M&A Deal Summary

IHS Acquires SKYSITES Americas

On January 7, 2021, IHS acquired communications company SKYSITES Americas

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is IHS’s 3rd transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is IHS’s 2nd transaction in Brazil.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2021-01-07
Target SKYSITES Americas
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) IHS
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

SKYSITES Americas

São Paulo, Brazil
SKYSITES Americas Ltda is a specialist provider of small cells and urban telecommunications infrastructure in Brazil. Skysites’ operations, which comprise approximately 1,000 sites, along with exclusive access to tens of thousands of premium real estate locations in urban settings.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

IHS

London, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 2001
Sector Communications
Employees2,988
Revenue 2.1B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

IHS is one of the largest independent owners, operators, and developers of shared telecommunications infrastructure in the world. IHS provides mission-critical telecommunications infrastructure to customers, most of who are leading MNOs, who in turn provide wireless voice and data services to their end-users. IHS was founded in 2001 and is based in London, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 5
Sector (Communications) 3 of 5
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 3 of 4
Country (Brazil) 2 of 4
Year (2021) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-12-23 Cessão De Infraestruturas S.A.

São Paulo, Brazil

Cessão De Infraestruturas S.A. (Cell Site Solutions) specializes in providing infrastructure solutions for wireless telecommunications networks and broadcast companies. Using innovative and leading-edge technology, CSS lease equipment that has built or purchased to operators across Brazil.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-04-12 Centennial Towers

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Centennial Towers is a developer, owner, and operator of wireless communications towers in Latin America. Centennial Towers is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Buy -