All Towers articles – Page 7
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Network & InfraSpain’s big-three take home extra rural 5G SA cash — report
MásOrange, Telefónica España, and Vodafone Spain reportedly share financing from second UNICO-5G Redes Activas tender, enabling operators to build more than 9,000 new 5G SA sites in rural areas. Read more…
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Network & InfraVantage Towers looks to shared urban infra for new growth opportunities
Electric vehicle charging has sparked potential new services and customers for European TowerCo Vantage Towers, but in-building and shared urban infrastructure remain priorities for growth.
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M&AVodafone heads for Indus Towers exit
Planned sale of Vodafone’s remaining 3% stake in Indus Towers marks end of 17-year infra venture in India and puts troubled operator Vi under the spotlight.
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M&AIHS Towers exits Kuwait as part of $1bn asset sale plan
Deal sees cash-hungry tower group offload Kuwaiti asset it bought only four years ago, in mark of turnaround of sector fortunes and strategy.
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Analyst BriefingThe Deutsche Telekomwatch Briefing: no macro alarms, yet
Reporting Q3 numbers, DT execs delight in strong performance of Europe-side businesses and calm concerns over any bumps from political and economic developments in Germany and the USA.
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M&ACellnex sees telco consolidation as a win for infra
Spanish group’s CEO says deals between mobile operators are making its clients more healthy and solid, while also creating opportunities for commercial gain through network reshaping.
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Network & InfraINWIT explores RAN-as-as-service in challenging Italian market
Italian infra player INWIT is looking at new services to drive continued revenue growth, and has kept the faith that recent consolidation will “unleash” mobile operator spending.
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Venturing & InvestmentsKKR expands digital infra ambitions with $50bn AI data centre deal
Private equity giant teams up with Energy Capital Partners to accelerate data centre deployment, aiming to back up hyperscalers with AI model tuning. Partnership sees KKR affirm that interest in digital infrastructure is only growing…
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M&AVirgin Media O2 sheds further chunk of Cornerstone TowerCo
£180m+ fillip sees VM O2 reach monetisation milestone, with another minority offload, while continuing to consolidate TowerCo financially. Buyer Equitix extends digital infra portfolio, while UK tower landscape continue to shift…
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Partnerships & AlliancesOne in, one out as SBA shakes up tower portfolio via M&A
US-based wireless infra group puts Philippines business up for sale after netting a 7,000 tower buy from Millicom in central America.
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Partnerships & AlliancesGerman telcos team up on 5G ‘Gigabit train line’
Country’s four mobile network operators put heads together to bring Gigabit speeds to Hamburg–Berlin line, as they seek to navigate economic and technical challenges associated with improving railway connectivity…
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Analyst BriefingInfrawatch Weekly: TowerCos face churn, altnets’ £800m losses, TalkTalk rapped
Latest from the digital infra scene in the Europe and beyond, including another £16m on the £800m UK altnet losses pile; £6bn datacentre boost; European TowerCo consolidation mooted, and plenty more…
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M&AVantage said to eye Spanish exit as telco M&A pressures bite
Vodafone Spain said to be mulling a switch to Vantage rivals unless tower usage fees are cut.
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Network & InfraDT’s dealmaker-in-chief still harbours hopes of creating European infra giant
German operator’s Head of Group Development insists large-scale consolidation is coming — and says it is packaging up central and eastern European assets, plus targeting significant earnings growth in Germany and Austria, to improve DT’s bargaining power.
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Analyst BriefingInfrawatch Weekly: EU to invest in quantum, subsea, and 5G; hurricanes accelerate LEO clearance
Latest from the digital infra scene in the UK and beyond, including a new data centre for Manchester; Starlink sat‑to‑cell cleared for hurricane relief; EU heralds €865m spending plans, and plenty more…
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M&AGIP said to seek reboot in India after completion of BlackRock mega-buy
Change reportedly already underway at GIP following BlackRock acquisition, as the digital infra investor gauges interest from the likes of Macquarie, KKR, and Stonepeak on a sale of Ascend Telecom stake. Read more…
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Analyst BriefingTelefónicawatch Weekly: Group applauds Draghi’s call for telco deregulation
Operator agrees with recent EU competitiveness policy proposals, although industry bodies not so keen on recommendations. Telefónica España faces down competition in its home market, while continuing to reinforce wholesale segment. Elsewhere, Virgin Media O2 defends fibre strategy against CityFibre broadsides. Read more…
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Network & InfraHelios calls on Hyperoptic CEO to help drive tower tech evolution
Middle East and Africa tower group seeks to tap into well of infra innovation, go-to-market, and belt-tightening experiencing by appointing UK altnet’s Dana Tobak CBE to board.
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M&AAmerican Tower CEO ‘open’ to European M&A
Steven Vondran indicates interest in expanding its three-market European footprint, saying regional business is experiencing strong mobile operator demand.
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M&AVirgin Media O2 set to sell another chunk of Cornerstone — report
Operator to shed another 8% of tower JV with GLIL Infrastructure and Vantage, bringing total shareholding down to just above 25%.