Optic fibre contributes major part of telecom carriers’ infrastructure spend: Sterlite Tech

NEW DELHI: Optic-fibre cable or OFC contributes a major pie of the Indian telecom carriers expenditure on creating digital infrastructure which is also a backbone to achieve Centre’s ambitious Digital India vision, an executive of the country’s top fibre maker said.

“Telcos are making aggressive investments in digital network infrastructure, and optic-fibre cable holds a major share of telcos’ overall digital infrastructure investment,” Anand Agarwal, group chief executive Sterlite Technologies NSE 2.67 % Limited (STL) told ETTelecom.