Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited and Indus Towers, the world’s largest and India’s leading provider of telecom tower infrastructure, today announced the signing of a Master Services Agreement (MSA) for tower infrastructure sharing. Under the agreement, Reliance Jio would utilize the telecom tower infrastructure services being provided by Indus Towers to launch its services across the country. As per the agreement, the pricing would be based on prevailing market rates.
The agreement will help in avoiding duplication of infrastructure and preserving the environment. It will also ensure seamless services to Reliance Jio customers through Indus’ world class tower infrastructure.
Indus Towers has a well-defined infrastructure sharing strategy to support and to enhance infrastructure sharing in India, thereby allowing for expansion of wireless networks into rural areas and promoting better environmental utilization of resources in metro areas. Currently Indus Towers services 11 operators namely Airtel, Vodafone, Idea, Aircel, Tata Teleservices, Uninor, Reliance Communications, Videocon, MTNL, BSNL & MTS.