PHILTOWER CONSORTIUM
“ The Philippines is the most promising as it has immediate demand ”
— Rodrigo Araujo , Chief Operating Officer , PhilTower Consortium
122 chain and business partners . Together with GSM Towers , there has been a lot of work customizing new structure concepts to fit into Philippines standards and requirements and support the high demand of the operators . Also , due to the necessity of working remotely , new tools have been put in place , such as automated project management and development of AI based asset control .
“ It ’ s a new business and industry ,” he continues . “ The project planning is in place . There was a lot of work by operators and the government to provide 1,500 permits in a matter of weeks . The service issues can be minimised and the pace can increase further by the common towers approach .”
Anything up to 50,000 new common towers could spring up across the country in the next seven to 10 years , according to regional reports . Telcos may select from the 2,500 sites made available by DICT and contract any of the common tower companies that have signed an MOU with the DICT to put up a cell site infrastructure to be shared with other telcos and interested stakeholders .
Besides of being used to the usual ‘ high tower approach ’, PhilTower Consortium will focus on small cells ,
DECEMBER 2020