Global Telecom Tower Trends Industry

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Mar 24, 2014, 10:10 ET

NEW YORK, March 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:

Global Telecom Tower Trends Industry
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'Telecom towers are referred to as cell sites or cell towers that are built for providing services within a specified region. Telecom towers exhibit different cellular ranges, which primarily depends on the size, frequency and power ratings of the transmitter, and on overlap offered by other towers in the region. '

The report analyzes and presents an overview of Telecom Towers market worldwide encompassing India, Africa, Middle East, and Indonesia. Supported with 1 market data table, the report provides a review of market trends, growth drivers, and strategic industry activities of major companies worldwide. In addition, 80 companies operating in the Telecom Towers arena worldwide including American Tower Corp., Aster Pvt. Ltd., Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd., Bharti Infratel Ltd., Eaton Towers Ltd., GTL Infrastructure Ltd., and others are profiled.

1. TELECOM TOWERS - A MARKET OVERVIEW 1
A Prelude 1
India - A Major Telecom Tower Market 1
Market Overview 1
Emergence of Tower Industry 2
Types of Towers 2
Ground Based Tower 2
Roof-Top Tower 2
Regulatory Scenario 2
Growth Prospects 3
Market Drivers 3
New Service Roll Outs to Drive Growth in Indian Tower
Infrastructure 3
Growth Inhibitors 4
Lack of Dedicated Power Grid Supply Poses Challenges 4
Environmental Concerns 4

Construction of Telecom Towers - Prerequisites & Challenges 4
Challenges in Deploying Towers 5
Maintenance - The Bigger Issue 6
2G License Cancellations Dampening Business Opportunities 6
Emerging Trends 6
Green Mobile Telecom Towers 6
Competitive Scenario 7
Table 1: Indian Telecom Tower Market by Company (2012)
Percentage Market Share Breakdown by Volume for Indus
Towers, BSNL, Reliance Infotel, GTL Infra, Viom Networks,
and Others 7
Major Indian Players and their Important Attributes 8
Indian Telecom Towers Market Witnessing Significant
Consolidation 8

2. KEY REGIONAL MARKETS 9
Africa 9
Tower Sharing - New Trend to Reduce Operational Costs 9
Nigeria 9
Middle East 10

Indonesia 10

3. RECENT INDUSTRY ACTIVITY 11
IHS to Expand Market Presence in Africa 11
MTNL to Install Carrier Ethernet Switch Routers in Mumbai 11
Reliance Jio Infocomm to Lease Bharti Infratel Towers 11
Reliance Communications Inks Agreement with Aircel 11
Reliance to Setup New Telecom Towers in India to Offer
Seamless Connectivity 12
Smile Telecom Holdings Forms Partnership with Alcatel to Offer
LTE Technology 12
Axiata Group to Collaborate with Idea Cellular 12
Bharti Infratel Inks Agreement with Omnigrid Micropower 12
Bharti Infratel Enters into Partnership with OMC Power 13
Bharti Infratel Inks Memorandum of Understanding with GSMA 13
Bouygues Telecom Inks Deal with Antin Infrastructure Partners 13
BSNL to Spin-off Telecom Tower Business 14
Eaton Towers to Set Up New Transmitter Towers in Africa 14
Eaton Towers Acquires Telecom Towers from Warid Telecom Uganda 14
Infotel Broadband to Establish New Towers for 4G Services 14
Orange Uganda and Eaton Towers Ink Definitive Agreement 14
RITCOE Unveils Innovative Simulation Tool for Telecom Towers
Operators 15
SBA Communications Takes Over Wireless Towers from Brazilian
Broadband Wireless Carrier 15
SBA Communications Acquires TowerCo II Holdings 15
Smartfren Telecom Divests Tower Assets to IntiBangun Sejahtera 15

Tower Bersama Takes Over Towers from Indosat 15
Viom Networks to Use Alternative Power Resources for Tower
Operations 16
Wendel Inks Subscription Agreement with IHS Holding 16
XL Axiata to Divest Telecom Towers 16
Ascend Telecom Merges with India Telecom Infra 16
India Telecom Infra and New Silk Route Merge 16
Indus Towers Introduces Solar Power Pilot Program for Mobile
Phone Towers 16
Tigo DRC Divests Towers to Helios Towers 17
Air Liquide and BhartiAirtel Announce New Pilot Project 17
American Tower Acquires Essar Telecom Infrastructure 17
GTL Infrastructure Acquires Tower Assets from Aircel 18
KEC International Acquires SAE Towers 18
MSIF-led Consortium Acquires Stake in Viom Networks 18
Reliance Communications Inks Deal with GTL Infrastructure 18
Vodafone Ghana Inks Agreement with Eaton Towers 18

