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Telecom
Densification of network to continue
Tower capex to realign with lesser tenants/towers, pricing could see
pressure
We met a senior telecom expert working in the tower industry to understand the current
issues in the entire telecom network space. Below are some key takeaways:
The huge hype surrounding 5G, massive MIMO technology and small cells seems to
have lost steam. While 5G is still a good five years away, the huge MIMO deployment
has not picked up well, while small cells have limited utility.
Increasing 4G network densification via site addition across players should support
tower industry growth, but rental rates will come under pressure when contracts
come up for renewal. The capex/tower is also reducing with a capacity of 2-3 tenants
v/s the earlier 4-5 tenants.
New investments should grow; fiberization is growing but its monetization model has
not evolved yet. Demand for IBS is also on the rise.
Competition for Bharti Infratel is expected to increase. ATC (American Tower
Company) has grown rapidly with Vodafone and Idea’s independent tower acquisition.
Also, RJio too is in the fray with recent tower, fiber hive-off plans.
5G, Massive MIMO, small cells — more hype, less substance
Massive MIMO deployment not picking up
The massive MIMO as a technology has not picked up due to (a) high capacity
requirements, (b) high equipment cost of ~2.5-3x of normal BTS, and (c) MIMO’s
performance-related benchmarks not being met. In 2H2018, there were limited
massive MIMO towers deployed. Large players chose to shelve deployments. Also,
massive MIMO may not substitute independent towers.
5G still a good five years away
A question mark still lurks over spectrum bands, equipment and the standard of 5G
technology — all three factors that needs to be addressed. The 5G technology may
not actually supplement 4G technology. 5G is likely to see auctioning in the 2800-
3500 mhz band and capex for 5G may take another 3-4 years to get deployed from
the time of the auction. Further, equipment cost for 5G technology will depend on
its usage; it may largely be used for enterprise and automation services, instead of
data throughput increase, which can be done through network densification. The 4G
commercial services took nearly six years to advance from auction to operations and
therefore, 5G may not evolve before 2023.
Small cells have limited utility
Small cells are still in an evolutionary phase. Since it has a mere 25-35 meter
radiation capability, it has low utility, which translates into limited deployment
opportunities. Currently, small cells are deployed on single-port restricting tenancies
to one/equipment and moving to deployment of multi-port small cells will be more
economical. Operators use small cells to cover a small but dense location with high
capacity requirement. According to the IP1 (Infrastructure Provider) contract, DoT
does not allow tower companies to own small cells, which has restricted its
deployment.
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Aliasgar Shakir – Research Analyst
(Aliasgar.Shakir@motilaloswal.com); +91 22 6129 1565
Hafeez Patel – Research Analyst
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Tower industry to see tenancy growth, but pressure on pricing
Rising data consumption is increasing the need for network densification and
increased number of sites. However, tenancies may be restricted due to the number
of operators. Further, the strained balance sheet of telecom companies is likely to
put pressure on tower companies when (a) contracts come up for renewals, and (b)
telecom companies sell their stake in tower companies.
Increased densification required by Bharti, VIL to match RJio
RJio intends to have ~300k 4G sites over a period of time. Therefore, even Bharti
and VIL (Vodafone Idea Ltd) may be compelled to match RJio’s network capability,
thus totaling ~900k tenancies for the overall industry. Currently, industry has ~680k
sites and 485k towers, implying tenancy ratio of ~1.5x.
So far, large part of the 4G site addition has been done at the existing 2G sites, but
now unique towers will be required. Thus going forward, network densification
should happen at fresh sites, instead of loading additional BTS (base transmission
station) at existing sites. Over the next three years, there is scope to add 50-60k new
towers in the industry and about 100k+ tenancies, apart from loading (additional
technology loaded at exiting sites) sites.
According to discussions with vendors, VIL is likely to have the fastest rollout this
year. RJio may focus on other technologies like small cells and IBS. Bharti may need
to add 50k 4G sites to densify its network — of this, about 25-30k could be through
loading at existing sites, while the rest could materialize through additional
tenancies.
Tower capex realigning with tenancies
Lack of space in cities and towns has led to the evolution of GBM (group base mass)
sites. These can have maximum 1-2 tenants. Also, consolidation in the telecom
industry has lowered the number of tenants per tower. New towers are now being
built with 2-3 tenant capacity compared to the earlier 4-5 tenant, thereby reducing
capex/tower. Definitely, there will be more points of connectivity required in the
country, but in the form of new age sites like poles, small cells and IBS.
Rentals to fall as contracts come up for renewals
Rentals should decline when the next leg of contracts expire over the next 3-4 years.
For instance, RJio had entered into a 5-year lock-in contract with a third party tower
company; the contract expires in 2019 and is likely to see rental negotiations. Other
telcos have 7-9 year contracts with tower companies. As these contracts come up
for renewals and telcos sell out their stake in tower companies, telcos may
negotiate rentals to share burden of the declining earnings and stretched balance
sheets. Also VIL’s incremental tenancy cancellations to reduce overlapping network
may have higher impact on Bharti Infratel v/s other players.
