Bharti Airtel sets committee to consider IPO of Bharti Infratel

08 Aug 2012 Evaluate

After posting decline in net profit for the 10th consecutive quarter, the leading telecom company - Bharti Airtel is now mulling to list its telecom tower business on the stock exchanges. The listing of the Bharti Infratel (BIL) is an attempt of the company to pare its debt burden raised to fund the South African operations in 2010.

Sunil Mittal led company has appointed a committee of directors to mull the public offer of BIL, however, the time frame of listing has not been revealed by the company. BIL presently operates more than 33,000 towers. Anil Ambani-led Reliance Infratel the competitor of BIL too has plans to get itself listed on the exchanges.

The debt ridden - Bharti Airtel is also slated to participate in the upcoming 2G spectrum auction in December 2012 for which the company needs the funding and banks are unlikely to come to its rescue. Besides this, the leading telecom company will also be in trouble if government implements a plan to which involves redistribution of airwaves in the more efficient 900 MHz frequency band and substituting it with frequencies in the 1800 MHz band. This move will render investments worth more than Rs 150,000 crore made by Bharti, Vodafone and Idea redundant.

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