Verizon Communications will give infrastructure firm Vertical Bridge rights to lease, operate and manage thousands of mobile phone towers for $3.3 billion, it said on Monday, unlocking more cash for the U.

Infrastructure company Vertical Bridge is set to pay US carrier Verizon $3.3 billion for the exclusive rights to lease, operate, and manage more than 6,000 towers across America. The announcement follows speculation over the summer that Verizon was looking to find potential buyers for its tower assets.

The deal, covering 6,339 towers across all 50 US states and Washington D.C., includes upfront cash proceeds of $2.8 billion. The towers will be leased back to Verizon for 10 years

U.S. wireless carrier Verizon Communications will give digital infrastructure firm Vertical Bridge exclusive rights to lease, operate and manage thousands of mobile phone towers in a $3.3 billion deal,

Verizon Communications reached a $3.3 billion deal to sell thousands of wireless communications towers across the country to Vertical Bridge and lease them back over at least 10 years.

Verizon Communications will sell thousands of mobile phone towers to digital infrastructure firm Vertical Bridge in a $3.3 billion deal, it said on Monday, unlocking more cash for the dominant U.S. wireless carrier to bolster its network.

Verizon’s stock was rising toward a two-year high Monday, after the telecommunications company announced deal valued at $3.3 billion to lease out its wireless-communications towers.

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