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New investments should grow
Fiberization growing, but no monetization model evolved yet
Industry estimates suggest that ~60% of RJio’s towers may get fiberized, while for
the rest of the industry, 40% may get fiberized. Given the high investments required
in fiber roll-out, telcos are keen to hive off their fiber assets; however, there is no
clear sharing or monetization model that has evolved in the market. Fiber rollout
cost includes, fiber, duct and ROW (right of way) cost, of which cost of fiber is
minimal but rest of the deployment cost is high. Also, large portion of the inter-
circle fiber was laid long back and may have high maintenance costs involved due to
multiple cuts. Fiber monetization and pricing will also need to evolve as the FTTH
business comes into play.
Demand for IBS on the rise
Given that the largest data consumption is happening indoors, data networks have
to be rejigged from the conventional connectivity through outdoor macro sites to
indoor sites. In-Building Solution (IBS) is already seeing traction with commercial
buildings and soon it should d be deployed in high-rise residential buildings in
metros and Tier-1 cities. However, at present, telcos are deploying IBS
independently with builders, instead of renting it from a neutral network
infrastructure host. Eventually, the infrastructure ownership and IBS deployment
will have to move to tower companies to extend the sharing model to all telcos. ATC
has already taken the lead with 3.5-4lac sqft space acquired for IBS.
Expanding competition for Bharti Infratel
Bharti Infratel’s near dominance in the tower industry could be contested by
other deep pocket players like ATC and RJio. This is due to (a) ATC’s recent
acquisition of Vodafone and Idea’s independent towers increasing its own size,
(b) RJio’s plans to hive off its tower and fiber assets, and (c) Telco’s selling out
Bharti Infratel/Indus’ stake may turn them Neutral towards the tower business.
Tower companies’ key strength comes from location, AGL (above ground level -
height) and commercials/rental rates.
BSNL is the most valuable tower company and has towers in prime locations.
ATC turning stronger
At present, ATC has about 75k towers, including those that belonged to the
erstwhile Vodafone India and Idea Cellular (of which, 28% towers are fiberized), and
130k tenancies (of which, VIL would have 50k tenancies while RJio/Airtel would have
25k/20k tenancies each). ATC’s 30% towers (20-22k) have single tenancy. ATC faces
limited risk of tenancy cuts from VIL given that VIL’s share of overlapping/close-by
sites may not be over 5.5k tenancies (out of total 50k tenancies with ATC). Also,
ATC’s rental rates are about 10-15% lower v/s Bharti Infratel, which gives it an edge.
The recent acquisition of Vodafone and Idea’s independent tower assets further
gives it ROFR (Right of First Refusal) in seven out of VIL’s 22 circles. This should give
ATC a healthy share of the incremental tenancy from VIL.
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RJio too in the fray
Most RJio towers are on GBM and can accommodate two tenancies. Over 25% are in
the rural areas. RJio has given 5-year tenancies to ATC and Bharti Infratel; the same
is expiring in 2019-20. RJio may plan to switch these sites to its own tower over a
period of time. Earlier, GBT (Ground-Based Towers) required capex of INR2.5m and
took 5-6 years for break-even (at tenancy ratio of 1.6x). RJio towers are GBM-based
and require cost of INR1-1.2m, but can accommodate only 1-2 tenants. Lower capex
and operating cost allows them to breakeven faster.
