"The need to increase the number of base stations

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In 2023, Service-Telecom Group signed a memorandum of cooperation with Gazprombank in the field of tower infrastructure in Uzbekistan and opened a representative office in this Central Asian country. In addition, Service-Telecom Group created the IT company ST-Digital Solutions to manage the tower business. In total, the group's portfolio includes more than 20 thousand infrastructure facilities.

When asked by a ComNews ghana whatsapp number database correspondent why it was profitable for Service-Telecom to acquire the towers - after all, 5G networks in Russia have not yet been developed, which means that operators have no need to increase the number of base stations and, accordingly, towers - a company representative replied that 5G is not a key indicator.

and towers at the current level of cellular penetration is determined, first of all, by the volume of traffic in the networks of mobile operators, which is steadily growing year on year. The use of 5G is an opportunity to pass traffic not only by building base stations in new locations, but also by introducing more advanced technology at already built facilities. Therefore, in the absence of the possibility of using 5G, the entire load falls on the 4G network, which, in turn, stimulates additional construction and commissioning of new communication facilities to accommodate the equipment," added the representative of the Service-Telecom Group of Companies.

In addition to Beeline, MegaFon also sold its tower business. In the fall of 2021, MegaFon and Kismet Capital Group agreed on a deal that resulted in the emergence of another independent federal player in the tower infrastructure market. This company was created based on the assets of the First Tower Company (PBC - a subsidiary of MegaFon, established in 2017) - 17 thousand towers and supporting structures, and the operator Vertical - more than 5 thousand objects. The combined company became a separate player with a total portfolio of more than 22 thousand towers.

A few months later, in January 2022, the structures of Kismet Capital Group acquired 100% of the Russian Towers Group. Based on the assets of Vertikali, PBC and Russian Towers, JSC New Towers was created, which became the largest player in the tower infrastructure market in Russia with more than 30 thousand objects (which is equivalent to approximately 35% of this market).