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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…...

July 21 2021 Africa DRC: Eastcastle Infrastructure signs two BTS deals  Ex-Eaton Towers staffed towerco Eastcastle Infrastructure has signed two BTS contracts in DRC in recent weeks with two MNOs. The BTS towerco is beginning in the DRC but also targeting Nigeria and Ivory Coast for its initial markets.   Ethiopia: Safaricom consortium gets its licence   The Ethiopian Communications Authority (ECA) has issued Ethiopia’s first private communications licence. The… Read more »

Desigenia is a Spanish company dedicated to the design and implementation of solutions based on renewable energy and energy efficiency. Telecommunications is one of their key markets and they already work with several global towercos and MNOs. Their work focuses on the development of customised solutions that improve energy efficiency and savings for their customers…. Read more »

COVID-19 is inevitably driving data demand in Asia, creating an unprecedented need for both capacity and coverage across the continent. The imminent arrival of 5G in many regional markets will just continue pushing that surge. Telecom infrastructure has never been more important and with over 70% of the continent’s towers in the hands of Mobile…...

On 12 November, CK Hutchison and Cellnex announced that they had reached a series of agreements whereby Cellnex would acquire 24,600 CK Hutchison towers across six European countries. The deal, for a total consideration of €10bn will involve Cellnex paying €8.6bn in cash and providing €1.4bn in new Cellnex shares (equivalent to a 5% stake…...

This short paper is written as a discussion vehicle for towerco and ESCO CFOs. It seeks to outline Huawei’s understanding of the marketplace for towers and energy. It offers an insight into the future of telecoms in the short to medium term and positions the value that new generation products and services can have when… Read more »

Last July, TowerXchange hosted its first virtual Meetup Americas, gathering 491 global telecom infrastructure experts for two days of discussions and knowledge sharing. Senior representatives from Altán Redes, Telesites, Mexico Tower Partners and Torrecom led an interactive, virtual roundtable discussion that analysed the main trends, future opportunities and hurdles that the towercos are facing in…...

It has proved difficult to close tower transactions in MENA, with several processes abandoned for financial or regulatory reasons. A year ago, towercos owned and operated less than 1% of MENA’s 275,000+ towers. While that figure remains modest at 6% today, several towercos are poised to play a critical role in the investment landscape of… Read more »