Telecom Towers Industry Overview
The telecom tower market is semi-consolidated and consists of several major players, such as American Tower Corporation, Helios Towers PLC, Indus Towers Limited (Bharti Infratel), China Tower Corporation, and SBA Communications Corporation. Only some significant players currently dominate the market in terms of market share. These major players in the telecom tower market are expanding their customer base internationally through strategic collaborations and acquisitions of telecom tower startups. This has led to a moderately high market concentration, with a few dominant players benefiting from significant market share and profitability.
- March 2024: Hi-COM Network Private Limited, a leading internet service provider, partnered strategically with Indus Towers Limited to enhance telecommunications infrastructure and advance sustainability initiatives. Indus Towers Limited, formed from the merger of Bharti Infratel Limited and Indus Towers, has provided robust infrastructure for the telecommunications sector. Through this collaboration, Hi-COM will leverage its expertise to assist Indus Towers in constructing new towers and upgrading existing ones to meet the increasing demands of the industry.
- January 2024: American Tower Corporation (ATC) announced a strategic collaboration with IBM to accelerate the deployment of a hybrid, multi-cloud computing platform at the edge. Through this collaboration, American Tower intends to expand its neutral-host, Access Edge Data Center ecosystem to include IBM Hybrid Cloud capabilities and Red Hat OpenShift. The two companies are set to work together to help clients address their evolving customer requirements and expectations around innovative digital transformation by enabling technologies such as IoT, 5G, AI, and network automation.
- December 2023: AT&T Inc. partnered with Ericsson to deploy a commercial-scale open radio access network (Open RAN). This collaboration aims to establish a robust ecosystem of network infrastructure providers and suppliers. The objective is to drive down network costs, enhance operational efficiencies, and facilitate sustained investments in the rapidly expanding broadband network.
Telecom Towers Market Leaders
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American Tower Corporation
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Helios Towers PLC
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Indus Towers Limited (Bharti Infratel)
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China Tower Corporation
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SBA Communications Corporation
- *Disclaimer: Major Players sorted in no particular order