Vinson & Elkins are one of the most experienced law firms in the tower industry, having advised clients on some of the most complex cases in more than twelve African countries and a number of jurisdictions in the Middle East and Southeast Asia. TowerXchange speak to Vinson & Elkins team to obtain their expert advice…...
One of the roundtables at the TowerXchange Meetup Americas 2016 focused on Master Lease Agreements (MLAs) best practices and was run by Josh Koenig, VP and Associate General Counsel at SBA Communications. The MLA is the critical document defining the relationship between towerco and tenant – a good MLA can make a towerco more investible,…...
Every year over a dozen of the leading stakeholders in the Brazilian tower market convene for their annual roundtable debate at the TowerXchange Meetup Americas. This year’s candid diagnosis acknowledged 2015-16 as slow years for growth, inhibited by uncertainty surrounding the bankruptcy of Oi and an irrational BTS market, while revealing continued optimism about the…...
During the fourth TowerXchange Meetup Americas, Dagan Kasavana, CEO of Phoenix Tower International (PTI), David Porte, Vice President – International at SBA Communications (SBA) and Diego Mahecha, CFO of Andean Tower Partners (ATP) took centre stage for a panel discussion on the drivers of inorganic growth and the future of acquisitive towercos across CALA. Jon…...
The build-to-suit panel at the fourth TowerXchange Meetup Americas offered a unique 360 degree perspective on the industry thanks to the presence of three towercos and a carrier, between them representing markets including Mexico, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Peru and Colombia. The panel focused on the practicalities of rural deployment, the tough competition among towercos, as well…...
Wholesale LTE networks have been mooted in many countries, deployed in few, and never before deployed in a country with as many towercos as Mexico. Shared 700MHz network Red Compartida is being rolled out by ALTÁN Redes, and TowerXchange revealed several practical insights into the implications of the rollout for towercos at a roundtable at…...
Last week Cellnex announced they had reached agreement for the acquisition of 100% of Swiss Towers AG and their 2,339 towers and rooftops from Sunrise, the #2 MNO in Switzerland, for €430mn. When closed, the transaction will take Cellnex’s portfolio beyond 23,000 sites, making the company the tenth largest towerco in the world by site…...
40 interactive roundtables connect you with experts, potential partners and your most important peers Hosted by a moderator, roundtable discussion groups bring together a cross section of the tower industry supply chain to share ideas, expertise, and challenges around specified topics or markets. Each roundtable will assemble up to 20 executives and will last an… Read more »
Between them IHS Towers, American Tower, Helios Towers Africa and Eaton Towers own 45,450, or 36%, of sub-Saharan Africa’s 124,428 towers. Collectively they have a footprint in 14 countries, where grid availability and infrastructure varies significantly. All have major plans for investment in energy infrastructure. TowerXchange examine current energy initiatives under way at Africa’s big…...
TowerXchange is pleased to announce the launch of a new towerco for the 15,000 tower Australian and 4,000 tower New Zealand tower markets. Aird Towers’ vision extends beyond the duplication of the U.S. towerco blueprint first introduced by Crown Castle (now Axicom), looking beyond ground based towers and rooftops to consider small cell and other…...
