MADRID, May 7 (Reuters) - Spain's Telefonica could
seek to make money from its stake in the CTIL masts company it
owns with Britain's Vodafone before or after closing a
deal to merge its British unit O2 with Liberty Global's Virgin
Media, its chief operating officer said on Thursday.
"Monetisation could take place once the (Liberty merger) has
finished or be approached in between signing and closing," COO
Angel Vila told analysts on a conference call.
"The asset is ready for such a possibility," Vila added.
(Reporting by Isla Binnie, editing by Andrei Khalip)