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Arqiva

Arqiva
Company typePrivate
IndustryTelecommunications
Founded2005
Headquarters,
England
ServicesTransmissions
Owner
Websitewww.arqiva.com

Arqiva (/ɑːrˈkvə/) is a British telecommunications company which provides infrastructure, broadcast transmission and smart meter facilities[1] in the United Kingdom. The company is headquartered at the former Independent Broadcasting Authority headquarters at Crawley Court in the village of Crawley, Hampshire, just outside Winchester. Its main customers are broadcasters and utility companies, and its main asset is a network of circa. 1,500 radio and television transmission sites.[2] It is owned by a consortium of investors led by Digital 9 Infrastructure and the Australian investment house Macquarie Bank.[3][4] Arqiva is a patron of the Radio Academy.[5]

Through its Now Digital subsidiary, it operates various local digital radio ensembles.[6]

  1. ^ "O2 and Arqiva win £2.1bn smart meter contracts". Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Arqiva at a glance - Connecting people and organisations". Arqiva. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Corporate Structure". Retrieved 23 April 2009.
  4. ^ "Our Shareholders". Arqiva. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Patrons". The Radio Academy. Archived from the original on 7 January 2010.
  6. ^ "NOW Digital Ltd - Who We Are". Archived from the original on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2012.