TowerXchange spoke to Dick Hayter, Managing Director for the Middle East and Africa at Kentrox, a leading intelligent site monitoring, management, and control solutions provider with over a million products successfully deployed in carrier and enterprise networks worldwide. Their primary focus in Africa is on tower operators and service providers and they have a considerable number of Tier 1 customers throughout the region.
TowerXchange: Why should tower operators invest in Intelligent Site Monitoring?
Dick Hayter, Managing Director MEA, Kentrox:
Tower companies are focused on reducing operating expenses (opex) at every cell site and, with a large number of sites in Africa still reliant on diesel, one of the best cost savings is in fuel and energy consumption.