Singapore GIC leads $3.4bn deal for Reliance telecom towers

Sovereign wealth fund and partners secure 135,000 structures from Indian giant

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GIC's investment in Reliance unit will allow it to further tap the Indian telecoms market. © Reuters

DYLAN LOH, Nikkei staff writer

SINGAPORE -- Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC said on Tuesday that it has joined with co-investors, including Canada's Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, to purchase an Indian telecom tower company from a unit of Reliance Industries for $3.4 billion.

The acquisition gives the state investor and its partners a 100% stake in the telecom tower company held by Reliance Industrial Investments and Holdings Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Indian billionaire business magnate Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Limited.

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