On April 29, American Tower (AMT) released its Q1 2016 results and hosted an earnings call with James Taiclet, Chairman, President & CEO, Thomas Bartlett, CFO & EVP and Leah Stearns, SVP, Treasurer and IR.
Commenting on the company’s strong growth rate, the executives highlighted that over the last year, AMT built, leased or acquired more than 25,000 sites across various markets, including Verizon’s, Airtel’s Nigerian and TIM’s Brazilian portfolio, plus 3,700 sites worldwide that the towerco built by itself.
With regards to AMT’s overseas operations, Bartlett commented that “Our international markets generated organic growth over 600 basis points higher than the U.S.
