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Merger control
Case reference
Ccent/2022/21 - On Tower Portugal / Ativos NOS
Acquired
Assets NOS Comunicações, S.A.
Description
Set of assets currently held by NOS Technology corresponding to passive infrastructures for hosting mobile network equipment (macro-sites).
Acquiring
ON Tower Portugal, S.A.
Description
Subsidiary of CLNX PORTUGAL, S.A., a Portuguese subsidiary of the Cellnex Group, a European operator mainly engaged in the installation and management of passive infrastructures to support wireless telecommunications networks. Currently, in Portugal, Cellnex owns and operates, through OMTEL, ON Tower Portugal, InfraTower and Hivory Portugal, more than 5 thousand macro-sites.
Sector
  • Extractive and manufacturing Industries
  • Telecommunications & Media
Activity (NACE)
  • C3320 - Installation of industrial machinery and equipment
Applicable legislation
Art. 37(1)(a) (Law 19)
Notification thresholds
Market Share threshold
Type of merger
Horizontal
Cooperation with sector regulators
  • ANACOM - Portuguese Communications Authority
Status
Closed
Type of Investigation
Phase 1
AdC’s decision
Non-opposition
Case description

The notified concentration consists of the acquisition of sole control over NOS Assets (small collection of macro-sites) by ON Tower Portugal.  
Timeline
2022-06-28
The AdC issued a non-opposition decision to the merger 21/2022 - On Tower Portugal / Ativos NOS.
2022-06-01
On Tower Portugal notifies the acquisition of exclusive control over a set of NOS Assets.
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