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Bouygues Telecom and Vauban Infrastructure Partners strengthen their collaboration and announce the signing of a new strategic agreement to accelerate the deployment of the optical fiber in France, in medium-density areas and less dense area.
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Vauban Infrastructure Partners (« Vauban »), through its digital investment platform Vauban Infra Fibre (« VIF »), and Bouygues Telecom are delighted to announce the signing of a strategic agreement. This project will finance access to approximately 20 million outlets, including 4 million in medium-density areas and 1 million in less dense areas.
VIF will be the majority shareholder of the newly created company dedicated to the project, SDFAST ("Société de Développement de la Fibre au Service des Territoires"). Its purpose will be to acquire long-term access rights to FTTH lines from Infrastructure Operators. In this way SDFAST will contribute to the co-financing of the deployment of optical fiber in France. The company will provide Bouygues Telecom, as well as third-party operators with all access services to FTTH lines.
This transaction is based on VIF's significant experience in fiber broadband rollout. It allows Bouygues Telecom and third-party operators, in addition to SDAIF's offer, to benefit from a full long-term access to all medium and low-density areas with the same business partner, thus providing a complete operational efficiency and service offering.
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Bouygues Telecom and Vauban Infrastructure Partners strengthen their collaboration and announce the signing of a new strategic agreement to accelerate the deployment of the optical fiber in France in medium-density areas and less dense area Vauban Infrastructure Partners « Vauban » through its digital investment platform Vauban Infra Fibre « VIF!!! » and Bouygues Telecom are delighted to announce the signing of a strategic agreement this project will finance access to approximately 20 million outlets including 4 million in medium-density areas and 1 million in less dense areas VIF will be the majority shareholder of the newly created company dedicated to the project SDFAST Société de Développement de la Fibre au Service des Territoires its purpose will be to acquire long-term access rights to FTTH lines from Infrastructure Operators in this way SDFAST will contribute to the co-financing of the deployment of optical fiber in France the company will provide Bouygues Telecom as well as third-party operators with all access services to FTTH lines this transaction is based on VIFs!!! significant experience in fiber broadband rollout it allows Bouygues Telecom and third-party operators in addition to SDAIFs offer to benefit from a full long-term access to all medium and low density areas with the same business partner thus providing a complete operational efficiency and service offering with this transaction Bouygues Telecom is further securing its access to FTTH lines throughout France in the meantimeVIF will strengthen its presence in RIP and AMII zones this agreement strengthens the collaboration between Bouygues Telecom and Vauban which was initiated in recent years with the common achievement of two previous projects through [[[•]]] the CityFast project created in 2018 provides coverage of very dense areas over a perimeter of c 3 4 million premises and SDAIF Société de Développement pour lAccès à lInfrastructure Fibre created in 2020 will cover medium-density areas deployed by orange with a perimeter of c13 million premises and through the acquisition of long-term access rights this new operation will accelerate the rollout of FTTH networks in less dense areas and will play a full part in ensuring very dense high-speed access to the greatest number of people fully integrated to the Plan France Très Haut Débit framework the transaction is subject to the usual reglementary authorizations Christian Lecoq Executive Vice President Finance & Purchasing at Bouygues Telecom explains Bouygues Telecom wants to offer all its customers the same quality of service regardless of their geographical location this agreement enables us to contribute to financing the rapid rollout of FTTH throughout France particularly in the most rural areas Bouygues Telecom is thus completing its long-term commitment to controlling the cost of access to all AMII and RIP zones we are pleased to continue our trust-based partnership with Vauban Infrastructure Partners with whom we have already built solid partnerships through CityFast and SDAIF for access to FTTH lines Gwenola Chambon CEO and co-founder of Vauban Infrastructure Partners adds « in the wake of CityFast and SDAIF projects we are pleased to strengthen our partnership with Bouygues Telecom by developing new common projects the Vauban IP team can be proud to have paved the way for digital investments in France over the past 12 years we have considerably developed our digital investments C2 Internal Natixis and this sector represents one of our pillars of expertise as a long-term investor this transaction is fully in line with Vaubans strategy to capitalize on strong relationships with our hysterical industrial partners Steve Ledoux Head of Vauban Infra Fibre also comments this landmark transaction enables Vauban Infra Fibre to become the first independent broadband platform to offer broadband access throughout France through its various subsidiaries this national coverage and the success of our partnership with Bouygues Telecom suggest an optimistic outlook for the fibre market in France in this transaction Vauban is advised by CACIB M&A financial Clifford Chance legal corporate finance antitrust Analysys Mason commercial EY tax and audit model Aon insurance Bouygues Telecom is advised by BDGS legal corporate and finance Eight Advisory financial and Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier antitrust about Bouygues Telecom as a global communications operator Bouygues Telecom stands out by providing the best of digital technology to its 15 4 million customers every day the excellence of its 4 G network which now covers 99% of the population and its fixed-line and cloud services enable their customers to enjoy their personal and professional digital lives simply and fully wherever they may be through its Business Division Bouygues Telecom supports a community of professionals and businesses in the widespread adoption of fixed and mobile broadband and new uses such as unified communications and business mobility services a propos de Vauban Infrastructure Partners et Vauban Infra Fibre Vauban Infrastructure Partners is a leading Infrastructure Asset Manager focused on the European core infrastructure investments headquartered in Paris it employs 57 professionals who have been working together for a decade Vauban is the fully fledged affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers dedicated to sustainable infrastructure equity investments Vauban targets predominantly European brownfield midmarket assets pursuing a long-term yield-driven strategy matching the underlying nature of assets and long-term commitment to all stakeholders interests through a strong focus on creating sustainable value as of now Vauban Infrastructure Partners has raised c €6.5 billion across 5 funds in core infrastructure from over 70 investors within 15 different countries and has invested in over 65 assets in mobility energy transition social 1 digital infrastructure across 11 different geographies the creation of Vauban Infra Fibre financed by the funds managed by Vauban IP and Crédit Agricole Assurances follows the implementation of a specialized digital investment strategy more than ten years ago Vauban Infrastructure Partners was the first management company to enter the fiber market in France and it is now one of the major investors in the digital infrastructure sector in France and abroad since 2009 funds managed by Vauban IP CIF I CIF II CIF III BTP IL et??? FIDE PPP2!!! have invested in more than 20 digital infrastructures representing a total of nearly 11 million of optical fiber connections press con -
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