A roundup of tower news across MENA

The Asian telecom infrastructure landscape is offering plenty of news in terms of strategic M&A activities, the opening of new markets as well as innovation efforts towards 5G. While the merger between Telenor and Axiata has been called off, the deal between Indus Towers and Bharti Infratel remains on the cards and is likely to further reshape the tumultuous Indian market. Indonesia has resumed M&A activities too, with Protelindo and Mitratel acquiring 3,100 towers from Indosat and XL Axiata recently carving out 1,728 sites to Protelindo.

SLBs, new deployments and the prospect of more foreign investments take the country back into the spotlight

The Central and Latin American telecom infrastructure landscape is undergoing considerable changes and 2020 is expected to be an exciting year across the region. Towercos (or should we call them infracos?) are finally eyeing opportunities beyond macro-towers and MNOs are actively exploring synergies and tower sales in preparation for 5G.

Are international towercos ready to innovate and evolve for the 5G era?

MTN, Ethio Telecom and Vodacom poised to follow Orange in partnering with ESCOs to drive operational efficiency and green energy

A deeper look into Morocco’s mobile market and outlook for future growth

After building over 900 sites in South Africa, Atlas Tower Group are searching for the best opportunities on the rest of the continent

How lessons from National Broadband Networks and Tower Sharing Companies can inform regulators about the potential creation of 5G NetCos (network sharing companies)

Asia Consultancy Group is investing in digital infrastructure, tower co-location and RANsharing in Afghanistan

HS Engineering on its partnership with edotco and future opportunities in Bangladesh

Highlighting the critical role of independent towercos to supplement construction capacity and build difficult sites in China