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Cellnex ‘not exposed’ to looming telco M&A in France, says CEO

2025-08-05T15:57:00

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Source: Unsplash / Hugo Douchet

Marco Patuano underlines towerco’s strong market position in France, and said it would be a critical partner in any MNO consolidation moves.

This article includes:

  • Organisations: Altice; American Tower; Altice; Blackstone; Bouygues Telecom; Cellnex; Free; Hivory; Iliad; Infracos; KKR; Orange; Phoenix Tower International (PTI); SFR; Starlight Holdco; TDF; Towercast.
  • Geographies: Europe; France; Italy; Luxembourg; Netherlands; Poland; Portugal; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; United Kingdom (UK).
  • People: Patrick Drahi; Marco Patuano.
  • Themes: 2G; 3G; 4G; 5G; Colocation; Consolidation; Debt negotiations; Fibre (FTTP); Fixed broadband; Hosting agreement; Infrastructure; Mobile towers; Operational activities; Radio access networks (RAN); RAN sharing; Regulation; Safeguarding plans; Spectrum; Towers; TowerCos; Wireless infra.

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