Mission 2025: Telecom tower firms to invest Rs 2 trillion in 5G infra

Investment in fiberisation of towers etc could hit anything between Rs 5 trn-Rs 7 trn by 2025, says an industry body

Mobile tower companies are getting ready to invest over Rs 2 trillion by 2025, half of it in the next two years, to help meet the telecom firms’ target to take 5G to 50 per cent of the country.

These are the figures provided by the Digital Infrastructure Providers’ Association (DIPA), the apex body of the tower companies.

While the focus so far has tended to be on the gigantic investment of around Rs 2-3 trillion, which telecom companies have to make for rolling out 5G, less talked-about is the fact that tower companies will also have to spend about the same