber-to-the-home provider and the transaction is intended to increase rollout efficiency and capture synergies to accelerate fiber deployment across Flanders.

EQT Infrastructure V Co-Invests in Deutsche Glasfaser

October 16, 2020

Telecommunications

EQT Infrastructure V has agreed to co-invest alongside EQT Infrastructure IV in Deutsche Glasfaser, acquiring a roughly 12% stake post-close. The investment will support Deutsche Glasfaser's large-scale fiber-to-the-home roll-out in rural Germany and is expected to close in Q4 2020.

EQT and OMERS Acquire Deutsche Glasfaser

February 10, 2020

Telecommunications

EQT Infrastructure IV and OMERS Infrastructure have agreed to acquire Deutsche Glasfaser from KKR Infrastructure and Reggeborgh and will combine it with EQT's portfolio company inexio. The combined group will accelerate FTTH roll-out across rural Germany with a planned investment of over EUR 7 billion to expand gigabit-capable fiber infrastructure.

EQT Infrastructure to merge IP-Only and GlobalConnect

November 21, 2019

Telecommunications

EQT Infrastructure announced plans to combine its portfolio companies IP-Only and GlobalConnect to create a leading Northern European fiber-based datacom and cloud-enabling infrastructure provider. The merger creates scale across Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Northern Germany — combining roughly 58,000 km of fiber, ~18,000 sqm of data center capacity, more than 1,500 employees and combined 2018 revenues of ~EUR 520 million to accelerate network rollout, innovation and cross-border services for B2B, B2C and public customers.