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EI Towers is a newly established company[1] to which Elettronica Industriale has contributed its Business Tower activity. The purpose of the company is to supply network infrastructure and electronic communication services to telecommunications operators in a range of areas, from television and radio broadcasting to mobile telephones. The services available are mainly space on transmission stations (local recovery equipment, towers, masts and pylons) and all complementary services such as ordinary and extraordinary installation, testing and maintenance of the equipment hosted.
On the strength of more than thirty years' experience of Elettronica Industriale in the sector and its role as an integrated full service provider for a major broadcasting group, the company is focused, also in its relationship with third parties, on providing turnkey network management, inclusive of supplementary services. Such services include the planning, design, realisation and management of network infrastructure for electronic communications, as well as technical and operational support to ensure the control, the technological evolution and development of headend platforms. The EI Towers offer also includes all the necessary activities for the design and realisation of the digital conversion of television broadcasting in line with the schedule drawn up by the Ministry for Economic Development (the switch off plan), which will be completed by the end of 2012.
EI Towers also provides contribution traffic management services using satellite network and optical fibre proprietary infrastructure. In fact, EI Towers has a 5000 km-long fibre optic backbone infrastructure that extends across the country which, thanks to multi-year contracts, gives it a satellite capacity based on a total of 10 transponders and two up link platforms. In this area, EI Towers' biggest client is RTI however, albeit on a smaller scale, the services are also offered to other communications operators.
With its 1700 stations and 13 operating bases, located in Italy's main regions, EI Towers boasts nationwide blanket coverage and guarantees the constant control of signal quality.
In addition to the Mediaset Group, the company's main client with more than 6000 plants hosted across Italy, EI Towers has stipulated multi-year contracts with television and telecoms operators for which it provides integrated services and hosting. Moreover, the company also hosts networks for public services, for both civil and security purposes (Italian Red Cross, Civil Protection Agency, Alpine Rescue, Carabinieri etc.).
The aim of EI Towers is to expand its portfolio of services and consolidate its position as a tower operator at the national level.
[1]The company was founded in May 2011.
On 30 June 2011 the parent company Elettronica Industriale S.p.A. contributed to EI Towers the business activity relating to Business Towers.
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