Indus towers close to signing fibre deal with Jio, Tata Sky, Tata Tele

Kolkata: Indus Towers is close to inking long-term fibre leasing contracts with Reliance Jio Infocomm, Tata Sky and Tata Teleservices to offer its fibre resources for their home broadband, DTH and enterprise businesses respectively, a top company executive said.

Indus, a three-way joint venture between Bharti Infratel, UK’s Vodafone Plc Group and Vodafone Idea, is in advanced talks with all three companies to lease out its shareable dark fibre resources in Vadodara, Gurgaon and Dehradun where the telecom tower company is rolling out fibre infrastructure for smart cities. Around 100 route kms of dark fibre will be available for customers in each of these markets, the executive said.