TPG Telecom offloads the last of its towers
Australian MNO TPG Telecom is selling what’s left of its passive mobile tower and rooftop infrastructure inventory to OMERS Infrastructure Management for $950 million.
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Deutsche Telekom reportedly fielding multiple bids for tower business
German operator Deutsche Telekom is apparently reviewing bids for its tower business from multiple suitors including Vodafone’s Vantage Towers, KKR, GIP, Cellnex and America Tower Corp.
Singtel’s ATN pays a high price for Australian towers
Australian Tower Network has agreed to acquire Axicom and its 2,000 telco towers for A$3.58 billion, over a billion dollars more than its own similarly-sized business was apparently worth just six months ago.
DigitalBridge enters Belgium via $820m Telenet tower deal
Belgium will become the newest member of the independent towerco crowd after Telenet struck a deal to offload its passive infrastructure.
DT reportedly looking to flog its towers
German operator Deutsche Telekom has reportedly started the process of selling its towers business for around €18 billion.
UK approves Cellnex acquisition of 6,000 cell sites from CK Hutchison
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has OKed its part of Cellnex’s mega-passive infrastructure M&A, with one condition.
TIM splits off network and sells towers
TIM plans to split its business into two separate legal entities, a move that will likely help it fend off a takeover bid from KKR.
IHS inks latest, but probably not last, Brazil towers deal
IHS is spending hundreds of millions more on its Brazilian telecoms towers portfolio as part of an inorganic growth plan that is almost certainly not over yet.
IHS Towers coughs up $413m for 5,700 MTN sites
Telco tower assets are changing hands at a rapid rate; this week the action is taking place in South Africa.
Orange launches its towerco, stressing how independent it is
French operator group Orange has placed its passive infrastructure assets into a new company called Totem so it can flog access to other telcos.
Rakuten Mobile buys into the towers business
Rakuten Mobile is acquiring a stake in towers operator JTower, a move that should help it to roll out its network more quickly and cost-effectively.
Telefonica turns to blockchain to help telcos flog towers
Telefonica and partner Atrebo have unveiled plans to use blockchain to gain greater visibility and control of telecoms towers, something that will be very useful for any party looking to offload these types of assets.
Liberty Global reportedly looking at Belgian asset sale
The industry’s next towers deal could come in Belgium, where Liberty Global is reportedly mulling offloading passive infrastructure owned by its Telenet unit.
Singtel sheds towers, adds data centres
Singtel has brokered a deal to sell off its towers in Australia and unveiled a strategy to build new data centres outside Singapore.
INWIT talks up wooden telco towers but there are drawbacks
Italian infrastructure company INWIT has installed a wooden mobile tower in northern Italy to be more sustainable, but we’re unlikely to see masses of them dotting our skylines any time soon.
Veon flogs its Russian towers for nearly $1 billion
Netherlands-based operator group Veon has joined the broader trend by selling its mobile towers in Russia to passive infrastructure specialist Service-Telecom.
The industry is largely happy with how 5G has come about
Eight out of ten telecoms professionals participating in a recent Telecoms.com survey said 5G has either met or exceeded their expectations.
It’s towers up, small cells down for buoyant Crown Castle
Crown Castle has upped its full-year guidance for the second time this after posting a strong set of quarterlies on the back of 5G growth in the US.
UK says Cellnex/CK Hutchison towers deal threatens competition
The UK’s competition watchdog is proposing to take its investigation into Cellnex’s planned acquisition of CK Hutchison’s towers to the next level unless they can give it a good reason not to.
Cellnex completes €1.6 billion Polish expansion
Ambitious Spanish infrastructure specialist Cellnex has completed its acquisition of Polkomtel Infrastruktura.
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