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05 Vantage Towers
NO . OF TOWERS : 82,000 + CHAIRMAN : VIVEK BADRINATH
HEADQUARTERS : DÜSSELDORF , GERMANY
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Crown Castle
NO . OF TOWERS : 40,000 + CHAIRMAN : JAY A . BROWN HEADQUARTERS : HOUSTON , TEXAS
With a 25 + year track record in the telecom tower industry , Crown Castle is part of the infrastructure establishment . The Houston , Texas-based firm operates a footprint of more than 40,000 tower sites , as well as small cells , around 80,000 route miles of fiber , and a team of approximately 5,000 employees across nearly 100 offices throughout the US . The company averages around 2.2 tenants per tower , and controls approximately $ 38.7bn worth of assets .
A subsidiary of the Vodafone Group , Vantage towers is part of a broader trend of carve-outs from telecom operators currently reshaping the European market as MNOs pivot to focus on becoming service providers . The company operates a sizable tower portfolio across 10 countries , is ranked either first or second in terms of market share in every country where it operates , and 100 % of its infrastructure footprint is powered by renewable energy .
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