This monthly tracker details key acquisitions, like AT&T buying Lumen's fiber assets and Google's $32B move for Wiz, highlighting how consolidation is shaping the competitive landscape. DENVER– (BUSINESS WIRE)–Zayo, a leading communications infrastructure provider backed by DigitalBridge and EQT, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Crown Castle's Fiber Solutions business in a transaction valuing the business at approximately $4. This. Meta announced it's acquiring Manus, a Singapore-based AI startup, as the company aims to ramp its advanced AI capabilities. The transaction is "validation of our pioneering work with General AI Agents," said Manus in a press release. July 2020: Private equity firm Oak Hill Capital acquired telecom and fiber optic network service provider Otelco. 2025 has seen major telecom and tech M&A activity, including billion-dollar deals in fiber, AI, cloud, and cybersecurity. Acquirers in this report include Zayo Group, Crown Castle, Uniti Group, GTT Communications, EQT Infrastructure, Stonepeak Infrastructure, Antin. Astrix Security is focused on securing the identities and credentials that power modern systems — API keys, service accounts, and OAuth tokens — the very credentials that AI Agents are now using (and abusing) to gain access and execute work at scale.
