o2 & Voda in Deal to share Arqiva Towers

[Anonymous]

http://www.lse.co.uk/AllNews.asp?code=ebaekmv4&headline=PRESS_Vodafone_And_O2_Strike_SiteSharing_Dea...

O2 and Vodafone have signed a deal that will see the operators share Arqiva's 16000+ masts for the next 10 years.

This is planned to rapidly speed up both networks 4g roll out!

[aldaweb]

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@Anonymous wrote:
Does anyone know who is using the masts at the moment?

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Some will be for TV and also tetra traffic for the emergency services/

[Anonymous]

Thanks @aldaweb

[Anonymous]

Press reports are indicating that the signing of the 10 year extension with Arqiva was delaying the O2 and Vodafone 4g rollout and that now this has been resolved they will crack on. Makes sense

[Anonymous]

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Vodafone Group and O2 are set to accelerate the rollout of superfast 4G networks in the UK after striking a deal with Arqiva, the Financial Times reported. The telecommunications infrastructure firm has signed a ten-year site-share deal with Vodafone and Telefonica UK, the operator of the O2 brand, under which the operators will get access to Arqiva's 16,700 sites across the country, the newspaper said.

Reported at www.lse.com