TowerXchange wanted to deepen our understanding of the independent developers who own, or owned, around 1,000 towers in Italy. As previously noted in this Journal, Europe has relatively few ‘middle market towercos’, yet several independent developers have built and sold towers in Italy. To understand the drivers, we spoke to Tecnorad Italia, a turnkey service provider who recently sold a 134 tower portfolio to EI Towers for €17mn.
TowerXchange: Please introduce Tecnorad Italia - where do you fit in the telecoms infrastructure ecosystem? What services do you provide?
Mauro Cerboni, CTO, Tecnorad Italia:
Tecnorad Italia has operated since the ‘80s in the radio telecommunication industry in Italy.