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Althio

Logo: althio.nl3

Althio B.V., formerly Nederlandse Opstelpunten voor Ethercommunicatie (NOVEC), is the largest operator of antenna towers for radio-communication in the Netherlands.2 It was founded in 2025.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Althio B.V., formerly Nederlandse Opstelpunten voor Ethercommunicatie (NOVEC), is the largest operator of antenna towers for radio-communication in the Netherlands.2

Products and brands

Apart from offering locations for radio/TV transmission antenna's and locations for GSM networks the company also offers other services. They provide advisory and training services on the subject of Electromagnetic compatibility and they also offer EMC measurements. They also offer a video-trolley to check Guy-wires of high masts: they use this trolley to check these guy-wires of their own masts, but also rent out the equipment to other mast-owners

But their main activity is the management and offering of locations for antenna's. This is split into 'high' locations for (digital or analog) radio and TV broadcasting and 'low' locations for mobile communications. They also have some locations for AM broadcasting.

Fixed prices for broadcasting facilities

For their public role of offering locations for broadcasting they have fixed prices that are the same for every operator. Mast/location rental for mobile networks are not fixed.

For space in masts they have two different prices (per 2012): space on an AM antenna and 'other' broadcasting masts. The price for AM antenna's is € 204,77 per meter mast - but you have to rent the whole antenna - not available for shared use. And the price for 'other' antenna's is € 3.095,88 per meter (but there you only pay for the actual used/hired meters).

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For additional equipment (like the transmitters itself) you can hire space inside the buildings or masts or you can rent space on the grounds around the mast. These prices are based on the actual costs (including all overhead): it is not the intention to make a profit on these services as they are seen as 'essential services'

Other services

Mast locations for non-broadcasting facilities are a commercial part of the company. Beside space in the broadcasting masts (on lower heights) they also offer space in the pylons of mother-company TenneT for the antenna's for mobile telephony and supporting infrastructure such as point-to-point transceivers.

They offer 'empty' mast-space on any of their masts or TenneT pylons and they also manage over 500 installations that were used by the operators Telfort and Orange.

From Wikipedia’s article on Althio, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. 2025Founded Founded1

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