Africa needs towercos able to economically deliver special structures, rooftops and single tenant towers

Analysts disagree about pressure on lease rates in Indonesia

Opportunities to secure business during the early stages of China Tower Company’s development

Using time attendance monitoring and watermarked photos to reduce reliance on ‘guesstimates’ and focus on data

A comparison of the cost per tower realised by the Etisalat, MTN and Airtel Nigerian tower sales Why American Tower likes Nigeria Which towerco has acquired, or will acquire, towers in which country from Airtel? Who now owns Nigeria’s towers? The last of the dominoes has fallen in the Airtel African tower sale; American Tower has acquired 4,800 towers in Nigeria for US$1.05bn. Congratulations to Airtel on raising over US$2.5bn in the sale of passive infrastructure in Africa, a transaction that has driven Africa’s ‘Big Four’ towercos to scale, and which has seen American Tower complete their first transaction on the continent since 2011. By Kieron Osmotherly, CEO, TowerXchange. kosmotherly@towerxchange.com.

Site power monitoring and data analysis for informed decision-making

Ericsson advocate revenue sharing models in which all parties get a share of margin

Phase three redefines the tower landscape as the rollout extends into rural Myanmar

CCE, through its pending merger between CER and CPS, made the breakthrough providing fixed price, guaranteed availability energy services to towers in India; can they make the same impact in Africa?

We have over 300 professional photos from the TowerXchange Meetup Africa 2014, so if you exhibited at or spoke at the event, there may be an image you want - download them here

Phoenix Tower International has announced the acquisition of approximately 60 Panamanian telecom sites from American Tower. The portfolio represents a mix of urban and suburban locations and further contributes to the company’s expansion into Latin America following its creation, back in 2013.

China Mobile’s Zong is the first national operator to launch 4G LTE network in the country. 4G services are now available in seven cities including Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi. Zong plans to invest US$ 1bn over the next three years and add as many as 4,000 sites by the end of 2014.