A portfolio of flexible, impactful assets
From the ground-based and rooftop towers that facilitate powerful 4G and 5G rollout, to the small cells that boost coverage and capacity in busy areas, our infrastructure has the reach and stability to meet your most demanding and ambitious network requirements.
Macro sites
We deliver critical wireless connectivity through our network of ground-based tower (GBT) sites and rooftop tower (RTT) sites.
Our macro sites extend your coverage, offer flexible capacity and enable fast deployment. We offer two routes to improved macro coverage: colocation and ‘built-to-suit’.
We also offer a number of additional services, from site operation and maintenance, to Fibre-to-the-Site (FTTS), to energy services and power supply management.
Colocation
Rent the space you need, on the infrastructure you need, with the equipment and connectivity you need.
Built-to-suit
Extend your network with end-to-end asset creation, tailored to your exact requirements.
Secondary services
Connect your network or business to our world-class energy services and fibre optic backhaul.
DAS and Small Cell solutions
Meet urban data demand with a suite of network-boosting assets that are discrete, powerful and able to meet specific indoor or outdoor requirements.
Each can be tailored to suit a number of indoor and outdoor environments that you might typically want to reach.
While the setup and components may vary depending on your goals and where you need to deploy them, every solution ensures lightning-fast, low-latency connectivity to our macro layer, wherever and whenever it is needed.
Indoor solutions
From shopping centres to stadiums, office buildings to bank branches
Outdoor solutions
From congested city streets to complex transport networks
Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS)
Our DAS solutions are comprised of small networks of antennas, strategically deployed throughout a building.
They work in tandem with our powerful network of macro sites to overcome the key challenges that operators, building owners and local authorities typically face when trying to extend their network:
- They bring consistent coverage to underground locations such as subway stations and tunnels.
- They increase capacity in crowded buildings such as airports and sports stadiums.
These systems are best suited to the needs of the busiest and biggest indoor environments - whether you’re a network operator wanting to ensure your customers can stay connected as they move through a busy international airport, or the owner of a sports stadium that hosts tens of thousands of fans at a time.
Passive DAS is a more cost-effective solution than an active system for many indoor spaces – they’re best suited to environments such as supermarkets and cinemas. These are places that don’t typically experience extreme spikes in voice and data usage but still require consistent coverage and capacity.
Hybrid DAS utilise both radio transmission and either Ethernet or fibre to carry the signal from the signal source. These can be adapted to overcome varied connectivity challenges and criteria within the same building. For example, where particularly busy areas require the added strength of active components.
Small cells
Small cells may be discrete in size but the boost they can bring to your coverage and capacity is anything but. They provide flexible, effective solutions and are a growing presence in urban centres with high data usage demands.
Small cells are less design-intensive than DAS, have lower upfront costs and can be deployed much faster. They’re typically better suited to solving coverage and capacity issues in smaller buildings or via street level installations.
They’re small
While most are the size of a pizza box, individual small cells can be even smaller. This makes them an attractive choice for deployment in areas where limited space or visual impact are key considerations.
Their distribution range can vary
Some small cells offer a concentrated boost of just a dozen or so metres, while some can cover a few hundred metres. This means they can be placed relatively close to one another.
They require individual backhaul and power
Small cell backhaul can be carried out using either Ethernet or optical fibre connection. As active elements, they also require power.
For banks, pharmacies and other small indoor environments where larger DAS and small cell solutions are not required, scaled-back solutions that use repeaters in place of base stations or nodes can be deployed to expand and improve connectivity.
Better connectivity
can be delivered through expertly tailored and efficient repeater-based indoor systems, which brings with it…
Better business
in the form of the expanded services on offer, that are data-driven, easy-to-optimise and provide…
Better experiences
for those who are looking for faster, more personalised and more rewarding outcomes.
As Europe transitions to the digital, 5G-enabled economies of tomorrow, the Internet of Things and wearable technologies are becoming increasingly commonplace. Our repeater-based indoor solutions help ensure the benefits can be felt on a local, everyday level.
Working in the same way as their indoor counterparts, outdoor small cells are often deployed either on monopoles or existing street level installations, such as lampposts.
Our in-house forecasting and implementation services help to ensure seamless small cell success, by proactively identifying where and how best to deploy them.
Without small cell deployment
With small cell deployment
Our DAS/small cell solutions are crucial to delivering the comprehensive 5G rollout that a truly digital Europe will require – in the complex, urban environments where its often needed the most.