Two of the busiest roundtables at the inaugural TowerXchange Meetup Europe focussed on small cells and DAS, reflective of the tower industry’s growing appetite to diversify their business models beyond macro structures. Rounding up the second day of the Meetup, Rethink Technology Research’s Caroline Gabriel represented the Small Cell Forum and moderated a discussion between towercos Cellnex, INWIT, Arqiva and WIG, plus vendors ip.access, in an open panel discussion examining the challenges and opportunities presented by small cells, DAS and heterogeneous networks.
What opportunities do towercos see for themselves in small cells and DAS?
INWIT, formed following a carve out from Telecom Italia and subsequent IPO, has a network of 11,500 towers.
