American Tower Corporation (ATC), the company that acquired Cell C’s nationwide base station infrastructure in November 2010 in a ZAR430 million (USD55.7 million) deal, has begun building its own mobile base stations from scratch in areas where South Africa’s incumbent operators have poor coverage, TechCentral reports. Pieter Nel, CEO of the firm’s South African unit, has confirmed that ATC has completed its first infrastructure build-out in Bisho in the Eastern Cape, and has already signed three tenants keen to utilise the new cell tower. Nel added that ATC plans to build ‘hundreds’ of new towers across the country, although he admitted that securing the right permits and environmental approvals can take as much as nine months.
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OVETEL ATC commences base station rollout in underserved areas; interested in further acquisitions
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