Chief Fiber Officer

The latest data from the FTTH Council Europe (2025 Fiber-To-The-Home Market Panorama) shows just how fast fiber is reshaping connectivity across Europe. In coverage, Poland with 83.1% is now above the EU39 average of 79.3%. It is also now above the EU27+UK average of 76.8%.

One of the most underestimated growth levers in Open Access fiber networks is how easy it is for end users to switch their retail Internet Service Provider. Thanks to One Touch Switch consumers can change internet provider by contacting only the new provider, regardless of which physical fiber network is used.

TMT Finance has just released their 'Digital Infrastructure Investment Report in Europe 2025'. 2025 highlighted how fragmented Europe’s fiber debt markets have becomeFiber M&A activity slowed, but the long‑term consolidation story remains intact.

Vectra - one of Poland’s largest fixed‑line telecom and cable operators with 4.2m households in coverage - secured around PLN 3bn (EUR 0.7bn) in long‑term financing

The Polish fiber market continues to consolidate at an impressive pace. The acquisition of 80% of Skynet by FixMap announced in March 2026 is another strong signal that scale, operational efficiency, and long-term investment capacity are becoming increasingly critical in the Fiber To The Home FTTH sector.

In December 2025, Orange Polska and APG Asset Management signed a preliminary agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in Nexera. Nexera, the pioneer of the open access fiber infrastructure in Poland, allows Internet users to freely choose their operator on a single network. In the next step, Orange Polska and APG will contribute Nexera to Światłowód Inwestycje.

In June 2025, the largest wholesale-only telecom operator of fiber optic infrastructure in Poland, Światłowód Inwestycje, (S-I), signed 7-year PLN 3.7bn credit agreements to support its future roll-out strategy.On top of these amounts there is an additional uncommitted incremental facility of PLN 750m to potentially support further organic and inorganic growth. The total value of the financing package is therefore EUR 1bn.

I will be speaking at the FTTH Conference 2026 in London on the panel “Investing in Europe’s Fibre Future: Who Will Fund the Next Phase?”. Organised by the FTTH Council Europe. The panel starts at 2.30 pm on Wednesday, the 15th of April.If you are attending the FTTH Conference 2026 in London, let’s connect there.

In the UK, a joint venture nexfibre - backed by InfraVia Capital Partners, Liberty Global, and Telefónica - has agreed to acquire Substantial Group, the parent company ofNetomnia, in a transaction valued at £2 billion. This move highlights a broader market trend: scale and financial strength are becoming the essential leversfor the next phase of fiber infrastructure expansion.