Daniel Lee developed the leading tower advisory practice at Citi where he advised on the sale of over 10,000 towers (with a corresponding deal value of US$1.75bn) from mobile operators primarily in the emerging markets. Daniel brings incredible insight and tremendous relationships across the sector.

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Atlantique Telecom, which has operations in Benin, the Central African Republic, Cote d’Ivoire, Gabon, Niger and Togo, and part of The Etisalat Group, announced that it has entered a five year multi-country managed services agreement with Ericsson to manage its entire mobile networks. This agreement enables Etisalat to focus even more on their core business - delivering innovative offerings to their customers.

“In Africa generally every site, even if connected to grid, needs to have pair of backup generators. This can be hugely expensive, complex and frankly wasteful,” said Kamar Abass, Country Manager for Nigeria and Head of Regional Accounts, RSSA for Ericsson. “However, the power consumed by our equipment is on a downward trajectory.”

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CTO Thomas Jonell reveals what opex saving equipment and services Eaton are buying, and how they buy it

Annual results reveal American Tower sees international markets as the “turbo charger” of their “domestic market Ferrari engine”

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TMT Finance quote an ’unnamed source’ that MTN is in ’formal discussions’ with American Tower to acquire assets in a private sale, rather than through the usual auction process. Tech Central suggests that MTN has ’moved to play down the report’. TMT Finance tend to have the ear of certain key investment managers, so there may be enough smoke to suggest a fire, so we’ll explain the obvious reasons why people are putting two and two together in this case.