Articles tagged with: Vodafone Australia and Crown Castle

Crown Castle Buys Australian Tower Assets

Crown Castle Australia has purchased 140 mobile towers from the local arm of Vodafone for an undisclosed amount - but thought to be in the region of AU$45 million (US$39 million). According to Roger Hawke Crown CastleĆ's managing director, adding the towers to its existing portfolio allows Crown to further support its customers as Crown expands its wireless networks across Australia.  more

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Crown Castle Considers Future of Australian Operations

The wireless tower operator, Crown Castle International says that it has commenced an evaluation of strategic alternatives for its investment in Crown Castle Australia ("CC Australia"), which may directly or indirectly include a leveraged recapitalization or a sale of part or all of its interests in a transaction involving an Australian initial public offering or a private sale. CC Australia is the largest independent tower operator in Australia with 1,387 towers, which were primarily acquired from Vodafone Australia and Cable and Wireless Optus in 2001 and 2000, respectively. Crown Castle owns 77.6% of CC Australia. more

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