Big news! TowerXchange Meetup Americas is moving to Washington D.C. on May 6-7, 2025, and joining forces with International Telecoms Week (ITW)—the world’s largest telecoms and digital infrastructure event! This powerful partnership means more networking opportunities, greater industry insights, and exclusive access to key decision-makers across the Americas and beyond.
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Why We're Moving!
With the new U.S. administration moving quickly to change policies, these shifts are starting to have a big impact across Latin America and the Caribbean. To stay ahead of these changes and better connect with key players like tower companies, mobile operators, and government bodies in LATAM, we’re excited to move this year’s event to Washington D.C. on May 6-7. By teaming up with International Telecoms Week (ITW), we’ll have the perfect opportunity to bring everyone together and foster valuable conversations and partnerships.
Who attended Meetup Americas 2024?
Engage with TowerXchange and towercos in a brand new way
Our event will boast a unique roster of the towercos, mobile operators, technology providers, government officials and digital innovators unlocking and transforming investment across the Americas. Combining TowerXchange's trusted partnerships with new ideas and new people, the 2025 event is not to be missed.
2025 Agenda Topics Include
U.S. Policy shifts and its global impact
What are the key regulatory shifts in the US and how do they influence market dynamics in Latin America
AI
How will Generative AI impact mobile networks and how will the coming AI boom impact network deployments?
Satellite connectivity
the future for independently managed satellite ground base stations and how could towercos manage more of the world’s ground-based space infrastructure
10 Key Takeaways from the industry leaders that spoke last year
1. Collaboration between towercos, mobile network operators (MNOs), and regulators is crucial for fostering network development, addressing challenges, and improving regulations.
2. Educating communities and local authorities about the importance of critical infrastructure and addressing concerns about towers is necessary for streamlining permitting processes.
3. Sharing infrastructure, including towers, energy solutions, and data, is essential for cost-effective 5G deployment and bridging the digital divide in underserved areas.
4. Maintaining safety standards, providing training, and implementing best practices for contractors and tower climbers is a significant challenge that needs to be addressed by the whole industry across the region.
5. Spectrum availability and allocation play a pivotal role in enabling 5G rollout across Latin America, with countries at different stages of readiness. 60% of countries still have steps to take before spectrum is available to enable more rollout.
6. The workforce needs to be upskilled and expanded to meet the demands of 5G deployment, including expertise in fibre deployment, in-building solutions, and emerging technologies. When 5G deployment ramps up the industry is in danger of not being ready.
7. Financing and capital access are crucial for towercos, with a deep and interesting panel opening day two. Trends identified were towards sustainability-linked financing, joint venture financing, and partnerships to support the capital-intensive nature of the industry.
8. Currency volatility and inflation impact towercos' operations, necessitating risk management strategies like matching local-currency debt and exploring hedging options.
9. Diversification into adjacent businesses, such as fibre, data centers or power solutions, requires careful evaluation of synergies, growth potential, and capex requirements to ensure value creation.
10. Technology is a key enabler of operational excellence but the haphazard construction and management of some towers which have been constructed over the years poses challenges to rolling out best practices.
The Americas Telecom Tower industry: a new frontier for towercos
At the 11th annual Meetup Americas, TowerXchange delved into critical topics shaping the future of telecommunications infrastructure in Latin America, with a strong emphasis on energy as a service, 5G deployment, and collaboration among towercos, carriers, and government entities.
Key discussions revolved around several pressing questions:
- Market Dynamics: Which Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) will be next to bring their towers to market? Will carve-outs become the preferred method as MNOs seek to retain value creation while outsourcing infrastructure?
- Resilience in Challenging Markets: How can towercos demonstrate resilience in Latin America's more challenging markets.
- Energy Solutions: What innovative energy solutions are being deployed to power tower infrastructure, particularly in remote and off-grid areas and how can renewable energy sources and energy-efficient technologies improve operational sustainability and reduce costs.
- Regulation & municipalities: What role will governments play in fostering a conducive environment for towercos and carriers to drive growth in the municipalities.
- Collaboration for Growth: Best practices for collaboration between towercos, carriers, and governments to accelerate network expansion and improve connectivity across the region.
Join us in 2025 as we explore the next stage of towerco growth.
"The Roundtables were brilliantly aligned with the current industry needs, and enabled very comprehensive and actionable discussions and insights."
Ricardo Machado, Acernis
"My favourite part is the opportunity to gain different perspectives within the industry and to get to know the players in the tower industry."
Tiago Silva, Fisola
"This event is a great opportunity to learn from other peoples experiences - it certainly helped me understand some of the challenges I face"
Simon Robinson, Cellnex
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