edotco strengthens leadership with two new Directors announcements

Kuala Lumpur, 19 February 2019 – In line with the company’s growth and new focus areas edotco Group (“edotco”), an end to end integrated telecommunications infrastructure services company today announced two new Director appointments to the leadership team.

Megat Mohd. Zukarlai has been appointed as Director of Business Acceleration for edotco Group and will be responsible for developing the next generation technologies portfolio which includes pushing In Building Solutions, Distributed Antenna Systems, Small Cells and Fibre across the six countries in which edotco has a presence. He will also be responsible for establishing strategic partnerships that will lead to growing new business areas. Megat is highly experienced in the telecommunications industry and has held multiple leadership positions in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Malaysia over the past 22 years.

Azizee Bin Abdul Aziz has been appointed as Director of Group Operations for edotco Group and will be responsible for delivering Group wide operations improvements projects and continuing the company’s drive for digital operations and analytics. Azizee joins edotco after gaining extensive experience managing network quality, network operations, network engineering and network planning for Celcom over the past 23 years.

(Left) Megat Mohd. Zukarlai Meor Zailan (Director, Business Acceleration) and (Right) Azizee Bin Abdul Aziz (Director of Group Operations)

Speaking on the appointments, Suresh Sidhu edotco Group Chief Executive Officer said “We are delighted to welcome Megat and Azizee into the organization. They bring with them significant experience and expertise in growing a business, leading international teams and building stakeholder relationships. edotco is experiencing exponential growth right now and their valuable experience blends well with our dynamic business environment and culture”.

Over the years, edotco has been deploying innovative solutions throughout the region, and has recently tapped into the use of predictive analytics, automation and digitization for a more proactive and efficient way in managing telecommunications infrastructure.

edotco currently owns and manages over 28,500 towers across the six countries in which they have a presence. Over the past five years the company has been committed to ensuring the right sharable infrastructure is constructed and efficiently managed to assist mobile operators in delivering cost effective and seamless connectivity.

About edotco Group

Established in 2012, edotco Group is the first regional and integrated telecommunications infrastructure services company in Asia, providing end-to-end solutions in the tower services sector from tower leasing, co-locations, build-to-suit, energy, transmission and operations and maintenance (O&M).

edotco Group operates and manages a regional portfolio of over 28,500 towers across core markets of Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Sri Lanka and Pakistan with 17,500 towers directly operated by edotco Group and a further 11,000 towers managed through a range of services provided. edotco strives to deliver outstanding performance in telecommunications infrastructure services and solutions. Its state-of-the-art real-time monitoring service, echo, has driven significant improvements in field operations while maximizing operational efficiencies in terms of battery, energy and fuel consumption for telecommunications infrastructure.

edotco was recently awarded the Frost & Sullivan 2017 Asia Pacific Telecoms Tower Company of the Year Award for its demonstrated exemplary business growth and performance in Southeast Asia.