Vodafone Group, a British multinational telecommunications conglomerate, and Altice, a cable, telecommunications, and media company, completed the formation of FibreCo, a joint venture deploy fibre-to-the-home to up to 7m homes over a 6-year period, in a $9.14bn deal. “This partnership builds on Vodafone’s significant next generation network with Altice’s industrial expertise and proven Fibre-to-the-Home construction capabilities enabling us to bring gigabit connectivity to even more customers in Germany. We are proud of our long-standing relationships with housing associations and pleased as a trusted provider to bring more connectivity options for tenants. This significant infrastructure investment supports the country’s social, economic and digital development and the broadband ambitions of the German government as part of Europe’s Digital Decade targets," Nick Read, Vodafone CEO.