edotco to provide comprehensive solutions to telecom operators

Mohammad Ali | Published: July 24, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2024 06:01:00

Wan Zainal Adileen

edotco Bangladesh Company Ltd, a tower operating firm, looks to provide comprehensive solutions of integrated telecommunications infrastructure to all telecom operators in the country, its high official said.
Launched a year ago here, its main service is to consolidate the towers and then share the reduced number of infrastructure with the telecom companies, facilitating cost effectiveness in their business.
"Consolidation reduces cost and increases speed to the market. By subscribing our services, the operators can focus on developing and marketing their services and leave the site acquisition and tower building to edotco," Wan Zainal Adileen, chief sales and marketing officer of edotco Group, told the FE in an interview in Dhaka Wednesday.
edotco provides end-to-end solutions including towers, energy, transmission, operations and maintenance in the South East Asia, he said.
The company, a part of the Malaysia-based Axiata Group, was launched in Bangladesh as an independent business on June 1, 2013.
Till now, it has 12 customers including the major telecom and WiMax operators, Mr Adileen said.
edocto promotes equipment co-locating amongst operators and offers end-to-end telecommunications infrastructure services solutions ranging from tower space, energy management and O&M services to ensure optimum efficiencies to every aspect of infrastructure provisioning for the benefit of all operators sharing our towers.
Mentioning that edocto is pioneer in introducing equipment co-location amongst operators, he said that the company in turn provides telecommunication operators cost saving and itself to gain its capex investment recovery. "Our module is truly a win-win proposition for both parties."
At edotco, energy management plays a significant role in areas of demand side management, energy efficiency, alternate energy sources and optimum load factor coupled with remote monitoring, he said, adding that this approach allows us to maximize our network sites in phases with one or alternative energy initiatives that is suitable for all sites. "edotco's green energy programme also aims to reduce baseline carbon footprint."
The company also invests its efforts in R&D to produce cost effective and sustainable structures.
Regarding the investment plan, Mr Adileen said, "Our investment is not limited to monetary, but also extended into human resources, R&D and operational excellence in the future."
However, edotco managing director in April this year said that having already invested US$ 150 million, it planned to spend around US$ 50 million more 'within the next twelve months' especially for expanding its network.