Deutsche Telekom to Acquire Fiberhost and Inea
T-Mobile Polska would absorb both companies after regulators sign off, giving Deutsche Telekom more control of Poland’s fixed-line market and bundled services.
- On Monday, Deutsche Telekom announced an agreement to buy Polish fiber businesses Fiberhost and INEA from Australian investment group Macquarie for roughly €1 billion, with T-Mobile Polska absorbing both companies once regulators approve.
- INEA, a regional champion in Wielkopolska, brings more than 300,000 retail customers and a network reaching four million households, while Fiberhost's open-access network passes roughly 1.4 million homes across 16 Polish regions.
- T-Mobile Polska currently lags rivals Orange Polska and Play in fixed-line services; Dominique Leroy, board member for Europe, said pooling "strong mobile and fiber capabilities" builds an "even better foundation for simple, reliable services."
- The deal requires clearance from Poland's competition authority, which took nearly a year to review Deutsche Telekom's earlier Nexera acquisition; antitrust reviewers often scrutinize moves granting incumbents control over both network and retail customers.
- Deutsche Telekom expects the transaction to close by year-end 2026, as European telecoms bosses consolidate assets to compete with American and Asian giants in an increasingly connected market.
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Deutsche Telekom to acquire Fiberhost and Inea
Deutsche Telekom has agreed to acquire 100 per cent of Fiberhost, a Polish open-access fixed network operator, together with Inea, a retail broadband and TV provider, for an enterprise valuation of c.€1 billion from current shareholders: Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 5, a fund managed by Macquarie Asset Management and minority shareholders. The acquisition will accelerate […]
Deutsche Telekom buys Macquarie’s Polish fibre and TV assets in a €1bn bet on convergence
Deutsche Telekom has agreed to buy two of Poland’s best-known fibre businesses, Fiberhost and INEA, from the Australian investment group Macquarie, in a deal worth roughly €1bn and aimed squarely at the country’s scramble to bundle mobile, broadband, and television into a single monthly bill. The German operator confirmed on Monday that its local arm, […] This story continues at The Next Web
Deutsche Telekom to Buy Macquarie’s Poland Fiber, TV Assets in €1 Billion Deal
Deutsche Telekom AG agreed to buy a fiber company and a television provider in Poland from Macquarie Asset Management for an enterprise value around €1 billion ($1.2 billion), part of the German company’s strategy to expand its broadband offering.
POZNAŃ--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Macquarie Asset Management (Macquarie), on behalf of Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 5 (MEIF5), has agreed to divest its stake in Fiberhost, an open fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network provider, and INEA, a telecommunications services provider, to Deutsche Telekom, with both companies to become part of T-Mobile Polska. Macquarie acquired INEA, a leading telecommunications services provider in western Poland, in 2018,…
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