May 8 (Reuters) - British telecoms infrastructure group Helios Towers HTWS.L reported on Thursday a higher than expected number of tenancies in the first three months of this year as more mobile operators rented more towers.
First-quarter tenancies - the number of tower spaces leased to telecoms customers - came in at 30,074, up 8.6% from an year ago.
Analysts expected 29,983 tenancies, according to consensus poll compiled by the company.
(Reporting by Gianluca Lo Nostro; Editing by Susan Fenton)
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