RJIL and RCOM sign an infrastructure sharing agreement

Reliance Jio Infocomm  Limited (RJIL)  and  Reliance Communications Limited (RCOM) have signed a master services agreement for sharing the latter?s extensive intra-city optic fiber infrastructure.

Under the terms of the agreement, RJIL will utilise RCOM?s nationwide intra-city fiber network for accelerated roll-out of its 4G services across the country.

The agreement is based on arm?s length pricing at prevailing market prices. RCOM?s intra-city optic fiber network spans 500,000 kilometres, across 300 cities and towns in India.

This  agreement  is aimed at further strengthening  the comprehensive  framework  of business co-operation   between  Reliance  Jio  Infocomm  and  Reliance  Communications, following  the  inter-city  optic  fiber  sharing  agreement  signed  in  April  2013,  and  the nationwide telecom towers infrastructure sharing agreement signed in August 2013.