Crown Castle agreed to sell its fiber segment for $8.5 billion following a more than year-long strategic review of the business. The communications infrastructure owner and operator said Thursday it plans to sell the small cells part of the business to EQT Active Core Infrastructure,

Crown Castle sold its fiber optics business to EQT Active Core Infrastructure fund and Zayo Group Holdings for a total of $8.5 billion.

Crown Castle (CCI) will sell all of its fiber segment in two transactions to an EQT fund and Zayo Group Holdings for a total of $8.5B and use the proceeds to repay debt and to buy back stock, the company said on Thursday.