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Back in the 70’s, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) entered Asia’s telecom landscape by supporting PLDT’s expansion in the Philippines. Five decades later, it has become the region’s largest developmental institution and is set to continue playing a critical role in supporting the rollout of digital infrastructure to secure connectivity across Asia’s most challenging markets. TowerXchange caught…...

North Africa is a sizeable market which boasts a number of leading international and local players and such as Orange, Etisalat, Ooredoo, Maroc Telecomm Telecom Egypt and Vodafone (stc also plans to enter the region). As an untapped market North Africa presents tower companies with huge opportunities where strong and attractive mobile markets exist. TowerXchange…...

At this year’s 2nd Annual TowerXchange Meetup MENA the role of smart cities and 5G in enabling connectivity remained a major topic of discussion. Executives from edotco, Etisalat, DXB Entertainments and former COO of Digital Colony shared insights into the innovative smart city services being rolled-out in the region and addressed some of the key…...

Following the Covid-19 outbreak, TowerXchange was delighted to speak to one of the tower industry’s leading visionaries, Gayan Koralage, edotco’s Director of Group Strategy to understand the potential impact shifting data usage patterns could have on the sector. Hear Gayan explains the acceleration in the shift to next generation technologies he expects to see, and… Read more »

The novel Coronavirus has transformed overnight how our planet uses its digital infrastructure. Social distancing is testing the readiness of the digital infrastructure ecosystem to support an immediate transition to working from home, digital education and, increasingly, digital medicine. Network topographies have been transformed from office-centric to residence-centric. Demand for fixed and mobile data is… Read more »

TowerXchange tower count research methodology TowerXchange’s famous global towerco league table provides a simple comparison of the scale of towercos by tower count. We have derived tower counts for the category’s 21 listed entities from quarterly statements, where available, while the other counts are drawn from qualitative market research. Smaller towerco’s count may be updated…...

For the last few months, the emergence of 5G have kept many towerco executives awake at night. The new technology will have an unprecedented impact on mobile networks and infrastructure players are wondering how to accommodate the evolving requirements of their clients, from new energy setups to the need for lighter, shorter poles and indoor…...

During the latest edition of the TowerXchange Meetup Asia, players from the Bangladesh telecom sector took centre stage to discuss the state of the market following the entrance of towercos in 2018. The past couple of years haven’t been easy for MNOs and towercos active in the market, due to the time it has taken…...

There are already over 100,000 5G base stations deployed in China. By the end of 2020, there are likely to be over a million 5G base stations in the country – more than the rest of the world combined. The relatively young Chinese tower industry had been remarkable for the pace and volume of new… Read more »

Several contracts regulating the relationship between towercos and their mobile network operator (MNO) customers are expected to expire in the next five years. Analysys Mason’s suggestion to towercos is not to wait for the natural expiration of the contracts but to start preparing for the renegotiations in advance. The relationship between towercos and MNOs is…...