(Telecompaper) Spanish infrastructure operator Cellnex has agreed to acquire the European tower business of CK Hutchison, parent company of mobile operator 3 Group, for a total consideration of EUR 10 billion, confirming recent reports. The transaction is the largest in the history of Cellnex, boosting its towers footprint by around 40 percent beyond 100,000 sites and allowing it to enter new markets including Austria, Denmark and Sweden while consolidating its foothold in Italy, the UK and Ireland.