Airtel, Reliance Jio shut spectrum buying and selling deal at over Rs 1,004 crore
Bharti Airtel on Friday introduced the closure of its settlement with Reliance Jio Infocomm to switch ‘proper to make use of’ of Airtel’s 800 MHz spectrum in three circles to Jio.
Airtel has obtained Rs 1,004.8 crore (web of tax) from Jio for the proposed switch, the corporate stated in a press release. As well, Jio will assume future liabilities of Rs 469.3 crore referring to the spectrum.
In April, Jio had entered right into a definitive settlement with Bharti Airtel for the acquisition of ‘proper to make use of spectrum within the 800MHz band in Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, and Mumbai circles via spectrum buying and selling.
The settlement is in accordance with spectrum buying and selling pointers issued by the Division of Telecommunications.
With this buying and selling of ‘proper to make use of’ spectrum, Jio may have 2X15MHz of spectrum within the 800MHz band in Mumbai circle and 2X10MHz of spectrum within the 800MHz band in Andhra Pradesh and Delhi circles, thereby additional consolidating its spectrum footprint in these circles.