Barcelona-headquartered towerco Cellnex has announced the completion of a project aimed at enhancing connectivity across the city’s beaches through the installation of distributed antenna system (DAS) units.
The towerco says the project covers 3.5km of coastline and was aimed at meeting rising capacity demand during the international sailing competition America’s Cup whose 37th edition takes place there this year.
Barcelona’s favourable climate for sailing from August to October will attract tens of thousands of people for the competition, but the infrastructure has been deployed to remain in use after the sporting event is over.
“DAS systems serve to reinforce the connectivity of any mobile operator in areas with a high influx and concentration of people, such as the Barcelona coastline. We are also deploying such solutions in urban centres, stadiums, shopping centres, large buildings, networks and metro stations, among other locations, which allow us to expand and densify the capacity of the network to provide the public with good connectivity at all times”, said Marta Rubí, Commercial Director Public Administration at Cellnex Spain.
In addition to Cellnex, towercos TOTEM and Vantage Towers have also deployed DAS and small cell solutions in Barcelona and across Spain working with local councils. Smaller players in the market like Axion and Wireless Infrastructure Group have formed joint ventures aimed at providing neutral host services to venues and municipalities.
