The General Court of the European Union has ruled against Spain and telco Cellnex, upholding an EU decision that requires both the national government and regional authorities to recover €260 million in public funds granted to TV operators for rolling out DTT in remote areas. According to the Commission, the subsidies handed out between 2005 […]
Cellnex Telecom has completed the sale of its Austrian business operations, first announced in August. A consortium comprising Vauban Infrastructure Partners, through Vauban’s Funds, EDF Invest, the investment arm in non-listed assets of EDF Group and MEAG, the asset manager of Munich Re and ERGO, have closed the deal whereby the consortium has acquired 100 […]
Cellnex, the Spanish domestic broadcasting agency, is taking regulatory body CNMC to Spain’s Constitutional Court to content a €13.7 million fine for abuse of its dominant position. The company has already unsuccessfully appealed against the sanction before several courts. In December 2023, the Supreme Court rejected the last appeal that the company filed. The legal […]
Cellnex UK, Vodafone and Virgin Media O2 have reached a new long-term agreement for Cellnex UK to provide the two Mobile Network Operators with tower infrastructure and associated services. This new agreement strengthens and grows the existing relationship. Cellnex UK CEO, Gianluca Landonlina, commented “This agreement exemplifies the strength of Cellnex’s partnerships with its customers. […]
Mangomolo, a full-service OTT video platform provider, has announced a significant expansion of its team in response to increased demand for its services across key markets around the world. The company has bolstered its workforce by 13 per cent, strategically adding developers and dedicated customer support executives to its ranks. As the demand for OTT […]
The Spanish Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by infrastructure provider Cellnex and ruled that the company will have to pay a €13.7 million fine imposed by the regulator CNMC for abuse of a dominant position in the DTT market. The ruling brings the matter to an end after a decade in the courts since […]
Stonepeak, an investment firm specialising in infrastructure and real assets, and Cellnex Telecom, a european operator of wireless telecommunications infrastructure, have reached an agreement for Stonepeak to acquire a 49 per cent interest in Cellnex Sweden and Cellnex Denmark (Cellnex Nordics) for € 730 million. Cellnex will continue to manage the day-to-day business of Cellnex […]
Spanish telco provider, Cellnex Telecom, will have to pay a €13.7 million fine imposed by regulator CNMC for the abuse of its dominant position in the distribution of DTT signals. The Spanish court Audiencia Nacional has ratified the sanction after Cellnex’s appeal before the Supreme Court that obliged a recalculation of the fine amount. A […]
Video software provider Synamedia has announced that Cellnex group, the telecommunications and broadcasting infrastructure operator, will be deploying Synamedia virtual Digital Content Manager (vDCM) to support the Spanish public broadcaster RTVE. Cellnex said it chose Synamedia because of vDCM’s ability to future-proof RTVE’s infrastructure. For the first time, Cellnex will move to a software-only environment […]
US wireless communications infrastructure provider American Tower (ATC) is reported to be considering growing its presence in Europe, with Spanish business daily Okdiario suggesting that company is considering a takeover bid for Spanish broadcast and telecoms infrastructure provider Cellnex Telecom, in partnership with venture capital fund Brookfield. ATC acquired the tower division of Telefónica’s Telxius […]