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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Zain to shed tower assets after Middle East conflicts spur financial woes and management shuffle
Zain aims to slash debt by selling its tower infrastructure to a local Kuwaiti buyer amid changes in management after disappointing ...
Saudi Telecom approaches bidders for tower assets
Incumbent Saudi Telecom (STC) has reportedly reached out to potential bidders as it considers options for its towers in the kingdom. The telco ...
Eaton sells South African sites to ATC South Africa
Eaton Towers has agreed to sell its 300 South African sites to the local subsidiary of American Tower Corp (ATC) for an undisclosed ...
Helios Towers Nigeria assessing “multiple options”
With African tower sales and outsourcing now mainstream transactions, the time has come for consolidation among the independent towercos themselves. Helios ...
Bharti closes tower deal with Eaton in Burkina Faso
India’s Bharti Airtel has completed the sale of its tower assets in Burkina Faso to independent towerco Eaton Towers, bringing its total number ...
Bharti Airtel progresses on Africa tower sales
Bharti Airtel is making headway on its African tower sales, announcing today that it has now completed 60% of its transactions, ...
Airtel tower sale to Eaton collapses
Bharti Airtel's planned African tower sales drag on, with yet another deal that "lapsed and therefore stands terminated." While the ...
Mobily confirms tower sale talks
Saudi cellco Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) has confirmed in a stock exchange announcement that it is “studying the possibility of selling ...
Eaton in deal to buy Mobinil towers – co-Founder
African towerco Eaton Towers has agreed to buy 2,000 towers from Egyptian mobile operator Mobinil for some E£1bn (US$131.1m), Eaton ...
