While tower industry itself represents a type of outsourcing (where telcos outsource the management of passive infrastructure assets to specialist towercos), we believe a second wave of outsourcing is under way within the tower industry. In an industry conference focused on the Telecom Infrastructure space, we observed that an interestingContinue Reading
AS the Battle for Mobile Data heats up beating the worst summer heat, Tower companies are busy striking deals across operators to enable 3G / 4G data services on your handsets. In this backdrop, caught up with a Telecom Network Engineer who explained the design and the key components thatContinue Reading
Bharti Infratel, the Telecom tower arm of the Bharti Airtel in India reported a mixed quarter, with weak rental revenue growth and tower additions, but much improved cash flows and a slightly improved tenancy ratio while sustaining margins. Bharti Infratel Ltd (BIL) added 156 towers (+2.3%yoy) in 2Q, while totalContinue Reading
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recommended re-farming of the 900MHz spectrum, as current licences will start to expire from 2014. In circles where operators migrate from 900MHz to 1,800MHz, they will have to increase the number of their sites by 1.6x to maintain existing coverage, according toContinue Reading
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