BrightSpeed Acquisition, Valuation, Funding & Investors

TIM, which is 67%-owned by Telecom Italia, is the third largest wireless carrier in Brazil, with 62 million subscribers, equal to about 23% of the market. The firm owns 49% of I-Systems, an infrastructure partnership that is expanding its network footprint across Brazil. I-Systems can provide broadband service to about 8 million locations, including 6.5 million with fiber, equal to 10%-15% of the country. TIM leases capacity on the venture's network to serve retail broadband customers under the UltraFibra brand, but it has agreed to buy out its joint venture partner in 2026, taking full ownership of these assets. TIM also resells fiber network access from other providers.

KT is South Korea's largest fixed-line telecom operator, with around 11.5 million fixed-line broadband customers and 9.5 million IPTV customers, and is the second-largest wireless operator with 28 million subscribers. Additionally, it has a number of nontelecom businesses, including real estate, payment processing, artificial intelligence, and IDC/cloud services, many of which are the focus of its growth strategy. The company was formed from the previously government-owned, monopoly telecom business and was listed in 1998. After selling its mobile business in 1994 (forming its mobile competitor, SK Telecom), KT created its own mobile operator in 1997.

Digital InfraCo is a Singtel-led joint venture developing digital infrastructure across Asia, Europe, and the US. The consortium focuses on subsea cables, data centers, and 5G networks, with initial projects including the Echo and SeaMeWe 6 cable systems linking Singapore to Europe. Digital InfraCo partners with CDPQ Infra and Gulf Investment Corporation to invest tens of billions in high-capacity connectivity.

Sterlite Technologies Ltd is an Indian-based company engaged in the business of Connectivity and Network Solutions. Its products and solutions mainly include integrated optical fiber, copper telecom cables, structured data cables, access equipment, fiber connectivity and system integration solution offerings for telecom networks, OSS/ BSS solutions, billing and bandwidth management solutions for organizations, and others. Its segments include Optical networking business (ONB), Global service business (GSB) and Digital and technology solutions (Digital). The company offers its services within India and in the International market. It earns majority of the revenue from Optical networking business segment.

Axiata Group Bhd is a telecommunications company. The business segment of the company is the Mobile segment, which includes the provision of mobile services and other services such as the provision of interconnect services, sale of devices, pay television transmission services, broadband services, digital business, and others; the Fixed broadband segment is engaged in the broadband and broadcasting business; Infrastructure segment is engaged in the provision of telecommunication infrastructure and related services; and Others comprise investment holding entities, financing entities and other operating companies providing other services including digital business and fibre optic transmission. The company has a presence in Malaysia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Cambodia.

PT Indoritel Makmur Internasional Tbk is an investment holding company. The company, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in providing infrastructure through fiber optic media and serving telecommunication services ranging from data communication to interactive video, managing SDWAN services, and a variety of other Internet of Things (IoT) derivatives. Its segments are the Corporate segment, the Retail segment, and Others. It generates the majority of revenue from the Corporate segment. The Corporate Business Segment provides fiber-optic-based telecommunications data connection service products for business customers, such as Last Mile Solution, Fiberization, IP Transit, IEPL, MPLS, and DWDM, to other telecommunications operators and international customers.

Telekom Malaysia Bhd is a telecommunications company. It generates revenue from the Internet and multimedia services, Data services, Voice services, Non-telecommunications related services, and Other telecommunications-related services, in which it generates the majority of its revenue from Internet and multimedia services. The company owns telecommunications infrastructure. Its segments include TM ONE; TM Global; and Shared Services/Others. It generates the vast majority of its revenue in Malaysia.

INWIT is an Italian tower and wireless infrastructure company that builds and manages shared digital infrastructure used by mobile operators. It was founded in 2015 as a spin-off from TIM and merged with the tower business of Vodafone Italy in March 2020, after which it entered the FTSE MIB index. The company is listed on Euronext Milan and is headquartered in Milan. Its assets include towers, small cells, distributed antenna systems for indoor coverage and Wi-Fi and IoT solutions, offered under a tower-as-a-service model. In 2025 INWIT reported consolidated revenues of 1,077.2 million euros and EBITDA of 984.4 million euros, and it guides to revenues of 1,050 to 1,090 million euros for 2026. Its largest shareholders include Central Tower Holding, which holds 37.6% of the share capital, and an investment vehicle of Ardian.

MTN Ghana is a Ghana-based company that provides mobile financial services in the financial services industry. The principal activities are the provision of telecommunication services including voice, data, and enterprise solutions, mobile financial services, the development of strategic partnerships to provide developed services, and the provision of consultancy and support services in the mobile banking, payment services and fintech space. The company has four reportable segments, namely Network services, Interconnect and roaming, Digital and Fintech, and devices and accessories, out of which it derives maximum revenue from Network services.

CelcomDigi Bhd is a telecommunications company. The company is primarily involved in the e provision of mobile communication services and wireless Internet services to customers across the country and its services and products essentially have a similar risk profile.

Magyar Telekom Telecommunications PLC, formerly known as Magyar Telekom PLC, is a telecommunications company that operates in two segments: MT-Hungary and North Macedonia. MT Hungary supplies mobile, information communication, television distribution, and system integration services to both business and residential consumers in Hungary. The North Macedonia segment expands the company's mobile and fixed-line telecommunication services across North Macedonia. Magyar controls the majority share of the Hungarian telecom market and has a footprint in Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Romania. The company receives majority of its revenue from Hungary.

Maroc Telecom SA telecommunications operator in the Kingdom of Morocco. The company provides a wide range of services covering Fixed-Line and Mobile communications, data transfer, and other value-added services. It operates in the Fixed-Line telephony, Mobile telephony and Internet segments. The Fixed-Line and Mobile operating segments are combined within the Services Division (DGS) and the Networks and Systems Division. The company derives majority revenues from Morocco.

Mobile Telecommunications Co KSC is a mobile and data services operator. The company and its subsidiaries, along with associates, provide mobile telecommunication services. The company provides of technologies and digital lifestyle communications. Its geographical segments are Kuwait, Jordan, Bahrain, KSA, and others.

OTE is Greece’s incumbent telecommunications group and operates consumer and enterprise services primarily under the COSMOTE brand. It provides fixed and mobile connectivity, broadband, pay television, ICT integration, cloud and managed communications services. Revenue is generated from subscriptions, usage, equipment sales and business technology contracts. The company serves households, businesses and public-sector organizations in Greece and selected regional markets. OTE is listed on the Athens Exchange and Deutsche Telekom has been its strategic shareholder for many years. In 2018 Deutsche Telekom exercised a contractual right of first refusal to acquire HRADF’s additional 5% block, increasing its ownership without changing OTE’s operating identity.

Societe Nationale des Telecommunications SONATEL provides telecommunications solutions in the areas of fixed, mobile, Internet, television and data serving individuals and businesses. The company generates maximum revenue from Mobile including data services ad geographically from Africa.

Open Fiber is an Italian wholesale-only telecommunications infrastructure company headquartered in Milan, with operations led from Rome. It builds and operates fibre-to-the-home networks across Italy and sells access to telecom operators on equal terms rather than offering retail subscriptions. The company was established in December 2015 by Enel as Enel Open Fiber and took its current name in December 2016, after acquiring the Milan fibre operator Metroweb. It builds networks in cities with private investment and acts as concessionaire for publicly funded broadband programmes in less dense areas. Customers are retail telecom and internet providers, and revenue comes from long-term wholesale network access and connectivity contracts. It is owned by CDP Equity, part of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, and Macquarie Asset Management.