Articles tagged with: Indus Towers

Idea Cellular Gets Approval for Tower Separation

India's Idea Cellular has received approval from its shareholders to split off its tower assets into a separate company, Idea Cellular Towers Infrastructure. The new company, which will manage Idea's 11,000 towers will now be merged with Indus Towers, the three-way joint venture with Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Essar.  more

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Private Equity Invests in Indian Towers Operator

Private equity group, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) is investing US$250 million in India's Bharti Infratel, the wholly owned towers subsidiary of Bharti Airtel. The investment will be made by KKRÃ's Asia dedicated private equity fund and its global private equity fund.  more

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UPDATE: Vodafone India Unveils Cost Cuts, IBM Deal

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Vodafone, Bharti and Idea Confirm Merging Indian Tower Ops

As has been widely rumoured over the past few weeks, India's Vodafone Essar, Bharti Infratel and Idea Cellular have confirmed plans to merge their tower operations into a single company. The new company, Indus Towers will provide passive infrastructure services in India to all operators on a non-discriminatory basis.  more

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