MTN starts up tower sharing firm in Ghana
The transaction involves the sale of up to 1,876 of MTN Ghana’s existing sites to TowerCo Ghana Pan-African carrier MTN has followed Vodafone’s lead in Ghana, embarking upon a tower sharing venture...
View ArticleHarper’s bazaar
Alan Harper, CEO, Eaton Towers Eaton Towers was set up in 2008 by CEO Alan Harper, a veteran of Vodafone; Sanjeev Ahuja, the ex-Orange chief who now runs emerging markets WiMAX play Augere and US...
View ArticleAfrican tower firm scores $150m funding
Eaton is a big player in the tower co-location space African tower management firm Eaton Towers said Monday it has secured equity funding worth $150m from Capital International Private Equity Funds...
View ArticleAll along the cell towers
Alan Harper, CEO, Eaton Towers Towards the end of September 2011, African tower management firm Eaton Towers secured equity funding worth $150m from Capital International Private Equity Funds (CIPEF),...
View ArticleOrange Uganda enters into network management partnership with Eaton Towers
"Orange Uganda's towers initiative will be closely watched by Orange subsidiaries in other markets across Africa," said Marc Rennard. Mobile carrier Orange Uganda has entered into a 15-year passive...
View ArticleOrange Kenya offloads tower management
Outsourcing is popular in Africa Telkom Kenya, which operates fixed and mobile services under the Orange brand in the country, on Friday signed a 15 year outsourcing deal with Eaton Towers for the...
View ArticleAirtel offloads 3,500 towers to Eaton
Tower sharing is ever popular in Africa The outsourcing of cell tower management continues apace in Africa as Bharti Airtel on Monday agreed to offload over 3,500 telecom towers to emerging markets...
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