Telecommunications

American Appraisal has helped its telecommunications industry clients face competitive, regulatory and technological challenges and opportunities for decades.

Who We Serve
American Appraisal serves clients in a broad array of industry segments including: 

• Narrow and broadband service providers for business and residential services
• Traditional wired, wireless, cable and satellite network operators
• Fibre optic, copper and coaxial cable, and connectivity product manufacturers
• Equipment manufacturers
• Network and data centre operators
• Outsourced telecom services

What We Do

We deliver our telecommunications expertise through professionals who specialise in various types of service, including:

• Deal sourcing
• Due diligence
• Decision support and business modelling
• Transfer pricing and tax restructuring advice
• Financing and debt advisory
• Real estate advisory, including property tax valuations and negotiations
• Fair value accounting for business combinations under FASB ASC 805 and IFRS 3
• Asset componentization for IAS 16 compliance
• Impairment testing under ASC 350 and 360 and IAS 36
• Fair market value opinions for regulatory and tax compliance
• Asset-based financing
• Dispute resolution
• Fairness and solvency opinions
• Cost segregation studies
• Insurance placement and risk management
• Fixed asset inventory and reconciliation

We deliver our telecommunications valuation expertise through professionals who specialise in various types of tangible and intangible assets such as:

Recent Experience
American Appraisal’s recent telecommunications valuation and consulting experience includes:

• Valuation of a shareholding in mobile tower operator owned by a UK hedge fund
• Valuation of a UK telecoms business prior to a transaction
• Quarterly valuations of a wireless network operator for financial reporting purposes
• Consulting services to a large North American telecommunications company during its adoption and transition to IFRS

Why American Appraisal?
American Appraisal has provided valuation and consulting services to telecommunications companies involved in some of the industry’s largest transactions. Our telecommunications consultants have the extensive industry experience and regulatory knowledge required for independent, objective valuation and consulting services.