Axicom
“ You ' ve got more and more situations where landlords ... don ' t want to have to deal with three operators ; they want to deal with a single organisation ”
TOBY HARRIS DIRECTOR , SALES & MARKETING , AXICOM
operators .” Axicom owns over 2,000 sites throughout Australia , hosting all three of the country ’ s major carrier networks . As these major carriers look to expand and improve their 5G offerings , Riches explains that “ telcos are realising that their competitive position is less dependent on the infrastructure deployed and more reliant on the service and products they offer ,” and therefore , the scope for infrastructure sharing across Axicom ’ s sites is only going to grow .
Sudhi agrees , noting that “ the ability to share towers with multiple tenants can improve efficiency in infrastructure deployment , besides also reducing overall cost for mobile operators - especially via the flexibility to aggregate passive infrastructure cost into a multi-year lease , in turn helping to improve coverage and reduce consumer prices .”
This ability for infrastructure companies to help carriers soften the up-front CapEx blow of 5G upgrades could be a key growth driver for the sector - especially as infrastructure companies hosting multiple networks also become the point of contact between the carriers and the landlords of the locations where their infrastructure sits .
Axicom
Axicom , Australia ’ s leading provider of independently owned wireless infrastructure , owns and operates around 2,000 mobile towers throughout the country , serving Australia ’ s three major mobile network carriers , Telstra , TPG , and Optus .
70 January 2022