Improving African telecoms outlook opens door to towerco expansion
Rampant investor activity in Africa’s telecoms sector is pushing Helios Towers to hunt for more opportunities to diversify geographically, after ...
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Towerco fibre and small cell expansion attracting 5G investors
Towercos’ fibre and small cell ramp-up signals 5G progress, putting them in good stead for additional funding from telecoms infrastructure ...
How Vertical Bridge is facilitating 5G with rising telecom infrastructure funds | Q&A
With an increasing amount of private equity funds pouring into telecoms infrastructure, towerco veteran Alex Gellman believes the US towers ...
Growing private equity demand for connectivity infrastructure in overdrive as under-pressure telcos mull refinancing
Private equity firms are widely expected to snap up more connectivity infrastructure assets in 2019, particularly those divested from telcos ...
European telcos may divest assets to counter financial stress post 5G spectrum auctions
Higher-than-expected spectrum costs in an increasingly competitive European telecoms market could force more telcos in the region to sell assets ...
Steady US carrier capex lifts tower industry despite incoming T-Mobile-Sprint shake-up
Unrelenting demand for connectivity will continue to drive capex investments among the four major US carriers in 2019, promising mid- ...
Towers rise on T-Mobile and Sprint deal demise | Viewpoint
T-Mobile US and Sprint’s blockbuster merger looks dead in the water, killed off not by regulatory pressures but valuation differences ...
European towerco M&A continues to snowball with Cellnex’s US$512m Sunrise deal
A consortium led by towerco Cellnex Telecom has agreed to acquire 100% of Swiss mobile network operator Sunrise-controlled Swiss Towers for SFr500m (US$512m). In Cellnex CFO José Manuel Mancho’s recent disclosure ...
RCom set to slash debt with Infratel split from Brookfield
Nearly all of Indian towerco Reliance Infratel’s shareholders have agreed to its demerger from Canada-based Brookfield Asset Management for an upfront cash payment of Rs110bn (US$1.7bn). Through the deal, ...
Millicom to sell and lease back 1,400 towers to American Tower in Paraguay for US$125m
Emerging markets-focused Millicom will divest an estimated 1,400 towers from its Telefonica Celular del Paraguay subsidiary to American Tower for PG700bn (US$125.3m) in cash. The two companies ...
