Company
EI Towers, the independent leader in Italy in the operation of infrastructures used in radio and television broadcasting and in delivering telecommunications services
Overview
EI Towers, with a portfolio of 2,400 broadcasting sites, stands as Italy’s leading independent tower company, highlighting its expertise in TV, radio, telecommunications, and Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure management.
EI Towers’ activity consists of managing a portfolio of approximately 2,400 infrastructures, which are mostly technological facilities, poles or masts, distributed across Italy and dedicated to hosting transmission equipment and broadcasting antennas through which the Company hosts and manages more than 10,000 of its customers systems. In addition, the Company provides a more technological and comprehensive service to certain customers through the planning, design, construction and full-service operation of television broadcasting network infrastructures, including headend platforms. Within this framework, EI Towers also offers the service of managing contribution traffic, making use of its satellite and fibre optic network infrastructures; the Company also has a fibre optic backbone which has been developed over a route spanning more than 6,000 kilometers and a satellite infrastructure based on two up-link platforms and the availability guaranteed by long-life contracts for transponders.
EI Towers develops and operates its activity with its own personnel, as well as through a nationwide network of companies and professionals. EI Towers has thus combined the proven experience and know-how of Elettronica Industriale, a company with technological excellence and the operational arm of the Mediaset Group’s network management, with the dynamism and focus of the DMT Group, whose extensive customer portfolio has been maintained.
EI Towers’ objectives are thus follows: (i) the consolidation and expansion of the role as a leading independent tower operator, continuing to serve as a hub for aggregation with a totally industrial approach, due to its years of experience in acquiring and managing assets of entities operating in the same business; and (ii) the enhancement of services provided to its customers, with the offer of a wide range of integrated services.
EI Towers has been at the forefront of the industry, participating in international initiatives regarding service standards and regulations, and it has played a key role in the conversion of television networks from analog to digital technology, working with its partners and customers in order to encourage the respect of the timetables planned and to minimize inconveniences in the reconfiguration of television coverage.
Mission
EI Towers aims to consolidate its role as an independent and leading tower operator in Italy, in managing infrastructures used in radio and television broadcasting and in delivering telecommunications services, and to develop a comprehensive range of services dedicated to television networks.In working toward this objective, EI Towers, one of the major company of its kind in Europe, is planning to continue to remain a hub of activity, bringing the efficiency and effectiveness of management that originate from a totally industrial approach, combined with years of experience in the field.
Group Structure
Group Structure
Key Facts
Management
Marco Mangiagalli
Chairman
Guido Barbieri
CEO
Fabio Caccia
Chief Financial Officer
Riccardo Cecchi
Head of Legal Affairs
Rossella Agostoni
Head of Human Resources, Organization and Services
Alessandro Serio
Head of Corporate Affairs
Board of Directors Secretary
Guido Cervai
Head of Procurement and Small M&A
Antonio Preti
Chief Commercial Officer and Head of Broadcast Services Division
Piercarlo Invernizzi
Chief Technical Officer
Lazzaro Lampugnani Nigri
Real Estate Director
History
DMT
DMT was set up in January 2000, when several of the company’s managers acquired the Elettronica Industriale S.p.A. (Mediaset Group) business unit dedicated to the planning, production, marketing and sale of systems for television broadcasting. The transaction entailed the acquisition of know-how and personnel (but no towers).
Elettronica Industriale
Elettronica Industriale was set up in 1973 as a company active in the planning and construction of electronic devices and in the design, construction and operation of television systems. The first activities carried out by Elettronica Industriale regarded the design and building of systems for the broadcast and repetition of television signals of foreign broadcasters airing programs in the Italian language, including Televisione Svizzera, Tele Montecarlo and Tele Capodistria.
