American Tower Corp. (ATC) said Tuesday it would buy Indian telecom tower company Xcel Telecom Pvt. Ltd., for an undisclosed amount, through its subsidiary American Tower Mauritius.

"American Tower Mauritius has entered into a definitive agreement with Horse-Shoe Capital, Mauritius (an affiliate of Q Investments, USA), under which it will acquire XCEL Telecom Private Limited," the two companies said in a joint statement.

XCEL owns and operates approximately 1,700 wireless communications tower sites, including a number of towers that are currently under construction.

The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter, the companies said.

"This deal will strengthen our base in India and give us access to a new set of clients and geographies where XCEL has established connections," Amit Sharma, executive vice president for Asia at ATC, said in the statement.

-By R Jai Krishna, Dow Jones Newswires; +91-11-4356-3333; krishna.jai@dowjones.com