Bharti Airtel rings loud on entering into definitive pact with American Tower Corporation

23 Mar 2016 Evaluate

Bharti Airtel is currently trading at Rs. 359.40, up by 8.10 points or 2.31% from its previous closing of Rs. 351.30 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 351.50 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 361.20 and Rs. 351.50 respectively. So far 97393 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 5 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 452.45 on 21-Jul-2015 and a 52 week low of Rs. 282.30 on 29-Jan-2016.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 361.20 and Rs. 338.00 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 143846.44 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 65.62% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 25.40% and 8.93% respectively.

Bharti Airtel has entered into a definitive agreement with American Tower Corporation (American Tower), through its subsidiary company, Airtel Tanzania, for the sale of approximately 1,350 of its communications towers in Tanzania. Under the agreement, American Tower may acquire up to approximately 100 additional sites currently in development for an additional consideration. Airtel will be the anchor tenant on the portfolio under a lease with a ten-year initial term.

The tower sale agreements allow Airtel to focus on its core business and customers, besides helping deleverage through debt reduction, and significantly reducing the on-going capital expenditure on passive infrastructure. The transaction is expected to close during the first half of 2016, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approval.

Bharti Airtel is a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa. Headquartered in New Delhi, India the company ranks amongst the top 3 mobile service providers globally in terms of subscribers. In India, the company's product offerings include 2G, 3G and 4G wireless services, mobile commerce, fixed line services, high speed DSL broadband, IPTV, DTH, enterprise services including national & international long distance services to carriers.

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