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TowerXchange’s first visit to Myanmar was in 2014, when the tower market was just beginning to take shape with the opening of the market to foreign operators. In March 2017, TowerXchange’s Head of Asia hit the ground in Yangon and took 13 meetings over the course of the week, connecting with industry stakeholders who are…...

Keith Boyd has been a leader of the African tower industry since before there was a tower industry! Over 15 years spanning Plessey, Venture Communications and Eaton Towers, Keith has become a respected authority on South African towers, and he’ll again be hosting a round table devoted to the country at the forthcoming TowerXchange Meetup…...

Laurent Viviez has over 15 years consulting experience in telecoms. For the last 5 years he’s focused on Africa, working with most of the major telcos, equipment and handset manufacturers on projects as diverse as pricing, distribution, m-payments, cost-efficiency, and network outsourcing. In the tower space, Laurent has worked for several large operators on network…...

14 August 2019 Africa Burundi: Smart East Africa looking for tower buyer Aga Khan Foundation backed Smart East Africa is looking for buyers for 150 towers in Burundi. The challenge MNO also retains 40 towers in Tanzania, a market it has exited, and is also looking for a buyer. Central African Republic: Orange closing ESCO… Read more »

Ahead of the TowerXchange Meetup Africa – taking place on the 8-9th October in Johannesburg – I collected and collated the most up-to-date insights on the markets we track – and added some insights into some new markets too. We present for you 5,000 words laying out the growth opportunities in African towers. For the… Read more »

After several months of the secretive Project Skylon, Vodafone has announced plans for the carve-out and monetisation of its 61,700 towers. By May 2020 Vodafone will have separated its towers into as yet unnamed entity referred to as “TowerCo”, with a dedicated management team and control of its assets, with Vodafone becoming its anchor tenant…....

Cellnex has once again grabbed the headlines in TowerXchange’s European section with the announcement of a “quantum leap” €2.7bn deal to acquire 10,700 towers from Iliad and Salt. The deal breaks down as 5,700 sites in France, 2,200 in Italy and 2,800 in Switzerland. The deal could be amplified with a BTS programme of up…...

Two major trends are hitting Asian telecom infrastructure landscape from east to west. On one hand, the opening of new markets such as the Philippines and Nepal, and enhanced towerco activity in Bangladesh, Vietnam and Myanmar. On the other hand, MNO and towerco consolidation as well as overall market restructuring in more mature arenas such…...

Parting is such sweet sorrow, but a successful exit is just plain sweet! As we say goodbye to Eaton Towers as an independent entity, we say hello to a substantially larger American Tower EMEA and a substantial return for Eaton Towers’ investors. After changing tack last year and deciding against an IPO, Eaton Towers became… Read more »

Welcome to the TowerXchange who’s who of global towercos. In this new series of four reference articles, we will profile the 139 tower companies known to TowerXchange with a tower count in excess of 300. We’ll introduce each tower company and seek to differentiate them in terms of footprint, business model and ownership profile. Part…...