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Reliance Jio transfers fibre and tower infrastructure to InvITs

The optic fibre cable infra was with Jio Digital Fibre and the tower infra with Reliance Jio Infratel

Reliance Jio, telecom, towers, mobile towers
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Romita Majumdar Mumbai
To deleverage its balance sheet, Reliance Jio Infocomm (RJio) has completed the transfer of its optic fibre cable and tower infrastructure to two infrastructure investment trusts (InvITs). The two entities — Digital Fibre Infrastructure Trust and Tower Infrastructure Trust — had been set up by a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries (RIL), the company told the stock exchanges  on Monday night. RIL had indicated the plan in January, for asset monetisation, higher earnings and lower capital expenditure. 

RIL shares closed on Tuesday at Rs 1,388.45 on the BSE, down 0.2 per cent from Monday. Jio has around 220,000 towers and 300,000