Helios Towers

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Helios Towers
Type Public
Industry Telecommunications
Founded2009
Headquarters London, UK
Key people
Samuel Jonah, KBE Chairman
Tom Greenwood, CEO [1]
RevenueIncrease2.svg $449.1 million (2021) [1]
Increase2.svg $59.0 million (2021) [1]
Decrease2.svg $(156.2) million (2021) [1]
Website www.heliostowers.com/

Helios Towers is a UK-based telecommunications tower company. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

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History

The company was established in Mauritius with financial backing from George Soros, Millicom and Bharti Airtel in 2009. [2] After an aborted attempt at launching a public issue in 2018, it was the subject of an initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange in 2019. [3]

Operations

The company owns more than 10,500 mobile communications towers located in Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Congo Brazzaville, South Africa, Senegal, Madagascar and Malawi. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Annual Results 2021" (PDF). Helios Towers. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  2. "Soros in line for windfall from Helios Towers listing". The Times. 13 September 2019. Archived from the original on 4 December 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  3. "Helios Towers floats after second attempt". Proactive Investors. 18 October 2019. Archived from the original on 4 December 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  4. "Helios Towers Q1 2022 Results". Helios Towers. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)