Middle East and North Africa
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Alan Dick & Company North Africa (ADNA) positioning itself as managed service partner for Egyptian operators and for towercos entering the market -
Invendis enables separate energy bills for each tenant, resolves SLA disputes, reduces manpower costs and gives management visibility into tower performance
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Site management, monitoring, maintenance, energy efficiency, hybrid system and security All In One System
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Eaton and IHS are believed to be among several towercos monitoring a potential tower deal in Mali
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TowerXchange understands that Etisalat is concurrently seeking a buyer either to acquire Tanzanian subsidiary Zantel, of which Etisalat owns 65%, or to acquire the 600-700 towers Zantel has in the region. Standard Chartered have been appointed as Etisalat’s advisors.
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According to Bloomberg, Madagascan telecoms firm Telecom Malagasy (Telma) has asked investment bank Lazard to explore options for the complete disposal of its business or the divestment of its portfolio of 500 towers, believed to be valued at between US$50-70million. Several towercos are said to be interested. Telma recently created one of Africa’s first operator-led towercos, TowerCo of Madagascar, to which 100 sites were transferred.
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Bharti Airtel has acquired 100% of the equity in Warid Telecom Uganda for an estimated US$100million, in news broken by Reuters just before TowerXchange issue 3 went to print. The deal was expected to bring Airtel’s market share in Uganda to around 39%, very similar to MTN who have around 40%. Also competing in the market are Uganda Telecom Ltd (UTL), Orange Uganda and iTel.
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How Helios Towers Africa keep staff, subcontractors and customers safe
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Sharing microwave backhaul would create new revenues for towercos and free up significant load capacity on towers
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Leading steel fabrication specialist TESA explains their move into tower manufacture
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