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Global EM Telcos & Towers – Strong start – NSR GEM Top-10 February ‘26 Update

Our portfolio of Top Picks has started 2026 strongly, up 6% ytd already. This month we make no changes to our top picks. This note also includes key news & other thoughts, to try to help investors generate alpha within the EM Telco space.
Underlyings
Airtel Africa

Airtel Africa PLC Formerly known as Airtel Africa Ltd. Airtel Africa PLC is a United Kingdom-based provider of telecommunications and mobile money services. The Company offers an integrated suite of telecommunications solutions, including mobile voice and data services as well as mobile money services both nationally and internationally. It offers traditional mobile voice services, with a primary focus on data and non-voice services through its third generation (3G) and fourth generation (4G) networks. It also offers mobile money services under its Airtel Money brand to customers in all of the Company's 14 countries of operation in Africa, primarily in East Africa and Central and West Africa. The mobile voice business line comprises pre- and post-paid wireless voice services, international roaming and fixed-line telephone services. The mobile data business line comprises data communications services, including second generation (2G), 3G and, increasingly, 4G data services, and other value added services (VAS).

AMERICA MOVIL SAB DE CV

Bharti Airtel

KT Corp (ADR)

Liberty Global plc LiLAC

Megacable Hldgs SAB de CV Cert Part Ord Cons of 2 A

Megacable Holdings and its subsidiaries are engaged in the installation, operation, maintenance and exploitation of cabling network distribution, internet and telephone systems.

Telefonica Brasil S.A.

True Corp. Public Co. Ltd.

True Corporation Public Company Limited is a Thailand-based integrated communication solution provider. The Company and its subsidiaries categorize the business into three segments: online segment, which is the provision and installation of fixed line services including public telephones and related value-added services, data services, multimedia services, broadband services and Internet services; wireless segment, which is the provision of cellular telephone services, resale of 3G services using high-speed packet access (HSPA) technologies, network equipment rental, mobile services and sales of handsets and accessories, and pay television (Pay-TV) segment, which is the provision of pay television services both via cables and satellite platforms, rental and trading of related equipment and other related services to the pay television business, advertising sale and agency.

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Vodafone Group Plc

Vodafone Group provides mobile and fixed telecommunication services including: access charges, voice and video calls, messaging, interconnect fees, fixed and mobile broadband and related services such as providing televisual and music content, connection fees and equipment sales. Co. provides a range of consumer products and services including mobile, fixed voice, broadband and television, financial as well as other services to operators outside its footprint. Co. also provides a range of enterprise products and services including total communications such as mobile, fixed and a suite of converged communications services, internet of things, cloud and hosting and carrier services.

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Chris Hoare

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