BSREA urges GP to allow local vendors for its BTS solar systems

Bangladesh Solar & Renewable Energy Association (BSREA), a forum of local solar power system providers and manufacturers, has urged the Grameenphone authorities to allow local companies to supply their solar power systems for its base transceiver station (BTS), reports UNB.
It has also requested the country's leading telecom company, a subsidiary of global telecom giant Telenor, to review its decision to escalate its BTS with solar power supplied by foreign vendors instead of local ones.
In a letter sent to Grameenphone CEO Rajeev Sethi on Wednesday, the BSREA said it has come to their notice that Telenor/Grameenphone has taken a decision to escalate solar power for BTS in Bangladesh with global enlisted vendors of Telenor, and not with local Bangladeshi companies, who already have years of experience in doing the same with GP.
It mentioned that the GP in 2007 took the pioneering initiative to pilot green energy in telecom sector, and till today GP has installed over 310 sites. Majority of the projects were executed by local companies and members of BSREA successfully. Besides, key components like panel and battery are manufactured in the country and used in GP systems.