Ooredoo officials explain the workings of a model of the world’s first factory-assembled tower tops.
Doha: In an alliance that could have major benefits for operators around the world, Ooredoo has tied up with CommScope to develop a new approach to building wireless networks, which will improve installation quality and on-going network performance and reduce deployment times.
The two companies have developed one of the world’s first factory-assembled tower tops for base station remote radios, which are pre-assembled according to a single global design standard.
Pre-assembly of the tower tops is expected to reduce the installation time by approximately 50 percent, leading to safer working conditions for installation staff and reduced network downtime for customers, the company said in a statement recently. In addition, by installing the radio equipment on tower tops instead of the typical large air-conditioned shelters, Ooredoo expects to halve electricity costs in a cost-effective, environmentally-friendly solution.
The pre-assembled tower tops also provide greater network capacity, significantly reduces installation time and on-going electricity consumption, and frees-up valuable space at the top of the tower.
It had become increasingly complex, time-consuming and expensive for operators to maintain existing cellular sites. Typically, the infrastructure had to be assembled on-site at the top of the tower, and the lack of a single tower top design standard has made each upgrade a challenging process.
“Ooredoo is embarking on a radical plan to upgrade network sites as part of our mission to stimulate human growth. We believe this is a first for our industry, and it is a source of considerable pride that it was designed and developed within the region to serve our customers,” Group Chief Technology Officer at Ooredoo, Paul Salmon, said.
The tower top solution will become Ooredoo’s standard cell site design across its markets in the Middle East, North Africa and Asia. As Ooredoo’s customers across its global footprint increasingly demand data, the new tower top solution will provide simplicity in optimising networks.
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