National Grid Wireless

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National Grid Wireless (formerly Crown Castle UK) is a company which provides telecommunications infrastructure and broadcast transmission facilities in the UK. Its main customers are broadcasters and mobile phone network operators, and its main asset is a network of over 1,000 radio masts and towers.

Contents 1 History 2 Notable National Grid Wireless transmitting stations 3 See also 4 External link 5 References

[edit] History

Crown Castle UK was formed from the domestic transmitter network of the BBC, which was privatised in 1997.

It was a subsidiary of Crown Castle, but since 31 August 2004 it has been owned by National Grid plc. On 11 October 2005 the company was renamed National Grid Wireless. It is planned to be sold and separated from its parent company National Grid, for between £1.3bn and £1.7bn. Private equity firms have shown interest.

[edit] Notable National Grid Wireless transmitting stations

Alexandra Palace Blaenplwyf Bressay Brookmans Park Burghead Crystal Palace Divis Droitwich Haverfordwest Holme Moss

Kirk o'Shotts Llanddona Meldrum Mendip Moorside Edge North Hessary Tor Oxford Peterborough Pontop Pike Redruth

Rosemarkie Rowridge Sandale Sutton Coldfield Tacolneston Tapton Hill/Sheffield (Crosspool) Waltham Wenvoe Westerglen Wrotham

[edit] See also

• Arqiva (National Grid Wireless' main competitor, formerly known as NTL Broadcast)
• Freeview
• VT Communications (Formerly Merlin Communications, formed from privatisation of BBC World Service transmitter sites.)

[edit] External link

• National Grid Wireless
  • UK site
  • USA site

[edit] References

• Pawley, Edward (1972). BBC Engineering 1922-1972. London, BBC. ISBN 0-563-12127-0
• Shacklady, Norman and Ellen, Martin (2003). On Air: A History of BBC Transmission. Wavechange Books. ISBN 0-9544077-1-7 (paperback) ISBN 0-9544077-0-9 (hardback).