Etisalat in infrastructure deal with RComm

MUMBAI, INDIA: Etisalat DB, a telecom company based in the Middle East, today announced that it has entered in to an agreement with India's Reliance Communications to accelerate Etisalat DB Telecom’s forthcoming roll-out of telecom services in India.

Under the terms of the agreements, Etisalat DB and its subsidiary would outsource their Telecom infrastructure requirements for the 15 telecom circles, encompassing end-to-end tower and transmission infrastructure to Reliance Infratel Limited and Reliance Communications Limited, said a press release.

“This significant development is part of our overall commitment to provide consumers with quality service and reach at the time of launch,” said Mohammad Hassan Omran, chairman, Etisalat.

“As a new entrant in this dynamic market, this alliance provides us with key, strategic advantages that will ensure a robust, speed to market and cost-effective roll-out of services,” he added.

Omran said strategic alliances are integral part of their plans for growth and Etisalat Group would always be receptive to such alliances which help enhance the customer experience.

Anil Dhirubhai Ambani, chairman, Reliance ADA Group said this would ensure a faster rollout, optimum costs and a time to market advantage.

“This win-win agreement demonstrates Reliance Communications capabilities to enable the operators to go-to-market with a bouquet of telecom infrastructure services,” he said.

This agreement presents large cost optimization benefits with an asset light model, improvement in capital productivity and enhances RCOM group revenues by Rs 10,000 crore.

The agreement with Reliance Communications Group is the first and the largest telecom infrastructure sharing including towers and transmission agreement of its kind in the Indian telecom landscape and strongly complements Etisalat DB Telecom’s plans for India, the release added.