By Arianna Neri, Head of Americas, TowerXchange
New tower count, new towercos
TowerXchange’s periodical CALA baseline data update doesn’t only feature the latest tower count but includes news about new towercos, market openings and changing dynamics in the CALA tower industry.
Since our last update, we’ve seen the creation of Telxius, Telefónica’s spinoff towerco which is going to incorporate the operator’s assets in Spain, Germany and Latin America into one entity. Additionally, TowerXchange has spoken to several towercos that we hadn’t identified before such as Balesia, active in Colombia, Peru, Guatemala, El Salvador and Puerto Rico; MX Towers, active in the Mexican market and likely to focus on small cell deployment across the country; and Golden Comunicaciones, a joint venture between Innova Capital Partners and Goldman Sachs, focusing on Colombia and Telecommunications Partners, operating in Peru.
América Móvil’s spin off is proving itself as a BTS force. In fact, it has added as many as 2,009 new sites since its creation. Grupo TorreSur has added a healthy 200 new sites to its count, closing at 6,500. Phoenix Tower International continues its regional (and U.S.) expansion with the addition of 545 Viva sites in the Dominican Republic, and the other middle market towercos continue to grow.
Mexico Tower Partners added almost 200 sites as did IIMT in Mexico. Innovattel grew its regional portfolio from 350 to 500 sites and Torrecom added close to 100 sites to its portfolio across Nicaragua, Guatemala and Mexico.
In the meantime, SBA Communications added approximately 400 new sites to its CALA portfolio and American Tower around 200. The U.S. publicly listed giants may own the lion’s share of the existing towers in CALA, but they are on an even playing field when it comes to BTS, and the organic growth is being liberally shared around, at least until the Brazilian currency crisis settles.
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TowerXchange will also be hosting it’s 3rd Annual TowerXchange Meetup Americas on June 16-17, 2016 at the Boca Raton Resort & Club, Florida. It’s your unique opportunity to network with over 250 leaders of the CALA telecom tower industry.
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