Issue 5 (September 2013) table of contents

5 Tower counts & transaction history

8 The future of the African tower industry

13 News

17 Tower People

19 BMI: MTN’s tower strategy in Rwanda and Zambia

24 Mott MacDonald Share Square: Senegal

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26 Cover story: Vodacom and Etisalat’s tower strategy

30 TowerXchange Meetup

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40 Tanzania case study

41Infrastructure sharing in Tanzania

43HTA to acquire 1,149 towers from Vodacom

46A view of Tanzania from the front lines at NEWL

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52 Towerco perspectives

54 Case study: TowerCo of Madagascar

59 FTS: how to manage towers in high risk markets

64 The future of South Africa’s telecom towers

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70 RMS and site management, part four

71azeti add intelligence to BTS site management

77Tarantula on how to measure and maximise TCF

82HMS: If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it

87 TowerPower: profiles of Emerson Network Power, Ballard, UGE, Flexenclosure, Enatel and DAQS

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116 Energy storage tradeoffs

117 Could vanadium redox be a game changer?

124 GE’s unique energy storage innovation

130 Li-ion technology telecom backup power

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134 Rooftops, masts and towers

135Designing & strengthening towers for multiple tenants

139Geostrut’s carbon fibre towers

143Bridging the digital divide in Ghana

146 Who’s who in tower design, manufacture, installation and manages services

151 Beyond passive infrastructure: data centres

154 HS&S: cell site security and access control