Telecom Media Technology

Our Telecom Media Technology Financing & Advisory sector team offers a wide range of services from strategic advisory to structuring and execution of tailor-made financing solutions to clients across digital infrastructure, corporate and leverage finance.  

The team’s clients span the fields of Telecom (covering operators, infrastructure), IT services and BPO, Media, Software, Identity and Cybersecurity, Hosting …  

With professionals located in Paris, London, Madrid, New York and Singapore, our TMT expertise are active internationally and delivers acquisition financing, LBO, take private or project financing among others.  

The team also supports TMT industry players in their strategic moves towards a sustainable growth. 

Our solutions

  • Project Finance for Digital Infrastructure 
  • Hybrid Infrastructure Finance  
  • Acquisition Finance  
  • Leveraged Buy Out  
  • Take Private / IPO Financing 
  • Financial and Debt Advisory  
  • Ratings Advisory 

Supporting our Clients to Make a Difference Globally

Unleashing the Power of Data and Connectivity - A Snapshot of Some of our 2024 Deals

Success stories

03 Feb 2025
Supporting the development of a data center leader in Europe
In today’s data boom context, Data4, a major European data center operator and investor, raised a EUR 3.3bn debt package...
12 Jul 2024
Bridging the Digital Divide in the US
In an increasingly digital society, limited access to internet has far-reaching consequences, hindering access to...
Infrastructure financing
In an increasingly digital society, limited access to internet has far-reaching consequences, hindering access to quality education and professional opportunities.
Bridging the Digital Divide in the US
21 Sep 2023
Riding the UK fibre consolidation wave
Fibre networks play a key role in bridging the digital divide in under connected areas of the UK, providing communities...
Clients' successes
Fibre networks play a key role in bridging the digital divide in under connected areas of the UK, providing communities with essential access to everyday digital tools. In a significant development, LetterOne Technology has successfully signed and executed the sale of Upp Corporation LTD (Upp), a leading full-fibre broadband provider in the East of England, to...
Riding the UK fibre consolidation wave
17 Jul 2023
3.4 million homes in rural areas of Spain will benefit from Adamo’s fibre optic network in the next few years
The fiber optic operator Adamo, owned by the private investment house Ardian, has recently strengthened the company’s...
Clients' successes
The fiber optic operator Adamo, owned by the private investment house Ardian, has recently strengthened the company’s financing to consolidate growth in rural areas of Spain.
3.4 million homes in rural areas of Spain will benefit from Adamo’s fibre optic network in the next few years
12 Sep 2022
Hispasat wants to improve the environmental impact of satellite communications
Hispasat, Redeia’s (previously Red Eléctrica España) Spanish satellite communications operator leader in the...
Clients' successes
Hispasat, Redeia’s (previously Red Eléctrica España) Spanish satellite communications operator leader in the distribution of content in Spanish and Portuguese, is committed to assessing the environmental impacts of its activities as well as implementing actions to reduce them; improving the energy efficiency of its facilities and optimizing waste management.
Hispasat wants to improve the environmental impact of satellite communications
07 Sep 2022
Helping to make data centers more climate friendly
Big builders of data centers are responding to climate change by both decarbonizing with new and upgraded facilities,...
Clients' successes
Big builders of data centers are responding to climate change by both decarbonizing with new and upgraded facilities, and ensuring power is used as efficiently as possible. Some new data center facilities rely almost entirely on renewable energy. Designs for new data centers seek to achieve Power Utilization Efficiency (“PUE”) better (lower) than industry...
Helping to make data centers more climate friendly
10 Aug 2022
Ireland takes a lead on digital transformation
Through the creation of a new subsidiary, ‘Fibre Networks Ireland Limited’, Irish telecommunications company eir is set...
Clients' successes
Through the creation of a new subsidiary, ‘Fibre Networks Ireland Limited’, Irish telecommunications company eir is set to significantly boost the deployment of fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) across the Republic of Ireland, positioning it to be one of the most fibre connected regions in the world.
Ireland takes a lead on digital transformation
08 Jun 2022
Unleashing the Power of Full Fibre in the UK
Rolling out reliable digital connectivity through new Full Fibre infrastructure to 8 million homes, 800K businesses,...
Clients' successes
Rolling out reliable digital connectivity through new Full Fibre infrastructure to 8 million homes, 800K businesses, 400K public sector sites and 250K 5G access points is no small feat. That is precisely what CityFibre is set to accomplish in the UK thanks to a new £4.9 billion financing.
Unleashing the Power of Full Fibre in the UK
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Our Experts' Views

