PowerOasis Launches Wireless Network Power Mgmt Solution

PowerOasis has launched its multi-tenant wireless network power management solution for tower operating companies. The turnkey solution reduces power costs, increases site uptime and delivers power related business intelligence and reporting, allowing tower lease contracts to be fulfilled more profitably and with lower risk.

“About 17% of towers globally are currently owned by tower operating companies, increasing to 25% by 2015 (according to ABI Research). The USA and India have dominated the market to date; however, tower operating company presence in Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America is accelerating. An increasing number of tower leasing contracts include the provision of power, which passes the power cost and availability burden onto the tower operating company, which is particularly problematic in markets where there isn’t network-wide access to a reliable electricity grid,” Ivan Harris, Chief Marketing Officer, PowerOasis.

The PowerOasis solution supports power optimisation, power management and power generation. The power management platform is accessed from the tower operations centre to provide power-related business and operational support. Its inherent flexibility allows any site configuration to be catered for, including single or multi-tenancy, on/off/unreliable grid connection, retrofit or new build, any vendor’s power equipment and any network equipment provider’s BTS and transmission equipment. The solution therefore presents a single, unified, network-wide power management experience regardless of the underlying equipment.

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“With fixed and variable costs considered, the average breakeven point for a tower operating company stands at 1.5 tenants per tower. Power is the largest variable cost item in a multi-tenant leased tower – with each additional tenant there is a corresponding increase in power consumption. Our power management solution enables tower operating companies to reduce power costs so that they can lower the breakeven ratio and become profitable sooner. Once profitable, the tower operating company can also maintain a competitive advantage through increased power reliability and more pricing flexibility,” said John O’Donohue, Chief Executive Officer, PowerOasis.