The Russian tower market has been through a period of seismic change over the last three years, with attitudes towards co-location changing enormously and every player taking steps to capitalise on a new emerging culture of infrastructure sharing. In this article we assess the state of the Russian market, discuss the changes which have been made and review some of the likely developments which could take place over the coming months and years.
Political and economic changes
It was widely reported that when Donald Trump won the US election, the Russian Duma (parliament) burst into spontaneous applause.