4. MARKET PARTICIPANTS 20
AAPL Infra Pvt., Ltd. (India) 20
Abertis Infrastructure SA (Spain) 20

American Tower Corporation (USA) 20
Ascend Telecom Infrastructure Pvt., Ltd. (India) 20
Associated Power Structures Pvt., Ltd. (India) 20
Aster Pvt., Ltd. (India) 21
AT&T Towers (USA) 21
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (India) 21
Bharti Infratel Ltd. (India) 21
Big Bend Towers (USA) 22
BTS Tower Development LLC (USA) 22
Capital Telecom (USA) 22
Central States Tower (USA) 22
CiG Wireless Corporation (USA) 22
Communication-Enhancement LLC (USA) 22
ComSites West (USA) 22
Crown Castle (USA) 22
CTI Towers, Inc. (USA) 22
Day Wireless Systems (USA) 23
Delmec Engineering Ltd. (Ireland) 23
Diamond Communications LLC (USA) 23
Eaton Towers Ltd. (UK) 23

Effioa Indus Capital Ltd. (India) 23
Essenn Telecom Ltd. (India) 23
Foresite Towers LLC (USA) 24
Ganges Internationale Pvt., Ltd. (India) 24
GTL Infrastructure Ltd. (India) 24
Helios Towers (Nigeria) 24
Helios Towers Africa (UK) 24
Helios Towers Ghana (Ghana) 24
Hemphill LLC (USA) 25
Herreros (Chile) 25
Horizon Tower LLC (USA) 25
Horvath Communications, Inc. (USA) 25
ICOMM Tele Ltd. (India) 25
Indus Towers Ltd. (India) 25
Industrial Communications (USA) 25
InSite Towers LLC (USA) 26
JNS Towers LLC (USA) 26
KEC International Ltd. (India) 26
KGI Wireless, Inc. (USA) 26
Krish Global (India) 26

MasTec, Inc. (USA) 26
Mer Telecom Ltd. (Israel) 27
Message Center Management, Inc. (USA) 27
Mid Atlantic Tower LLC (USA) 27
Minnesota Towers, Inc. (USA) 27
Multiband Corporation (USA) 27
NU TEK India Ltd. (India) 28
Poly Qual India Pvt., Ltd. (India) 28
Pragati Electrocom (P) Ltd. (India) 28
PT Sarana Menara Nusantara TBK (Indonesia) 28
PT Tower Bersama Infrastructure TBK (Indonesia) 29
PT. Solusi Tunas Pratama Tbk (Indonesia) 29
Ramboll Group A/S (Denmark) 29
Reliance Infratel Ltd. (India) 29
Russian Towers LLC (Russia) 29
SAE Towers Holdings LLC (USA) 30
Safe Towers Pvt., Ltd. (India) 30
Safeer Integrated Systems Company LLC (UAE) 30
SBA Communications Corporation (USA) 30
SCANA Corporation (SCANA Communications) (USA) 30

Skyway Towers (USA) 30
Subcarrier Communications (USA) 31
Sujana Towers Ltd. (India) 31
Synergy Creations (I) Pvt., Ltd. (India) 31
Synergy Telecommunications (India) 31
Tarpon Towers LLC (USA) 31
Telava Wireless, Inc. (USA) 31
The AN Wireless Tower Company (USA) 32
Tower Acquisitions (USA) 32
Tower Vision India Pvt., Ltd. (India) 32
Towercom Ltd. (Ireland) 32
Towerking.com (USA) 32
Trident Structures Pvt., Ltd. (India) 32
Unitech Power Transmission Ltd. (India) 32
Viom Networks Ltd. (India) 33
Wireless Properties (USA) 33
Xingular Telecom Projects India Pvt., Ltd. (India) 33
Zamil New Delhi Infrastructure Pvt., Ltd. (India) 33