Vantage Towers, a leading tower company in Europe, is building North Rhine-Westphalia’s first sustainable wooden-structured telecommunication mast in the town of Neunkirchen (Siegerland).
The 40-metre-high Ecopol tower is expected to be erected in early 2025 in the Neunkirchen district of Wiederstein, next to the NeunkirchenBurbach railway line, enabling broadband mobile communications in the region for the first time. The wooden-structured mast is designed in a way that multiple mobile network operators can install their equipment. The Ecopol tower is manufactured by the Finnish company, Ecotelligent.
Together with the municipality of Neunkirchen, Vantage Towers evaluated various alternative locations in terms of the necessary network planning and technical requirements. As a result, a site owned by the municipality met all the relevant criteria for providing optimum mobile communications coverage for the Wiederstein district and the adjacent railway line.
With the construction of wooden structured telecommunication infrastructure, Vantage Towers, together with Ecotelligent, is marking the beginning of a more sustainable mobile communications industry and digitalisation. According to the manufacturer, the Ecopol towers – which are built from recyclable wood – have a significantly lower carbon footprint than comparable masts made of steel or concrete. In addition, they have an attractive, modern design and blend in better with their surroundings which increases the acceptance of telecommunication infrastructure among the population.
