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The parents of ISP Virgin Media<\/a> (Liberty Global) and mobile operator O2<\/a> (Telefonica) are reportedly considering a sale of their 50% stake in mast operator Cornerstone<\/a>, which is part of a network sharing agreement with Vodafone<\/a> (Vantage Towers). The extra funding would be used to help fuel their UK rollout of full fibre (FTTP<\/a>) broadband.<\/p>\n

In case anybody has forgotten, VMO2 currently has a couple of significant projects involving gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises<\/strong> (FTTP<\/a>) technology. The first – Project Mustang<\/strong> – is working to upgrade the 14.3 million UK premises covered by their old Hybrid Fibre Coax<\/strong> (HFC) infrastructure to the latest 10Gbps capable XGS-PON<\/strong> based full fibre platform by the end of 2028 (here<\/a> and here<\/a>) – at a cost of c.\u00a3100 per home<\/span>.<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> VMO2’s existing fixed line broadband network nearly covers 16 million premises, when you include their FTTP<\/a> estate alongside HFC.<\/div>\n

On top of that, VMO2 – supported by InfraVia Capital Partners – has also formed a new Joint Venture (here<\/a>) to build a wholesale focused FTTP broadband ISP network that will cover “up to<\/em>” 7 million additional UK homes. The goal of this is to “initially roll out fibre<\/em>” to 5 million homes not currently served by VMO2\u2019s network by 2026<\/strong>, with the “opportunity to expand<\/em>” to an additional c.2 million homes (originally targetted for the end of 2027).<\/p>\n

VMO2 has previously confirmed that it would cost \u00a34.5bn – supported by \u00a33.3bn of fully underwritten financing commitments and up to \u00a31.4bn in equity commitments – to reach the first 5 million homes under the aforementioned expansion. The \u00a33.3bn in that was said at the time to reflect “fully underwritten debt financing from a consortium of financing banks, including a \u00a33.1bn capex facility<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

Lest we forget that VMO2 also needs to spend big on its rollout of 5G<\/a> based mobile broadband technology. Back in 2021 the newly merged company pledge to “upgrade the UK<\/em>” through a \u00a310bn<\/strong> investment (capex) in both fibre and 5G<\/a> infrastructure over the next 5-years.<\/p>\n

The Mast Proposal<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

According to Bloomberg<\/a>, industry sources have claimed that Telefonica SA and Liberty Global Plc are putting the feelers out to gauge interest in their 50% holding in UK mast operator Cornerstone. The operator, which claims to manage an estate of 20,000 sites<\/strong> (e.g. UK mobile masts \/ towers and rooftop sites), is said to be valued at about \u00a310bn and such a sale would thus raise enough funding to fuel a big chunk of VMO2’s build plans.<\/p>\n

At present no decision has been made on whether or not to actually proceed with the sale, although if the process were to start then it would probably follow the completion of Telefonica’s triennial strategy review during early 2023.<\/p>\n

In recent years, it’s become increasingly common to see mobile operators selling off tower assets, often to help fund the rollout of 5G<\/a> mobile technology (not all mobile operators have the same converged interests in full fibre and 5G as VMO2). Deals like this usually enable the selling party to retain preferential access, so that their strategic interests aren’t totally compromised by the loss of full control over such important assets.<\/p>\n

Only a few months ago the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority<\/a> (CMA) approved Spanish mobile tower operator Cellnex’s acquisition of CK Hutchison’s (Three UK<\/a>) 6,000 assets, provided it sold at least 1,000 towers to ensure that it does not stifle competition. Last year also saw Vodafone<\/a> move to commercialise their existing UK mast and tower sites under Cornerstone (here<\/a>), which required agreement from O2<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Naturally, none of the parties concerned with today’s news have commented on it, as is fairly normal when concerning such speculation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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