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Antony Tomlinson, Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Founder, Ontix
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Antony Tomlinson

Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Founder

As Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Founder, he helps shape the long-term direction of Ontix and the commercial frameworks that support neutral host and small-cell deployment.

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Role
Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Founder
Co-founded Ontix
2017
Experience
More than 30 years in mobile networks and digital infrastructure

About Antony

Antony is a telecommunications strategy and commercial leader with more than 30 years’ experience in mobile networks and digital infrastructure. His career combines legal, technology and commercial expertise across the partnerships, investment structures and delivery models behind shared connectivity infrastructure.

Role at Ontix

Antony brings the perspective of a co-founder and former Chief Executive to Ontix’s strategic development. He assesses market opportunities, shapes partnership structures and supports decisions on investment, access and delivery.

His focus includes neutral host infrastructure, small cells, network sharing and the use of public assets to improve mobile coverage and capacity.

Areas of expertise

01

Telecommunications strategy and commercial development

02

Mobile network sharing and infrastructure partnerships

03

Small cells and neutral host deployment models

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Public-sector concessions and street-asset access

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Spectrum, transmission and wholesale connectivity

Career experience

Before co-founding Ontix in 2017, Antony was Head of Commercial Strategy at CTIL, now Cornerstone, the network infrastructure joint venture established by Vodafone and Telefónica O2. He negotiated and managed agreements with major landlords and led CTIL’s successful bid for the City of London street-furniture concession.

Earlier, he spent more than ten years at Vodafone UK in senior technology and legal roles, including the Cornerstone network-sharing agreement and the UK 4G spectrum auction. Antony began his career in private legal practice with Freshfields, Olswang and Richards Butler.

Professional qualifications and associations

  • Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales
  • Graduate Diploma in Law, The College of Law
  • Postgraduate Diploma Telecoms Law and Regulation, Queen Mary University of London
  • MA (Hons) in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, University of Oxford

In Antony’s words

Shared infrastructure only works when the commercial model aligns for every party involved. My focus is shaping the partnerships and agreements that give operators and asset owners a clear reason to commit.

Antony Tomlinson
Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Founder, Ontix
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