Vodafone plans to sell $2.3 bln stake in India's Indus Towers

Vodafone Group Plc is a telecommunications company. It operates mobile and fixed networks in 15 countries and has stakes in a further seven countries through its joint ventures and associates. It also partners with mobile networks in 43 countries outside its footprint. Its business comprises infrastructure assets, shared operations, growth platforms and retail and service operations. Its retail and service operations are split across three business lines: Vodafone Business, Europe Consumer and Africa Consumer. It provides a range of mobile and fixed line connectivity services in its European markets. Its value-added services include its consumer IoT propositions, as well as security and insurance products. It serves private and public sector customers of all sizes with a range of connectivity services, supported by its global network. Through its VodaPay super-app and the M-Pesa payment platform, it provides financial services, as well as business and merchant services in Africa.

Indus Towers Limited is an India-based provider of telecom infrastructure. The Company deploys, owns and manages telecom towers and communication structures for various mobile operators. Its offerings include tower, power, space; smart cities; tower operations center, and green technology. It deploys the passive physical infrastructure necessary to house the active equipment - the base transceiver station, transmission link and microwave antenna of its customers. Its towers range from the traditional lattice type structure, such as the ground-based tower and rooftop tower or pole to aesthetically designed lightweight hybrid poles, monopoles or camouflaged towers that merge with the backdrop. Its towers are powered through either grid-sourced electricity or diesel generators. It acquires the requisite space from residential and commercial property owners for placing its passive infrastructure at various locations. It owns and operates over 198,284 towers with 347,879 co-locations.

Vodafone Group is looking to sell its entire $2.3 billion stake in India's Indus Towers through stock market block deals next week, two sources with direct knowledge said, as part of the British firm's effort to repay debt.

, opens new tab through stock market block deals next week, two sources with direct knowledge said, as part of the British firm's effort to repay debt.

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