The next tower industry land-grab in Asia may be in Bangladesh, with towerco penetration forecast to rise to 50% within the next two years… if the formative regulatory regime for towercos proves attractive. In this editorial, TowerXchange summarises the mobile market and the tower markets in Bangladesh – finding a market full of contradictions: high population density but a need for rural tower sharing, adequate energy capacity yet three months of extreme grid unreliability, and a market ripe for towerco investment and sale and leasebacks, but held up pending the establishment of a clear regulatory regime for towercos.
Editorial: The emergence of the tower industry in Bangladesh
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