Edotco SL partners with HUTCH to provide customised telecommunication infrastructure services
edotco Services Lanka (Private) Limited (edotco) recently inked an agreement with Hutchison Telecommunications Lanka ( Private) Limited ( Hutch) to provide customized ‘build-to-suit’ Multipurpose Smart Street Lamp pole infrastructure services.
The partnership was succeeding the recent completion of the development of 500 multipurpose smart streetlamp poles by edotco across the country. These smart streetlamp poles built innovatively and sustainably will help telecom operators reduce data congestion and provide a positive customer experience. The structures have a unique advantage as they are fast to build and deploy, which has the potential to revolutionize national network rollout plans. Using these readily available infrastructures, the telecommunications ecosystem providers will collectively help contribute to the nation’s digital ambitions of achieving equitable digital access to all its citizens.
The Chief Executive Officer of Hutch, Mr. Thirukumar Nadarasa said, “Hutch, today, is the country’s fast- growing choice for mobile communication services and the most affordable data service provider delivering a superior broadband data experience over an advanced 4G network of over 2400 sites nationwide. We are pleased to sign this agreement with edotco, our valued infrastructure partner. Deployment of these infrastructure services will enhance lives by extending telecommunication services to the people in quicker and more efficient ways. The effort taken by edotco to collectively contribute to Sri Lanka’s digital ambitions of achieving equitable digital access for all citizens is highly commendable.”
edotco’s Acting Country Managing Director, Mr Gayan Koralage, said, “We are honoured to be one of the infrastructure and rollout partners for the ongoing 4G rollout by Hutch. Sri Lanka is experiencing a post-pandemic surge in data traffic in this new digital era. It’s about time for the industry to explore cost- effective infrastructure models such as this - a sharable multi-purpose smart lamp poles, which will help lower the cost per GB for the MNOs.”