All IHS Towers articles
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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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Weekly BriefingsInfrawatch Weekly: Europe aims for SatCo breakthrough, Hyperoptic joins £1bn club, DT ponders more TowerCos
Latest from the digital infra scene in the UK and beyond, including: EU efforts to support connectivity on Earth and above the skies; UK public sector stoking the fire of fibre investment; musings on the merits of more TowerCos; and plenty more…
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Weekly BriefingsInfrawatch Weekly: Project Gigabit acceleration, African expansion, and 5G streetlights
Latest from the digital infra scene in the UK and beyond, including: drone‑enabled 5G and IoT hidden in streetlamps; ongoing network and service building in Africa; Openreach eyeing under‑delivering Project Gigabit contracts; and plenty more…
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Financial & PerformanceIHS Towers targets $1bn from asset disposals
Tower group’s chief executive announces ten-digit goal for proceeds from business sales, amid ongoing strategic review.
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Weekly BriefingsInfrawatch Weekly: sharpened focus for emerging TowerCos, bumps on path to UK fibre consolidation, 6G in space
Latest from the digital infra scene in the UK and beyond, including TowerCos IHS and Helios embracing core-strengthening exercises; Netomnia’s predictions for a likely ceiling on market penetration for altnets; and the beginning of the next rules update for the UK’s fibre landscape. Plenty more…
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Financial & PerformanceIHS Towers hires advisers to assess ‘strategic alternatives’
Tower group’s annual results this week sees chief executive highlight initiation of a strategic review of its business, amid share price slump.
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Weekly BriefingsInfrawatch Weekly: CityFibre asserts Project Gigabit dominance; 1&1 makes more infra deployment promises…
CityFibre grabs five more Project Gigabit contracts; WightFibre extends Gigabit Island coverage in battle against Openreach; 1&1 sets more targets for antenna site deployments; much more…
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Weekly BriefingsInfrawatch Weekly: end of the road for Digital 9, OneWeb’s space odyssey troubles continue
Digital 9 decides to wind down; OneWeb misses ‘global’ coverage targets; CityFibre aiming to get more active on M&A; more…
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Weekly BriefingsInfrawatch Weekly: 2024 kicking off with TowerCo ownership jostles
TowerCos Vantage, ATC India and IHS seeing ownership action. M&A and satellite segments also off to a busy start in 2024. Cordiant, DTCP, Iridium, Starlink, private network, subsea and more….
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Strategy & ChangeAmerican Tower assures Nigerian site swap plan is solid
CEO-in-waiting of wireless infra giant asserts deliverability of recent, high profile contract win with MTN Nigeria, despite veiled scepticism from rival IHS.
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Strategy & ChangeIHS reviews tower estate; could jettison non-core assets
Tower group going through process of re-evaluating its international portfolio, as part of move to a more ‘balanced’ strategy between growth and cash generation.
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Network & InfrastructureThe Backfill: Macquarie and KKR take stakes in data centre players
Consortium led by Macquarie Capital acquires majority ownership in KevlinX, while KKR snaps up 20% of Singtel’s data centre unit. DigitalBridge recapitalises portfolio data centre business, while Raxio and IHS Towers prep new build projects. Read more…
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PeopleInfra investor people moves: 3i, Digital 9, and IFM shuffle boards
3i Infrastructure switches in two new Directors, while Digital 9 expands its Board with appointment of Gailina Liew.
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Network & InfrastructureIFC backs SEACOM for sub-Saharan broadband boost
IFC funds subsea cable operator SEACOM to improve broadband services in seven African nations.
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PeopleInfra people moves: euNetworks switches up Board of Directors
euNetworks appoints Paula Cogan as new CEO after leadership shuffle.
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M&AVivo open to fibre M&A via new FiBrasil JV
CEO Christian Gebara signals interest if the price and quality is right. Brazilian fibre market becoming increasingly competitive.
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