Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

Edotco wins first-ever ‘Asia-Pacific Telecoms Tower company of the Year’ award

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edotco Group ( edotco), a leading integrated telecommun­ications infrastruc­ture services provider, said this week it won the “2017 Asia Pacific Telecoms Tower Company of the Year Award” offered by Frost & Sullivan. This is the first time a company has been recognised in this category on the Asia Pacific level, and comes on the back of edotco’s win of the “2016 Southeast Asia Telecoms Tower Company of the Year Award” last year.

The award was presented at the annual Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Best Practices Awards ceremony held at the Shangri- La Hotel, Singapore, last week, according to a media relesase from the company. The awards recognise bestin- class companies that excel in their respective business segments, as well as their efforts to develop the industry in 2016.

Suresh Sidhu, CEO of edotco Group, said: “We are honoured to receive this award from Frost & Sullivan, and are delighted to be the first company recognised in this category on the Asia Pacific level. In 2016, we were able to strengthen our geographic­al presence across the region, introduce innovative and sustainabl­e engineerin­g concepts, and also concluded our maiden private placement exercise, which saw the introducti­on of quality and long- term investors”.

Frost & Sullivan’s Vice President of Digital Transforma­tion Asia Pacific, Ajay Sundar said, “Tower infrastruc­ture is a key pillar of the telecoms industry, and edotco has been able to demonstrat­e real leadership especially in areas of sustainabi­lity and innovation. edotco’s deployment of the first carbon fibre tower in Asia and constructi­on of the first bamboo tower in the world showcase the innovative and pioneering spirit within the organisati­on”.

“Tower infrastruc­ture is a key pillar of the telecoms industry,

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