Philippines’ Globe sells telecoms towers for $340 million
9:35 pm Monday, September 26th, 2022
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippines’ Globe Telecom Inc said on Tuesday it has signed a deal to sell more than a thousand telecoms towers for 20 billion pesos ($340 million) to fund expansion and pay off maturing debts.
In a disclosure, Globe said it will sell 1,350 towers located in central and southern Philippines, and will lease them back from Phil-Tower Consortium. Globe has so far sold a total of 7,059 towers, raising 91 billion pesos as it unloads passive assets.
($1 = 58.82 Philippine pesos)
(Reporting by Neil Jerome Morales; Editing by Kanupriya Kapoor)
