Airtel sells 3,500 African towers to US giant Eaton
9 Sep 2014 10:45 PM GMT
Bharti Airtel on Monday said it has sold over 3,500 telecom towers in Africa to Eaton Towers.
As part of the deal, Airtel will sell and lease back over 3,500 towers to Eaton in 6 countries across its African operations under a 10-year contract. The company said this agreement will allow Airtel to focus on its core business and customers, enable it to deleverage through debt reduction, and will significantly reduce its on-going capital expenditure on passive infrastructure.
The financial details of the deal, however, were not disclosed. ‘The agreement with Eaton Towers is an extension of this philosophy and will lead to far superior utilisation of passive infrastructure and help drive the proliferation of affordable mobile services across Africa,’ Bharti Airtel International Netherlands BV Chairman Manoj Kohli said in a statement.
The deal follows Airtel's and Eaton Towers' strategies to drive cost efficiencies via the use of shared passive infrastructure. For Eaton Towers, the acquisition is a step towards the scale needed to provide shared telecom infrastructure solutions, with its customers benefiting from lower
operating costs, expanded network coverage and improved quality of service.
As part of the deal, Airtel will sell and lease back over 3,500 towers to Eaton in 6 countries across its African operations under a 10-year contract. The company said this agreement will allow Airtel to focus on its core business and customers, enable it to deleverage through debt reduction, and will significantly reduce its on-going capital expenditure on passive infrastructure.
The financial details of the deal, however, were not disclosed. ‘The agreement with Eaton Towers is an extension of this philosophy and will lead to far superior utilisation of passive infrastructure and help drive the proliferation of affordable mobile services across Africa,’ Bharti Airtel International Netherlands BV Chairman Manoj Kohli said in a statement.
The deal follows Airtel's and Eaton Towers' strategies to drive cost efficiencies via the use of shared passive infrastructure. For Eaton Towers, the acquisition is a step towards the scale needed to provide shared telecom infrastructure solutions, with its customers benefiting from lower
operating costs, expanded network coverage and improved quality of service.
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