{"id":432640,"date":"2026-02-18T17:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T17:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/432640\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T17:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T17:22:08","slug":"uk-altnet-netomnia-acquired-for-roughly-e2-3bn-by-telecom-joint-venture-nexfibre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/432640\/","title":{"rendered":"UK altnet Netomnia acquired for roughly \u20ac2.3bn by telecom joint venture Nexfibre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n         Published on<br \/>\n            18\/02\/2026 &#8211; 17:27 GMT+1\n            <\/p>\n<p>Nexfibre, the UK full-fibre broadband venture backed by InfraVia, Liberty Global and Telef\u00f3nica, is set to buy alternative network provider Netomnia.<\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n          ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n          ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>According to an announcement on Wednesday, the deal agreed values Netomnia&#8217;s parent company, Substantial Group, at \u00a32bn (\u20ac2.3bn), and it is anticipated that it will attract around \u00a33.5bn (\u20ac2.3bn) of international investment into the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Shares of Liberty Global are trading over 10% higher following the announcement. As for the other two companies that make up Nexfibre, InfraVia is not publicly traded and Telef\u00f3nica hasn&#8217;t seen much movement as it is down around 1% for the day. <\/p>\n<p>The move consolidates two of the more credible independent fibre operators in the wholesale space and reinforces the market&#8217;s position as a top investment choice for long-term infrastructure at a difficult time for the alternative network provider sector. <\/p>\n<p>Rising construction costs, overlapping rollout footprints and tighter credit conditions have squeezed smaller operators. However, Netomnia has built a meaningful full-fibre presence in mid-sized towns and cities beyond the major urban centres.<\/p>\n<p>Folding it into Nexfibre gives the combined entity greater geographic reach and financial firepower.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts have anticipated a shakeout among UK altnets for some time. This acquisition suggests that process is now firmly underway, with capital consolidating around platforms large enough to carry long-term build programmes to completion.<\/p>\n<p>The deal remains subject to regulatory clearance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published on 18\/02\/2026 &#8211; 17:27 GMT+1 Nexfibre, the UK full-fibre broadband venture backed by InfraVia, Liberty Global and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432641,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,17863,50,42580,26947,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-432640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-mergers-and-acquisitions","tag-news","tag-telecommunication","tag-telefonica","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}