Cellnex, Vodafone and O2 expand infrastructure sharing

01 August 2024

Cellnex has extended its existing partnership with Vodafone and O2 (Virgin Media), which will ensure that both operators continue to have access to share Cellnex’s national tower infrastructure to help deploy 5G and future services.

The expected move follows shortly after VMO2 and Vodafone reached a new 10-year network sharing agreement, which was necessary in order for Vodafone to satisfy several network and competition concerns related to their separately proposed plan to merge with Three UK.

“This partnership helps us both expand and maintain our reliable network in all corners of the UK, not only now, but also in the future. We look forward to continuing to work with the team at Cellnex,” said Andrea Dona, chief network officer of Vodafone.

“This partnership will help us maintain and upgrade our existing sites across the country and ensure we continue to provide our customers with the fast and reliable mobile connectivity they increasingly rely on as we invest billions of pounds each year in our networks and services,” said Jeanie York, CTO of Virgin Media O2.