Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (Reliance Jio) and ATC India, one of the leading independent tower companies in India, today signed a tower sharing agreement. Under the agreement, Reliance Jio would utilize the telecom tower infrastructure of ATC India to launch its 4G services across the country.

ATC has a portfolio of 11,000 towers in India.

Reliance Jio has already signed a similar agreement with Viom, another tower company. The company will also hire towers from Bharti and Reliance Communications (RCOM).

"We at Reliance Jio, want to provide innovative and empowering products, services and content to every Indian. To this end, we are committed to creating a cutting edge network for high speed 4G. Our relationship with ATC will accelerate the rollout of these services across India,” said Sanjay Mashruwala, Managing Director, Reliance Jio.

                            

“There is considerable pent up demand for data and 4G has tremendous growth potential. We, at ATC India, are delighted to offer our countrywide network infrastructure to help Reliance Jio in its aggressive nationwide roll-out. This master contract recognizes ATC’s high level of customer service and operational efficiency. We believe this will strengthen our foothold as the leading independent tower company in India,” said ATC’s Chief Operating Officer, B. Ramanand.