Reliance Jio, Tower Vision sign infrastructure sharing pact

Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, the telecommunication arm of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and tower company Tower Vision India, have entered into a master agreement (MSA) for tower sharing.

Under the agreement, Reliance Jio will utilise the telecom tower infrastructure of Tower Vision to launch its services across the country. Tower Vision has a portfolio of 8,400 towers in India.

Reliance Jio, the first telecom operator to hold a pan-India unified licence, is planning to roll out 4G service using existing networks of Reliance Communications and other telecom service providers.

"We are committed to offer our customers wide coverage of high speed 4G networks. As a consequence, we are continuing to build this through a combination of towers that we are constructing on our own and those that we are renting from quality tower infrastructure partners. Our partnership with Tower Vision is another step in this direction,'' Sanjay Mashruwala, managing director, Reliance Jio, said.

''We welcome Reliance Jio to our high quality tower infrastructure network. Tower Vision India prides itself on a selective tower portfolio with an unparalleled service level, built to cater for the growing urban and semi-urban voice and data demands. Through partnering with Tower Vision India, Reliance Jio gains access to carefully selected sites, covering strategic locations where data customers today require uninterrupted high speed wireless coverage.'' said Tower Vision's chairman Amit Ganani.

Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL), a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), is the first telecom operator to hold pan-India Unified Licence, which allows the company to provide all telecommunication services except Global Mobile Personal Communication by satellite service.

RJIL holds spectrum in 1800 MHz (across 14 circles) and 2300 MHz (across 22 circles) capable of offering fourth-generation (4G) wireless service.

RJIL is setting up a pan-India telecom network to provide the highly underserviced Indian market reliable (4th generation) high speed internet connectivity, rich communication services and various digital services in key domains such as education, healthcare, security, financial services, government citizen interfaces and entertainment.