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Apollo-backed Brightspeed seeks up to $3B from creditors for fibre

The rural broadband provider has about $10B of debt and has warned it may not survive as a going concern.

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Apollo-backed Brightspeed seeks up to $3B from creditors for fibre
Image: Fibre optic cables connected to telecommunications equipment in a network rack.

Fibre optic cables connected to telecommunications equipment in a network rack.

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Brightspeed, a US fibre broadband provider owned by Apollo, is in talks with creditors to raise $2B to $3B of new money, Bloomberg reports. It has about $10B of debt, has warned about its survival, and may file for bankruptcy as soon as December.

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