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An African infrastructure company backed by funds managed by George Soros, Madeleine Albright and Jacob Rothschild will buy more than 1,000 telecoms towers from Vodacom,sexy swimwear the Vodafone-backed operator,sexy womens in Tanzania.The deal with Helios Towers is the first time that Vodacom or Vodafone has sold infrastructure assets in Africa, although it has done similar deals in India that led to lower costs, by outsourcing the management of the business to specialist groups.By selling towers, mobile operators can offload the operational cost and responsibility to other companies. They also generate an upfront payment, although typically they need to lease back their former infrastructure assets over a long-term contract. 

Vodacom will transfer 1,149 telecoms towers to Helios Towers Tanzania, which will also commit to installing new towers. This deal will more than double HTT’s presence in Tanzania, having already struck a similar deal with Millicom in the country. Both companies will have access to the enlarged network.The deal is valued at about $75m, although it is complicated by the fact that Vodacom will acquire a quarter stake in the business as part of the transaction. Millicom also owns a similar share in HTT, while a slight majority stake will be held by Helios Towers Africa,cheap sexy corset maid costume the private equity-backed infrastructure group. 

The outsourcing of towers infrastructure has become more common across Africa over the past two years, having already been well established in regions such as the US, as it allows the third-party infrastructure company to buy and share multiple networks among rivals to create economies of scale. Operators increase their network coverage and share costs as a result.Mobile penetration rates continue to rise rapidly across Africa, leading to increased demand to build networks.skull bikini set However, average revenues are still relatively low in often large countries that require significant capital expenditure to provide comprehensive network coverage.