You just need to take 3 steps to make background to transparent for UITableView
UIView *backView = [[[ UIView alloc] initWithFrame: CGRectZero ] autorelease];
backView.backgroundColor = [ UIColor clearColor];
cell.backgroundView = backViews;
UIView *backView = [[[ UIView alloc] initWithFrame: CGRectZero ] autorelease];
backView.backgroundColor = [ UIColor clearColor];
cell.backgroundView = backViews;