03 Feb 2025
The exponential growth of data centers
Data centers are at the heart of the global digital revolution. It is just a few years since the term has come into...
21 Oct 2024
Telecom Media Technology: Driving Sustainable Change
The Telecom Media Technology (TMT) sector finds itself at a pivotal juncture, grappling with substantial sustainability...
Expert views
The Telecom Media Technology (TMT) sector finds itself at a pivotal juncture, grappling with substantial sustainability challenges.
Telecom Media Technology: Driving Sustainable Change
21 Apr 2023
Towers, fiber and data centers: building the networks for Asia’s data revolution
A market worth several trillion dollars that is still rapidly expanding: this is the universe of Technology, Media &...
Expert views
A market worth several trillion dollars that is still rapidly expanding: this is the universe of Technology, Media & Telecom, better known as TMT. And while most of the headlines focus on consumer-facing software – the latest chatbot or social media application – much of the real investment and growth is to be found in the infrastructure that is enabling...
Towers, fiber and data centers: building the networks for Asia’s data revolution
20 Feb 2023
Funding the digital highway’s new phase
Denis de Paillerets and Benoît Tanguy, Global Co-Heads of TMT share their view on how to fund tomorrow’s digital highway...
Expert views
Denis de Paillerets and Benoît Tanguy, Global Co-Heads of TMT share their view on how to fund tomorrow’s digital highway in The Banker magazine - article published on February 17, 2023
Funding the digital highway’s new phase
14 Feb 2023
IT equipment: trends and challenges
3 questions to Christophe de Vasselot, Vendor Relationship Director, Societe Generale Equipment Finance, in charge of...
Expert views
3 questions to Christophe de Vasselot, Vendor Relationship Director, Societe Generale Equipment Finance, in charge of Technology sector
IT equipment: trends and challenges
30 May 2022
Development of fibre in France: the final stretch
In France alone, the bank has been involved in the financing of 25 fibre optic projects with all the major private...
Expert views
In France alone, the bank has been involved in the financing of 25 fibre optic projects with all the major private operators, enabling the connection of 16 million homes and businesses.
Development of fibre in France: the final stretch
10 Sep 2020
Financing the future: trends in telecoms
Jonathan Tweed, head of TMT Finance, London, and Arnaud Burger, co-head of the TMT Industry Group
Expert views
Jonathan Tweed, head of TMT Finance, London, and Arnaud Burger, co-head of the TMT Industry Group
Financing the future: trends in telecoms
01 Jul 2020
FTTH sector provides Infra boost
Check out a whole range of fibre to the home (FTTH) deals done in the months leading up to lockdown. An article written...
Power
Check out a whole range of fibre to the home (FTTH) deals done in the months leading up to lockdown. An article written by our experts Laurent Chabot and Jonathan Tweed in the PFI Global Infrastructure Report June 2020.
FTTH sector provides Infra boost
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Awards and Rankings

07 Feb 2025
Societe Generale has been nominated by Global Finance the winner of 9 awards in the Sustainable Finance Awards 2025
Global Finance has announced the winners of its fifth annual Sustainable Finance Awards for 2025.
Awards & Rankings
Global Finance has announced the winners of its fifth annual Sustainable Finance Awards for 2025.
Societe Generale has been nominated by Global Finance the winner of 9 awards in the Sustainable Finance Awards 2025
08 Jan 2025
Recognised by PFI as the leader in financial advisory in the project and infrastructure sphere for two consecutive years!
Societe Generale won several prizes at Project Finance International Awards 2024
Awards & Rankings
Societe Generale won several prizes at Project Finance International Awards 2024
Recognised by PFI as the leader in financial advisory in the project and infrastructure sphere for two consecutive years!
05 Nov 2024
Societe Generale awarded in the IJGlobal ESG Awards 2024
Societe Generale awarded both "APAC ESG Lender of the Year" and "North America ESG Lender of the Year" at the IJGlobal...
Awards & Rankings
Societe Generale awarded both "APAC ESG Lender of the Year" and "North America ESG Lender of the Year" at the IJGlobal ESG Awards 2024
Societe Generale awarded in the IJGlobal ESG Awards 2024
26 Jul 2024
Euromoney Awards for excellence 2024
Societe Generale is honoured to receive numerous esteemed accolades by Euromoney in 2024, which once again affirms our...
Awards & Rankings
Societe Generale is honoured to receive numerous esteemed accolades by Euromoney in 2024, which once again affirms our leadership in ESG.
Euromoney Awards for excellence 2024
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