Joint Press Release with Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL)

Islamabad, March 2019: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) & its subsidiary, Pak Telecom Mobile Limited, Ufone, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with edotco Group (edotco), leading end to end integrated telecommunications infrastructure services company, through its local operations edotco Pakistan Private Limited (edotco Pakistan), to enhance the country’s connectivity capabilities.

This will open up collaboration opportunities amongst the parties in the areas of telecommunication infrastructure development. This includes efficient operations and energy management, fiberization as well as modernization of structures and offerings. It will meet the exponential data growth and usage requirement in the country as more users are transitioning from 3G to 4G and beyond.

On this occasion, Moqeem ul Haque, Group Chief Strategy Officer PTCL & Ufone, said, “We see this partnership as a strategic endeavor for all stakeholders and a step in the right direction for the industry. With edotco’s expertise having industry based practices from their footprint across the region and using PTCL & Ufone infrastructure, I am sure it will benefit our end consumers and also pave the way for users to take up digital opportunities.”

On this occasion, Arif Hussain, Country Managing Director of edotco, Pakistan, said, “The construction of the right sharable infrastructure is essential in realising the vision of a connected Pakistan. Partnering with leading telecommunication group like PTCL brings the nation closer to fulfilling this vision. PTCL and Ufone’s extensive footprint enables us to roll-out cutting-edge innovative solutions that will improve network coverage and capacity across different areas in the country. With data today considered a necessity, we need to start laying the foundation for next generation technologies that are scalable. Our strategy has always been to partner with the key players in the industry and we see this as a step closer to achieving Digital Pakistan ambitions.”

This partnership also puts Pakistan on a roadmap towards an international infrastructure of telecommunications landscape positioning for 5G era.

About PTCL: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) is the largest integrated Information Communication Technology (ICT) Company of Pakistan. With a humble start from a telephone and telegraph department in 1947, it has evolved to offer latest digital and telecommunication technologies today. It acts as the communication backbone for the country with the largest fiber cable network that spans from Khyber to Karachi and submarine cables connecting Pakistan to the world. PTCL has been assigned initial long term entity rating of ‘AAA’ (Triple A) and short term rating of ‘A-1+’ (A-One Plus). For more information, visit www.ptcl.com.pk

About edotco: 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 29,500 towers across core markets of Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Sri Lanka and Pakistan with 17,000 towers directly operated by edotco and a further 11,500 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 Group 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.