All Cellnex articles
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M&ACellnex wants in on MásOrange integration, Spanish tower consolidation
Chief Executive Marco Patuano considers American Tower and Cellnex as likely consolidators in fragmented Spanish tower infrastructure market, as number of MNO customers shrinks. Read more…
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M&ACellnex seeks co-investor to support Polish NetCo strategy
European tower group ‘actively working’ on plan for part-sale of Cellnex Poland, generating funds to fuel transformation of the business into a more fully-fledged NetCo, with both RAN assets and passive infra.
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Network & InfrastructureJob done on Scottish rural 4G initiative
Scottish 4G Infill programme wraps up after seven years.
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Venturing & InvestmentsDTCP closes second Infra fund, hints at a third
Report suggests that DIV II fund fell €40m short of its €1.6bn target.
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Weekly BriefingsInfrawatch Weekly: CTOs to the fore as industry reshuffles, DT disses 1&1, BDUK springs forward
Latest from the digital infra scene in the UK and beyond, including big Project Gigabit wins for Quickline, Wessex Internet, and Wildanet; a first appearance in the wild of a DSIT-funded 4G mast; DT taking a swipe at its newest mobile rival; people moves, and plenty more…
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Weekly BriefingsInfrawatch Weekly: sharpened focus for emerging TowerCos, bumps on path to UK fibre consolidation, 6G in space
Latest from the digital infra scene in the UK and beyond, including TowerCos IHS and Helios embracing core-strengthening exercises; Netomnia’s predictions for a likely ceiling on market penetration for altnets; and the beginning of the next rules update for the UK’s fibre landscape. Plenty more…
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Weekly BriefingsTelefónicawatch Weekly: Group gets its infra in order post-MWC, FY23 results
Group exploring wholesale network access and infrastructure-sharing deals in Spain and the UK, while testing new mobile infra in the latter to drive efficiencies. Operator seeks to take O2 Germany private, while talks over fresh IT supplier deal and M&A reportedly roll on in its home market…
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Weekly BriefingsInfrawatch Weekly: fibre switching ‘hijacked’, Cellnex asset squeeze, CityFibre gets acquisitive
Latest from the digital infra scene in the UK and beyond, including Netomnia’s takedown of Openreach and VM O2 on fibre switching delays; Cellnex plans for a future focused on delivering returns; fibre rollout progress in Europe and Latin America; and a potential spark for accelerated altnet consolidation in the UK.
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M&ACellnex chases VM O2-Vodafone UK infra-sharing renewal to reassure investors
Virgin Media O2 and Vodafone in ‘advanced’ talks with Cellnex, amidst consolidation uncertainty. Cellnex sees ‘positives’ and ‘some challenges’ in European M&A spectre. Learn more from the InfraCo major’s latest Capital Markets Day…
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Strategy & ChangeCellnex to carve out (and possibly monetise) land assets
Spanish group outlines plan to create the “biggest LandCo in Europe” as part of cash flow-focused strategy update.
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Weekly BriefingsInfrawatch Weekly: net-sharing, consolidation and deal-making in UK and Europe
Latest from the UK and Europe’s digital infra scene, including interviews and OpEds from Fibrus and nexfibre; big talk from Liberty’s CEO; and DigitalBridge’s Marc Ganzi teasing M&A to come. Plus much more from altnets, European infra players, and investors…
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M&AAustria’s EuroTeleSites ‘not interested’ in a tower merger with Cellnex
Management of tower offshoot from Austrian incumbent A1 is not looking to absorb Cellnex’s local business, despite ongoing indications it is in play.
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Weekly BriefingsInfrawatch Weekly: end of the road for Digital 9, OneWeb’s space odyssey troubles continue
Digital 9 decides to wind down; OneWeb misses ‘global’ coverage targets; CityFibre aiming to get more active on M&A; more…
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Weekly BriefingsInfrawatch Weekly: NetCo-ServCo splits, fresh SatCo investment, tower M&A among hot topics
Liberty Global mulls over European NetCo-ServCo split; AST SpaceMobile secures big MNO/Google investment; Actis expands tower portfolio; CityFibre could now be preeminent UK fibre challenger in possible tipping point for fibre NetCo/wholesale business models. 20+ stories condensed in one weekly update…
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PeopleWireless Infrastructure Group hires new CEO for Towers unit
Richard Sinclair MBE, formerly of Ofcom, Virgin Media, and Zzoomm, to lead Wireless Infrastructure Group’s wireless connectivity offering for UK MNOs.
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Venturing & InvestmentsNew IoT satco Sateliot bags fresh funding, on track for 2024 launch
Banco Santander invests in ambitious satellite 5G NB-IoT startup, accelerating move towards further nanosatellite deployments and 2024 commercialisation. Series-B round already planned to fuel “next phase” of construction…
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Network & InfrastructureUK MNOs reach Elizabeth Line, but full London Underground coverage years away
UK MNOs take 4G to four Elizabeth Line stations, transported by neutral host Boldyn, but uninterrupted below-ground coverage may now be slipping into 2026. Find out more…
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M&ACellnex seals the deal on Nordics stake sale
TowerCo offloads 49% share in its Danish and Swedish units to Stonepeak, which operate around 4,600 towers. Proceeds to serve as fuel for its debt reduction drive.
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M&AAustria and Ireland ‘up next’ on Cellnex’s sale agenda
Tower group said to be weighing up options at another two subsidiaries, including part or full sales, following various transactions in last year. The report comes shortly after CEO Marco Patuano expressed his appetite for more outgoing M&A deals, to support leverage reduction.
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M&A‘Pragmatic’ Cellnex open to full exits to boost debt repayment drive
Spanish group’s exit from private networks business could be followed up by more deals, to boost programme of financial strengthening.