The IFC and TowerXchange joined forces to host key regulatory stakeholders from four Asian countries, plus industry leaders including TAIPA, American Tower, edotco and PwC, at our inaugural Telecom Tower Regulatory conference, held after the TowerXchange Meetup Asia in December 2016. Discussion points and recommendations from this think tank are summarised in this article.
Summary of key learnings and recommendations to regulators
1. Enabling towercos to acquire MNOs’ towers and to build for MNOs releases capital to be reinvested in spectrum, network extension and enhancement
2. FDI should be encouraged to bring capital, expertise and innovation
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