The telecommunications market in Russia grew by 3% in 2021, while the tower infrastructure sector is fully formed, with the potential to increase by 2-3%. Analysts of Raiffeisenbank’s IB Strategic Advisory Team came to this conclusion.

According to experts, “operators will try to go beyond the traditional business and […] develop digital asset management.” They believe that today it is important for representatives of the telecom market to increase marginality and develop additional services. The most promising areas for telecom, according to analysts, are cloud computing, media and fintech.

Earlier it was reported that VEON holding (Beeline’s parent company) had announced the completion of the transaction for the sale of antenna mast structures in Russia to Service-Telecom. Moreover, MegaFon transferred its tower assets to an independent operator. It was also reported that MTS was considering the sale of towers to all interested companies.

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