Liberty Global to invest in German fibre market
Liberty Global has teamed up with a private equity firm to invest in rolling out fibre infrastructure in Germany.
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Eurobites: Iliad gets on board with FiberCop in Italy
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Lumen offloads consumer ops for $7.5 billion
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