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	'''National Grid Wireless''' (formerly Crown Castle UK) is a company which provides ]s ] and ] ] facilities in the ]. Its main customers are broadcasters and mobile phone network operators, and its main asset is a network of over 1,000 ]. It is owned by the Australian bank ]. <ref>{{cite web\|url=http://media.guardian.co.uk/city/story/0,,2049277,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=4\|title=Macquarie buys digital bidder\|accessdate=2007-04-04}}</ref>

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

	It was a subsidiary of ], but since ] 2004 it was owned by ]. On ] 2005 the company was renamed National Grid Wireless.

	On ] National Grid Wireless was acquired by Arqiva for £2.5 billion <ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www2.arqiva.com/press-office/press-releases/press-releases-2007/arqiva-and-national-grid-wireless-combine-to-create-unified-uk-\|title=http://www2.arqiva.com/press-office/press-releases/press-releases-2007/arqiva-and-national-grid-wireless-combine-to-create-unified-uk-\|accessdate=2007-04-04}}</ref>, and was sold to ] on ] ].

	==Notable National Grid Wireless transmitting stations==
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	==See also==
	* ] (National Grid Wireless' former competitor, formerly known as NTL Broadcast)
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	* ] (Formerly Merlin Communications, formed from privatisation of ] transmitter sites.)

	==External link==
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	==References==
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	* 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).
	* {{cite web\|url=http://www2.arqiva.com/press-office/press-releases/press-releases-2007/arqiva-and-national-grid-wireless-combine-to-create-unified-uk-c\|title=Arqiva and National Grid Wireless combine to create unified UK communications infrastructure provider\|accessdate=2007-04-04}}




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