Exhibit 1: Industry likely to have ~545k towers, 900k tenancies over the next three years
Towers ('000)
Tenancies ('000)
900
680
485
545
Current
Over next 3 years
Source: Industry estimates, MOFSL
Exhibit 2: Top-3 operator-wise unique 2G, broadband sites
2G sites
198
165
158
3G+4G sites
220+
Exhibit 3: Top 3 operator-wise fiber network
Fiber Network ('000 R kms)
550
175
274
158
Bharti
*Industry estimates
Vodafone-Idea
RJio*
Source: MOFSL, Company
Bharti
Vodafone Idea
RJio
Source: MOFSL, Company
Exhibit 4: Players in the tower industry
Source: Bharti Infratel presentation, MOFSL
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Exhibit 5: Comparison of towers and sharing factor across players in India and globally
Source: Bharti Infratel presentation, MOFSL
Exhibit 6: BHIN (standalone) and Indus Tower portfolio
(000’s)
Infratel Standalone
142
147
149
153
Indus (100%)
158
162
Total Towers
163
164
Exhibit 7: BHIN (standalone) and Indus co-locations’
portfolio (000’s)
Infratel Standalone
Indus (100%)
329
352
Total Co-locations
378
367
308
289
278
230
78
274
112
35
113
36
116
37
120
123
124
124
214
38
39
40
40
60
285
303
109
33
222
64
233
69
254
76
270
82
89
89
Source: MOFSL, Company
Source: MOFSL, Company
Exhibit 8: Average sharing factor for BHIN (standalone) and
Indus stands at ~1.95 (x)
Infratel Standalone (x)
2.22
2.30
Indus (x)
2.30
2.26
1.85
1.95
Exhibit 9: Tenancy exits by VIL has led to steep rise in rental
sharing per operator in 3QFY19
Infratel Standalone (INR'000)
Indus (INR'000)
41.6
37.0
32.9
37.9
34.0
37.4
1.90
1.97
2.02
2.13
36.9
37.0
37.1
36.9
32.1
37.0
32.7
1.79
1.81
1.87
1.98
2.08
2.20
31.5
31.5
31.7
Source: MOFSL, Company
Source: MOFSL, Company
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Exhibit 10: Massive MIMO technology
Exhibit 11: Small cells technology
Source: Bharti Airtel presentation, MOFSL
Source: Bharti Airtel presentation, MOFSL
Exhibit 12: Different kind of sites
Source: Bharti Infratel presentation, MOFSL
Exhibit 13: How densification is expected to play out
Source: Bharti Infratel presentation, MOFSL
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Exhibit 14: New type of opportunities for tower companies
Source: Bharti Infratel presentation, MOFSL
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Bharti Airtel – India wireless
Exhibit 15: Data traffic and QoQ growth
Data traffic (b MB)
QoQ growth (%)
109.8
65.9
31.0
21.7 14.2 12.1 17.8 12.7 16.5 9.6
7.7 12.7 -3.5
41.1 39.2 39.7
23.7 20.9
Source: MOFSL, Company
Exhibit 16: Bharti’s network has 175k unique 2G cell sites…
Cell sites ('000)
QoQ Sites added ('000)
Exhibit 17: …of which 165k are unique broadband towers
Broadband sites ('000)
QoQ Sites added ('000)
Source: Company, MOFSL
Source: Company, MOFSL
Exhibit 18: Bharti has 372k mobile Broadband Base stations
Mobile Broadband Base stations ('000)
QoQ adds ('000)
Exhibit 19: Bharti has a fiber network of ~275k kms
Fiber network ('000 kms)
QoQ Fiber added ('000 kms)
17
8
5 4 3
5 5 6
4
2 2
2 4 4 4
1 1 2
9
Source: Company, MOFSL
Source: Company, MOFSL
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Vodafone Idea
Exhibit 20: Data traffic and QoQ growth
Data traffic (b MB)
QoQ growth (%)
*represents Vodafone Idea merged entity performance
Source: MOFSL, Company
Exhibit 21: VIL’s network has 198k unique 2G cell sites…
Cell sites ('000)
QoQ sites addded (000')
Exhibit 22: While VIL has 377k broadband sites as at Dec’18
Broadband sites ('000)
QoQ sites addded (000')
*represents Vodafone Idea merged entity performance Source:
Company, MOFSL
*represents Vodafone Idea merged entity performance Source:
Company, MOFSL
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responsibility/liability arising from such misuse and agrees not to hold MOSL or any of its affiliates or employees responsible for any such misuse and further agrees to hold MOSL or
any of its affiliates or employees free and harmless from all losses, costs, damages, expenses that may be suffered by the person accessing this information due to any errors and
delays.
Registered Office Address: Motilal Oswal Tower, Rahimtullah Sayani Road, Opposite Parel ST Depot, Prabhadevi, Mumbai-400025; Tel No.: 022-3980 4263; www.motilaloswal.com.
Correspondence Address: Palm Spring Centre, 2nd Floor, Palm Court Complex, New Link Road, Malad (West), Mumbai- 400 064. Tel No: 022 3080 1000. Compliance Officer:
Neeraj Agarwal, Email Id:
na@motilaloswal.com,
Contact No.:022-38281085.
Registration details: MOSL: SEBI Registration: INZ000158836 (BSE/NSE/MCX/NCDEX); CDSL: IN-DP-16-2015; NSDL: IN-DP-NSDL-152-2000; Research Analyst: INH000000412.
AMFI: ARN 17397. Investment Adviser: INA000007100. Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company Ltd. (MOAMC): PMS (Registration No.: INP000000670) offers PMS and Mutual
Funds products. Motilal Oswal Wealth Management Ltd. (MOWML): PMS (Registration No.: INP000004409) offers wealth management solutions. *Motilal Oswal Securities Ltd. is
a distributor of Mutual Funds, PMS, Fixed Deposit, Bond, NCDs, Insurance and IPO products. *Motilal Oswal Real Estate Investment Advisors II Pvt. Ltd. offers Real Estate
products. * Motilal Oswal Private Equity Investment Advisors Pvt. Ltd. offers Private Equity products.
* MOSL has been amalgamated with Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited (MOFSL) w.e.f August 21, 2018 pursuant to order dated July 30, 2018 issued by Hon'ble National
Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai Bench. The existing registration no(s) of MOSL would be used until receipt of new MOFSL registration numbers.
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