DMX India gets Jio deal for utility management

NEW DELHI: Reliance Jio Infocomm has given a contract to Hong Kong-based DMX Technologies for utility monitoring of mobile towers to minimise operational costs.

The utility management contract is for a minimum of three years across all 22 circles where Reliance Jio operates.

“This association with RJio comes after almost a year of effort in understanding the plans and needs of the telco for the 4G rollout,” DMX Technologies India country head Satish Kumar V told ET, adding that the deal included custom solutions for tower utility monitoring.

Kumar did not share the financial details of the deal. Reliance Jio had not responded to ET’s query on the matter till the time of going to press.

“With its operational footprint across the country, and as a 4G services challenger, RJio was in a need of custom software solutions that could enable it to be on the top of telecom play,” Kumar said.

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio launched commercial operations on September 5 on the back of a telecom infrastructure spread across 18,000 cities with an investment of Rs 1.5 lakh crore.

Jio, a part of oil-to-logistics conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL), also plans to erect 45,000 new mobile towers at a cost of Rs 1 lakh crore.

DMX said the power and diesel used to run the telecom towers were real cash burners and the complete customised tower utility monitoring services to RJio is a key operational component, directly contributing to the telco’s business efficiency.

“Our solution is helping RJio to optimise efficiencies. From a single, centralised dashboard, RJio is now able to monitor and analyse the power consumptions of all its towers across all its circles,” the company’s top executive said.