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Gayan Koralage appointed edotco Country MD for Sri Lanka

28 Jul 2021

edotco Group Sdn. Bhd. (edotco), a leading regional integrated telecommunications infrastructure services company whose parent organisation is Axiata, stated that it strengthened its commitment in Sri Lanka with the appointment of Gayan Koralage as its Acting Country Managing Director (MD) of edotco Sri Lanka. With this new leadership, edotco intends to play a more aggressive role in creating a digitally inclusive Sri Lanka through enhancing the country’s telecommunications infrastructure and accelerating the deployment of next-generation telecom infrastructure solutions, including multipurpose street poles and power systems for telecom sites.  “We have successfully deployed over 300 multipurpose lamp poles in the country, strengthening the nation’s connectivity and capacity needs. We understand that a stable and reliable connection is key to ensuring a steadfast digital economy, especially in this new normal, and we are focused on uncovering new and innovative ways to further ensure the people of Sri Lanka have the best telecommunications infrastructure,” said Gayan, who is also edotco Group Strategy Director. “We not only intend to extend our next generation infrastructure services and solutions in the country, but will also focus on upskilling and developing our talent and investment into research and development in alternative tower designs and materials, and innovative power systems including long-lasting next-generation batteries and green power solutions to adapt to the ever-evolving industry needs and the need to reduce carbon emissions of the country.  “We are also moving towards being a data-driven organisation, where processes and decisions are made based on analytics and insights for quicker, better, and cost-effective outcomes, including finding ideal locations for street poles and providing better network uptime. A newly-created Business Innovation and Digitalisation department at the Group will be driving business analytics, data, and enterprise architecture throughout the organisation to enable this and more in the near future,” he added. edotco Sri Lanka pioneered the smart city multipurpose street furniture in Sri Lanka, and has since deployed a total of 300 units across the country. The company intends to continue deploying an extensive street furniture network moving forward, to cater to both urban and rural connectivity needs throughout the country. With an ongoing BOI commitment of $ 55 million, the company plans to deploy over 1,000 street furniture units and over 3,000 energy sharing systems across the country, aligning to the Government’s Vision 2025 digitalisation aspiration. Gayan is a founding member of edotco Group, joined in 2013 and responsible for long-term strategy, pricing, and commercial, analytic and new market entrance initiatives. Under this dual role, he will also take on the responsibility of further growing the two main business pipelines in Sri Lanka, building next-generation 5G-ready multipurpose street furniture and power systems for better network uptime and quality service delivery. His previous experience includes service at Telekom Malaysia International and Axiata Bhd.


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