The sale of Telstra’s InfraCo Fixed business shapes as the biggest upcoming battleground for superannuation giants keen to get their hands on the next generation of telecoms infrastructure.

As the well of old-world transport and energy infrastructure opportunities shrinks further with the $23.6 billion takeover play for Sydney Airport and $9.6 billion bid for AusNet Services, superannuation executives told The Australian Financial Review Infrastructure Summit this week their sights were now on telco assets.