An interview with HTA’s Group Director of Sales and Marketing, Alex Leigh

An edotco-commissioned report isolates the keys to tower market success

Towercos and infracos now own 61.9% of the world’s 3.4mn towers

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.

An interview with Hotspot Network Limited COO, Charles Iyoha

BMI View: IHS Towers and American Tower Corporation’s acquisition of Nigeria’s towers has enabled them to cement their positions as the leading players among Africa’s big four tower firms. If Helios Towers Africa and Eaton Towers cannot outbid their larger rivals for new assets in the remaining attractive markets, they may seek scale through a merger or become acquisition targets.

The first potential tower sale and leaseback in the Middle East was mooted over a year ago, with Zain appointing Citigroup to advise on a potential tower transaction in two Gulf countries in early 2015. Mobily, Etisalat’s operation in Saudi Arabia was next to follow suit, appointing TAP advisors to look into a potential sale of their towers. Fast forward 12 months and Saudi Telecom Company are now joining the party – potentially putting all operator owned towers in Saudi on the market at the same time. TowerXchange take a look at the portfolios potentially for sale, examine the latest developments in the processes and explore who the likely bidders will be.

A roundup of tower news across Central and Latin America

Insights from the Germany roundtable at the TowerXchange Meetup Europe 2016

Highlights from a new white paper released by Kaiser Associates’ telecom practice

A roundup of tower news across SSA and MENA

Algeria had an estimated population of 40.0mn people and 45.4mn mobile subscriptions at the end of 2015, giving a mobile penetration of 113% - the second lowest level of penetration of the six North African countries, only higher than Egypt (101%). Around 90% of subscribers in Algeria have a pre-paid account, which ranks second lowest amongst the North African countries.