With the current COVID-19 pandemic, activity in digital infrastructure remains unwavering. Especially Fibre to the Home projects have especially been the focus of attention of equity investors, developers and financiers alike for a while now.

Discussion Points

– Lessons learned from different fiber business models across markets and regulatory regimes

– Business development in the times of a pandemic – COVID-19 effect on day-to-day operations, construction progress and strategic matters, take-up rates as well as contracted bandwidth

– Opportunities and challenges of business integration in digital infrastructure mergers & acquisitions as well as JVs

– Latest developments and credit considerations related to different business scopes and structures of the projects seen in the market

– Insights into bottleneck construction and installation capacities

Speakers

– Pavlena Rangelova Werner, KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH (Moderator)
– Jens Müller, Deutsche Glasfaser
– Athanasios Zoulovits, InfraVia
– Matthias Hamel, Solon Management Consulting