Rel Comm, Bharti in talks to share cell sites

Reliance Communications and Bharti Group are in talks to share about 2,000 cell sites across the country, which will enable the two operators to cut infrastructure costs and provide more affordable mobile services to consumers.

According to sources, both the companies are in advanced stages of discussions, and a final decision on the infrastructure sharing could be announced in a couple of weeks.

The number of shared sites could be in the range of 2,000, they said.

Reliance Communications officials declined to comment on the issue.