Funding fibre: Can the UK catch up with Europe?

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Telecoms and Communications

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Europe

Sean Keating

Editor

Paul Nicholson

Head of Project Finance Content

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CityFibre, the first major wholesale fibre financing in the UK with project and corporate-style elements, bodes well for UK fibre investors and lenders. But cost of debt and speed of UK roll-out might be significantly improved if the regulator adopted a more European stance to overbuild risk.