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Digital Infrastructure

Digital InfrastructureDigital InfrastructureDigital Infrastructure

Advisory, Expertise, Investments

Digital Infrastructure

Digital InfrastructureDigital InfrastructureDigital Infrastructure

Advisory, Expertise, Investments

“The future is already here – it’s just not very evenly distributed.” William Gibson

Digital Infrastructure experts

Digital Infrastructure Providers

Investors and Development Finance Institutions

Investors and Development Finance Institutions

  

We work with companies that own and expand their Digital Infrastructure and Connectivity Service Providers.

Investors and Development Finance Institutions

Investors and Development Finance Institutions

Investors and Development Finance Institutions

  

We work with companies that invest into Digital Infrastructure and with Development Finance Institutions in expanding connectivity.

TMT Boutique Consultants

Investors and Development Finance Institutions

TMT Boutique Consultants

  

We work together and with other Management Consultancies in the TMT space to bolster their resources with our expertise.

Operating Model

We collaborate directly with our clients and highly value co-competition. We partner with TMT consultancies, leveraging their expertise as resources or integrating into them with  our own pool of experts.

Services

DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANIES AND CONNECTIVITY SERVICE PROVIDERS

  • Market entry strategy
  • Commercialization of technology
  • New technology introduction
  • Operational excellence using automation
  • Investment support including sell-side/vendor due diligence and valuations

DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTORS

  • Deal scouting
  • Commercial and technical feasibility
  • Buy side due diligence
  • Valuations
  • Portfolio management support
  • Quarterly or annual operational review

Knowledge

Team

Thomas Switala

As a seasoned Managing  Partner, I bring over two decades of dedicated service in the TMT sector with a strong focus on digital infrastructure, mergers & acquisitions, and the strategic development of businesses. My leadership is marked by successful international team management and the advancement of technology-driven initiatives. Skilled in steering complex projects to fruition, I have provided transformative solutions for a diverse clientele, including network operators, hyperscalers, tower companies, digital infrastructure investors, and communication regulators worldwide. 

EXPERience

Digital Infrastructure Investment Advisory

Digital Infrastructure Investment Advisory

Digital Infrastructure Investment Advisory

  Due Diligence: Buy-side 

  • OpenRAN and Core Technology Provider in USA and Middle East 
  • Commercial, Technical and Regulatory Due Diligence for investor to buy towers in West Africa  
  • Commercial and Technical Due Diligence for acquisition of a wholesale carrier business in Europe
  • Lenders raising funds for African Fixed Wireless Access Operator in Nigeria, Uganda and Tanzania – Technical, regulatory and commercial Due Diligence 
  • Technical, commercial and regulatory due diligence for investor acquiring the enterprise business assets from an African MNO in Nigeria, Zambia and Ivory Coast
  • Lenders technical advisor for an investment in an Open Access Fixed Wireless network in South Africa
  • Technical Synergy cases for the merger of two operators in South Africa
  • Vendor Technical and Commercial Due Diligence for CDC Investment 


Due Diligence: Sell-side

  • Invest analysis report to raise funds for global wholesale carrier – Europe 
  • Invest analysis report for a Free space optic satellite entrant in the USA
  • Vendor Technical Due Diligence for leading African operator selling towers 
  • Vendor Technical and commercial due diligence for an African Data Center, expanding in South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya 


Investment scouting in the connectivity sector for testing lab  


Post Merger 

  • Post Merger Integration strategy for the BSS solution for an MNO acquisition in Central America 
  • Day 1 readiness security planning for an MNO acquisition in the Netherlands 
  • Transformation Manager for a post acquisition of an operator in East Africa 


Annual Technical Operations review for the lenders on fixed operator in South Africa  

Digital Infrastructure Strategy Advisory

Digital Infrastructure Investment Advisory

Digital Infrastructure Investment Advisory

Feasibility Studies

  • Feasibility study for creating a gap financing model of towers and fiber for PPPs in
    Southeast Asia
  • Feasibility study for deploying fiber in sewage pipes in Brazil 
  • Feasibility study for investing in a new MNO in the Caribbean
  • Fiber build feasibility and market assessment in Indonesia, Nigeria, DRC and Uganda


Go-to Market Strategy

  • Global market entry strategy for a global LEO Satellite provider  
  • Global data demand for a free space optics satellite entrant in the USA 
  • Private Connectivity and Edge market sizing for a public cloud provider in the USA 
  • Commercialization of OPGW fiber in Southern Africa
  • High Altitude Platform Mobile Go To Market Study – USA and Japan
  • Market study on Fixed Wireless Access demand, access for Dens Low Income Areas in Africa, Asia and LATAM


Product Strategy  

  • Mobile Backhaul product and market strategy for LEO Satellite in the USA 
  • Mobile Backhaul and Managed Services strategy for a GEO Satellite Provider in the USA 
  • Product and Service strategy for a LATAM MNO in their Business Transformation Organization
  • Product manager for creating a Shared Fiber Backhaul product in emerging markets 
  • Develop Tower diversification strategy for an investor into enabling TowerCo’s in emerging markets
  • Cloud and Data Center business for Data Centre in new Smart City in Egypt
  • Data Center – Build or Buy strategy for a Service Provider in South Africa
  • Technical CAPEX efficiency management for East Europe and Asia Mobile Operator  

Technical and Regulatory Advisory

Digital Infrastructure Investment Advisory

Technical and Regulatory Advisory

Technical Advisory

  • Network Audit of a Fixed and Mobile Network in East Africa 
  • Developed the proof of concept for an IPv6 Migration in the Middle East 
  • IPv6 readiness strategy for one of the leading MNOs in Africa  
  • Technical Service Description for a Wholesale Open Access WIFI network 


Regulatory. Advisory

  • Regulatory Service Costing Models for an operator in Eastern Europe
  • Regulatory Service Costing Models for two regulators in Southern Africa 
  • Regulatory assistance for an Infrastructure audit on a fiber operator in South Africa 
  • Technical advisor to a law firm on the ICT whitepaper for infrastructure sharing policies 


RFP support and Contract negotiations for operators  

  • Fiber backbone in Mozambique  
  • Mobile Backhaul in South Africa
  • Microwave Backhaul in South Africa  
  • Fixed Asset and Roll-out Management for an MNO in South Africa 

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