Cellnex’s Oscar Pallarols, Director of Innovation and Product Strategy, predicts that increases in both connectivity and mobility will create a huge opportunity for the right players to offer infrastructure services well beyond simple ‘grass and steel’ models. We discussed Cellnex’s plans for capturing this market, timescales for realistic rollout and the factors which will see macro infrastructure remain relevant for years to come, albeit with new models for sharing and ownership.
TowerXchange: Let’s start with the current situation - what are the main drivers which have got European infrastructure to where it is today?
Oscar Pallarols, Innovation and Product Strategy Director, Cellnex:
MNOs trying to spin off their tower assets as they look for growth and to free up cash flows is not something new, it’s been happening for some time, but it’s an important part of the tower industry today.