Reliance Jio Infocomm, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has entered into a pan-India tower infrastructure sharing agreement ATC India, an independent tower company, to use the latter’s telecom infrastructure with a footprint of over 11,000 telecom towers for their 4G roll out.
It tied-up with Viom Networks recently to share 42,000 telecom towers and already tied up with RCOM and Bharti Infratel. Reliance Jio received unified License for all its 22 service areas across India recently. It plans to roll out 4G broadband and voice services later this year.
Sanjay Mashruwala, Managing Director, Reliance Jio, said,
We, at Reliance Jio, want to provide innovative and empowering products, services and content to every Indian. To this end, we are committed to creating a cutting-edge network for high speed 4G. Our relationship with ATC will accelerate the rollout of these services across India.
ATC Chief Operating Officer, B Ramanand, said
There is considerable pent up demand for data and 4G has tremendous growth potential. We, at ATC India, are delighted to offer our countrywide network infrastructure to help Reliance Jio in its aggressive nationwide rollout. This master contract recognises ATC’s high level of customer service and operational efficiency. We believe this will strengthen our foothold as the leading independent tower company in India.