edotco Group has partnered with Aerodyne Group, a leading Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) solutions provider, to implement innovative drone technology in its business operations.

With Malaysia pioneering this best-in-industry practice in the region, edotco plans to roll-out the innovation throughout its presence in South Asia and Southeast Asia.

Coupled with cutting-edge artificial intelligence and machine learning processes, edotco is harnessing Aerodyne’s aerial capabilities to boost efficiencies in daily operations comprising infrastructure site audits, routine preventive maintenance surveys, network assessments, as well as monitoring for revenue assurance.

This is in line with the company’s aim to future proof its business by implementing next-generation technologies, enabling a leaner, more agile, and cost-effective operations.

“At edotco, we understand the need to constantly innovate to stay ahead of the curve.

“This partnership allows us to do just that by unlocking new value drivers for both our business and customers.

“More than improving our capabilities to deliver continued service excellence, this also sets the stage for the future use of drones in our industry,” said edotco Group chief executive officer, Suresh Sidhu.

Well into its pilot stage, this collaboration has garnered tremendous benefits for edotco across multiple areas including a 50 per cent improvement in reporting time and a 35 per cent reduction in inspection turnaround time resulting from faster data collation and report generation.
In addition, the application of drones in this field has mitigated safety risks by removing the need for technicians to climb to the top of towers to conduct manual equipment inspection.

Aerodyne Group chief executive officer and founder, Kamarul A Muhamed said, “These encouraging results are testaments of the immense disruptive potential of drone-powered solutions in reshaping industries including the telecommunications sector.
“We are excited with this partnership and look forward to working together with edotco to drive innovation that will not only impact the business but the entire ecosystem as well.”
edotco and Aerodyne have just completed the tower preventive maintenance work for the 100 telecommunication towers in Malaysia and are planning to conduct similar for the rest of the towers in their footprint next year.

Through the adoption of leading technologies as a competitive advantage, edotco is progressing towards achieving its ambition of being one of the world's top five tower companies.

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