(Adds details on buyer, background on Towers business, CEO comment)
June 30 (Reuters) - Australia's biggest telecom firm Telstra Corp (TLS) said on Wednesday it would sell a 49% stake in its mobile tower business for A$2.8 billion ($2.10 billion) and return half the sale proceeds to shareholders.
A consortium of three funds comprising of Future Fund, Commonwealth Superannuation Corp and Sunsuper will buy the stake in InfraCo Towers, Telstra said, with the deal valuing the entire business at A$5.9 billion.
Chief Executive Officer Andrew Penn said the details on returning proceeds to shareholders would be disclosed at a later date, and flagged a potential buyback with the company's annual results announcement in August.
Telstra's Towers business is the largest mobile tower infrastructure provider in Australia, with about 8,200 towers.
($1 = 1.3312 Australian dollars)
News: TLS UPDATE 1-Australia's Telstra to sell 49% of mobile tower business for $2.1 bln
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