Kuala Lumpur,14 Jun 2021 – edotco Group today released a whitepaper highlighting the need for telecommunications infrastructure companies (towercos) to be nimble and well capitalised to facilitate national economic and social developments. The stakes for information and communications technology (ICT) deployment and usage have increased as commerce, work, and learning have become more reliant on them following the COVID 19 pandemic.
“The industry has evolved. Traditionally, towercos focused on coverage but have now taken on the crucial need to fulfil demand for additional capacity as well. National Digital Agendas call for robust 4G and 5G infrastructure networks with complex multi-radio access technology (RAT) and multi-spectrum architectures to accommodate full coverage and seamless connectivity. COVID-19 was a stress test to the nations’ digital infrastructure and operators had to modify their business plans to ensure data traffic was managed. This paper discusses how the telecommunications ecosystem must come together to ensure we are ready to handle these challenges,” shared Mohd Adlan Mohd Tajudin, edotco Group Chief Executive Officer when discussing the whitepaper.
“It highlights how independent towercos are more critical than ever now as nations expand 4G coverage and deploy 5G services. Achieving cost optimisation for 5G through increased tenancy ratios from active infrastructure sharing is crucial and presents new opportunities for towercos. We discuss how active infrastructure sharing will grow in popularity with the rollout of 5G and how it can help expand coverage, reduce costs, avoid infrastructure duplication, and maximise existing network facilities.”
“Other key areas discussed in the white paper include how spectrum management will also directly impact demand for towerco services, efficient fibre deployment by towercos as they have the capabilities to manage backhaul connectivity on behalf of operators and the need for forward looking regulatory licensing and frameworks to enable these changes within the telecommunications industry,” he added.
“We believe cooperation among all parties and with other utilities is key to ensuring we meet our nation’s digital aims. Malaysia has seen positive development on this front as communication services have just been classified as a public utility, alongside water and electricity. The onus to enable rapid 4G and 5G evolution is on towercos and we are ready to play an active role towards partnering the various parties, engaging policy makers and advocating for the right steps towards enabling the connectivity evolution,” he summarized.
The full whitepaper is available on https://edotcogroup.com/white-papers/.
