T-Mobile tower sale could net nearly $3 billion for Deutsche Telekom
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The 7,500 cell towers owned by T-Mobile is the largest number of such towers currently up for sale. Sprint did a sale-leaseback three years ago when it sold 3,080 towers to TowerCo for $680 million. Sprint used the proceeds to reduce debt. Thanks to the leaseback arrangement, T-Mobile will not be losing any tower space nor will it lose any areas of coverage.
source: Bloomberg via TmoNews
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12 Comments
2. biophone posted on 21 Jan 2012, 04:14 0 1
Don't know much about this stuff but it doesn't sound good for tmobile.
6. greathero1 posted on 21 Jan 2012, 11:07 0 0
Interesting indeed but what is more interesting is do you think they are going to put these proceeds into the US subsidiary or take it back to Germany? This would give TMobile $7 billion cash. Since the next spectrum auction is miles away, I think they should consider going after Cricket or Metro PCS the same way AT&T went after them. Buy on of them out, move them over to GSM, and convert that network to LTE.
3. Droid_X_Doug posted on 21 Jan 2012, 07:17 0 0
D-T is definitely not looking to put any more of its $ into T-Mo. A sale-leaseback deal allows T-Mo to move into the LTE space without D-T footing the bill. I wonder what happens after the original lease agreement is up?
4. VinCrel posted on 21 Jan 2012, 08:25 0 1
Are they going to use the same money they got to upgrade th towers that they, sold-leaseback? wouldn't it be just unfair for tmo? like what droidxdoug said, what will happen after the contract is up?
7. nak1017 posted on 21 Jan 2012, 12:50 0 0
T-mo needs an LTE plan and needs to get rolling on it right now, they're already last to the table and, frankly, they could be a real contender with the AWS bands all to themselves.
8. Carlitos posted on 21 Jan 2012, 14:31 0 0
If i read right, the money goes to the father company, which is in 'europe. No money for U.S.A. T-mobile. Wow.
9. JGuinan007 posted on 21 Jan 2012, 14:32 2 0
So D-T is going to sell off T-mo peice by peice since it can't find a buyer small enough not to be a GSM monopoly
11. snowgator posted on 21 Jan 2012, 20:26 0 0
That is a scary idea, and why I actually thought the sale to AT&T would go through. We can still cross our fingers that an investment company of some kind will purchase T-Mo, or that D.T. Silk have a change of heart once the advantages of the break-up with AT&T start paying some dividends.
10. nickjjay posted on 21 Jan 2012, 19:40 1 0
The line about them buying Prince Fielder is a great line. Nice.
12. Slammer posted on 22 Jan 2012, 07:52 0 0
It is important that everyone remember that selling the towers is not a big deal. This is a great move for Tmobile. It will save them millions of dollars on maintenance. They will still own and retain the infrastructure that is attached to the towers. So Tmobile doesn't lose a thing.
While Sprint is mentioned as an example, VZW and AT&T have done this in many areas also. Economically, this makes financial sense.
John B.
