Summit Digitel to provide tower infrastructure to Airtel for network rollout

Summit Digitel has said it has inked an agreement with Bharti Airtel to provide its tower infrastructure for the telco's wireless network rollouts.

"We are pleased to partner with Summit Digitel and leverage their passive infrastructure as we expand our high-speed networks across the country," Randeep Sekhon, chief technology officer, Bharti Airtel, said in a statement on Monday.

"It is our commitment to provide outstanding services to Airtel that result in uninterrupted service across the entire nation," said Dhananjay Joshi, MD of Summit Digitel.


Summit Digitel said it manages over 151,000 active sites, with the number growing across the nation. While providing nationwide coverage for 4G, the towers are strategically located for the implementation of 5G, it added.