{"id":31817,"date":"2022-07-29T10:45:41","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T09:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=31817"},"modified":"2022-07-29T12:12:13","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T11:12:13","slug":"virgin-media-o2-parents-form-joint-venture-to-build-new-uk-fibre-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/07\/virgin-media-o2-parents-form-joint-venture-to-build-new-uk-fibre-network.html","title":{"rendered":"Virgin Media O2 Parents Form Joint Venture to Build New UK Fibre Network"},"content":{"rendered":"

The parents of Virgin Media<\/a> (Liberty Global) and O2<\/a> (Telefonica), supported by InfraVia Capital Partners, have today announced the creation of a new Joint Venture (JV) to build an XGS-PON based and wholesale focused Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP<\/a>) broadband network that will cover “up to<\/em>” 7 million additional UK homes.<\/p>\n

The proposed plan was first officially confirmed at the start of this year (here<\/a>). At the time, VMO2 said that it would enable their combined fixed line broadband networks to reach 23 million premises by the end of 2027 (c.80% of the UK) – Virgin Media<\/a>’s own private network will reach 16 million premises by the end of 2022.<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> VMO2 also has the “option<\/em>” to separately wholesale out access to their existing network of c.16 million premises, but they haven\u2019t announced a decision on that yet.<\/div>\n

However, unlike VMO2’s current fixed line network in the UK, the additional 7 million premises would be held under a separate company via a Joint Venture<\/strong>, with access being sold on an open wholesale basis to rival internet service providers, as well as VMO2 itself – the latter would act as an anchor tenant ISP.<\/p>\n

According to today’s announcement, the new Joint Venture will be 50% owned by Liberty Global and Telef\u00f3nica, and 50% owned by InfraVia Capital Partners. The new entity will also gain “exclusive access<\/em>” to VMO2\u2019s construction expertise (e.g. engineers) and substantially all new build activity at VMO2 will be migrated going forward (i.e. everything after VMO2’s planned coverage of 16 million premises).<\/p>\n

However, in terms of the build target, the partnership said it “will initially roll out fibre<\/em>” to 5 million homes not currently served by VMO2’s network by 2026<\/strong>, with the “opportunity to expand<\/em>” to an additional c.2 million homes. This investment of approximately \u00a34.5bn will provide a major boost to the nation\u2019s digital economy and make a “significant contribution<\/em>” to the Government’s broadband ambitions under Project Gigabit.<\/p>\n

The \u00a34.5bn, which is intended to support the first rollout to 5 million extra homes, is said to be supported by \u00a33.3 billion of fully underwritten financing commitments and up to \u00a31.4 billion in equity commitments. The \u00a33.3bn in that is said to reflect “fully underwritten debt financing from a consortium of financing banks, including a \u00a33.1bn capex facility<\/em>“.<\/p>\n

Mike Fries, CEO and Vice Chairman of Liberty Global, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“This landmark agreement with Liberty Global, Telefonica and InfraVia will expand our FTTH<\/a> footprint to millions of new UK homes, creating the undisputed second national fibre network in the UK. VMO2 has already committed to upgrading its entire existing 16 million footprint to FTTH<\/a>. This JV will take our aggregate FTTH<\/a> footprint to up to 23 million homes, reaching around 80% of the UK.<\/p>\n

VMO2 will bring significant build expertise, and will benefit from a meaningful off-net growth opportunity and as the anchor client will support attractive returns for the JV \u2013 a winning combination. Finally, we are very excited to be working with InfraVia who we already partner with in Germany, and welcome the expertise they bring to the JV.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Alvarez-Pallete, Chairman and CEO of Telef\u00f3nica, added:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Telef\u00f3nica has a recent track record of successfully developing broadband connectivity in many markets through strategic partnerships. These deals help each country firmly increase their competitiveness and digital infrastructure to help their companies and economy thrive.<\/p>\n

The UK is, indeed, a growth market for us and we are very excited to be partnering with InfraVia to accelerate access to next generation broadband connectivity to a larger number of UK households and adding to Telef\u00f3nica Infra\u2019s growing portfolio.<\/p>\n

Further to our announcement from earlier this week, Telef\u00f3nica Infra is now able to add the UK to its list of countries with these mentioned FTTP<\/a> vehicles, with InfraVia joining the top tier institutions partnered with Telef\u00f3nica\u2019s operating units in relevant markets such as UK, Spain, Germany or Brazil.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The transaction is expected to be completed in Q4 2022<\/strong>, which is well-timed as that’s precisely when VMO2 intends to complete their existing Project Lightning<\/strong> network expansion (i.e. the resources will be free for the new JV to harness). Liberty Global and Telef\u00f3nica were advised by Barclays and LionTree, as well as Allen & Overy. InfraVia Capital Partners was advised by Lazard as well as Linklaters and De Pardieu Brocas Maffei.<\/p>\n

Naturally, the new entity will be seeking to attract additional third-party wholesale clients, with some of the probable customers being Sky Broadband<\/a> and TalkTalk<\/a>, among others. At this point, our readers will no doubt recall that VMO2 are currently alleged to be involved in a proposed \u00a33bn merger with TalkTalk<\/a> (here<\/a>), which could be another way to ensure some support. But such a deal would come as a blow to TT’s primary network partners and VMO2’s rivals – CityFibre<\/a> and Openreach<\/a> (BT<\/a>).<\/p>\n

One of the biggest question marks over this is the issue of exclusivity. Big ISPs often seek some degree of exclusivity of access in wholesale, which is understandable. But that can make it harder to secure support from other ISPs, which may in turn impact issues of take-up and promotion of the new network. Getting both VMO2 and TalkTalk<\/a> onboard would help, but much will depend upon how fair and attractive the wholesale proposition is to other ISPs.<\/p>\n

However, it will take several years for the new company to actually build up the necessary coverage, before smaller players would be attracted to join. The company plans to target their new build at homes across the UK, both adjacent to the existing Virgin Media<\/a> footprint and new areas. But Openreach<\/a> also plan to cover 25 million premises (over 80% of the UK) by December 2026, so we’d expect overbuild between the two.<\/p>\n

Speaking of overbuild, the new company is also expected to bid on some of the state aid supported Project Gigabit<\/strong> contracts (many of which are already out for procurement), but it remains to be seen how much of a role this might play or if they’ll focus predominantly on more semi-urban and suburban areas instead. The first contracts under the Government’s programme are due to be awarded next month.<\/p>\n

The other question is around when and how VMO2 will open up their existing network to wholesale, which could have a huge impact given their existing coverage to 54% of UK premises via gigabit-capable broadband.<\/p>\n

Finally, the new company will need to build at a significantly faster pace in order to reach 5 million premises by 2026 – that’s about 1.25m per year over four years or 312,500 per quarter. VMO2 only did 114,000 premises in the last quarter, so they’ll need to ramp up quickly from Q1 2023 onwards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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