Top 110 towercos and infracos worldwide, ranked by tower count  

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TowerXchange tracks over 130 towercos worldwide.We have an estimated tower count and geographical footprint for 110 of those towercos, presented here as a league table ranked by tower count.

China Tower Company is a new entrant at the top of the league table, if you count their contract to build 120,000 towers in China, closely followed by Indus Towers with 114,101 towers across India, boasting a healthy tenancy ratio of 2.11, and American Tower with 97,964 towers including announced acquisitions from TIM Brazil, Airtel Nigeria and Verizon. There are 28 towercos or infracos with more than 5,000 towers. Review the full TowerXchange global towerco league table here.

TowerXchange estimate that towercos and infracos currently own 910,845 towers, representing just under one in four of the world’s towers. We forecast that towercos will own over half the world’s telecom towers by 2018, growth fuelled by four main drivers;

  1. The acquisitiveness of towerco giants like American Tower, SBA Communications, IHS Tower, Abertis Telecom, Tower Bersama, edotco, Protelindo, Eaton Towers, Helios Towers Africa and Digital Bridge
  2. The injection of a million legacy towers into China Tower Company
  3. The continuing creation of carve out or joint venture towercos and infracos by MNOs, unlocking efficiencies in active as well as passive infrastructure management
  4. And driven by the simple fact that the majority of the world’s new towers are being built by towercos and infracos under build-to-suit programmes

The TowerXchange community represents a unique opportunity to engage with the leaders of this fast-growing infrastructure asset class. Not only do we track transactions and interview the leading stakeholders in the renowned TowerXchange Journal, but more importantly we bring together the top 250 tower decision makers on each continent at annual TowerXchange Meetups. TowerXchange Meetups leverage unique round table breakout sessions to foster introductions between stakeholders interested in the same country, financial or operational topic. Please add the events relevant to your region to your calendar:

TowerXchange Meetup Americas, 28-29 April 2015, Hollywood, FL

TowerXchange Meetup Africa, 1-2 October 2015, Johannesburg

TowerXchange Meetup Asia, 24-25 November 2015, Singapore

 

 

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