KUALA LUMPUR: Austral Techsmith, a Malaysian engineering firm, has joined forces with GSM Towers, a Norwegian telecommunication infrastructure company, to provide greater momentum for the two companies to expand their footprint globally and tap new 5G infrastructure markets.
Austral Techsmith's chief executive officer Azfar Zubri Datu Safri said: "We are elated to be collaborating with GSM Towers. 5G and its associated technologies have a multitude of compelling potential that can unlock new developments for numerous industries, proving to be a game-changer in industry transformation. This makes the global 5G market an opportunity-filled market that remains untapped".
The memorandum of understanding between the two companies was signed by GSM Towers chief executive officer Christian Stromme and Austral Techsmith chief operating officer Soh Chong Meng at the TowerXchange Meetup Asia 2022 in Singapore, recently.
"This partnership is a testament to GSM Towers' excellence in bridging connectivity solutions through our core competencies and competitive edge that we continuously strive for and pride ourselves on. Our global supply chain will enable the seamless delivery of 5G solutions to all our markets across all continents. We look forward to converging our solutions and fortifying our 5G capabilities to power a more connected world," said Stromme.
As part of the MoU, the new partners will leverage on each other's expertise and experience to pave a strong foundation and penetrate new 5G infrastructure markets including expanding Austral Techsmith's proprietary 5G smart pole, ELAB01 – an all-in-one single multiple connectivities pole, which can host 5G, 4G, wifi routers, power units as well as a smart streetlight function.
Austral Techsmith will resume the development of ELAB01 in Norway via the consortium.
"The collaboration with GSM Towers is a pivotal step forward as we embark on our expansion plans hand-in-hand. Phil-Tower will take the lead for the deployment of ELAB01 in the Philippines while we work towards on-site deployment for the first cluster of our eight pilot sites targeted between January and February 2023," added Azfar Zubri.