Edotco Reuses Telecom Batteries For Rural Backup Power In Bangladesh
Edotco Bangladesh and Tiger New Energy will repurpose technically viable cells from retired telecom batteries into IPS backup-power systems for rural schools and other underserved locations.
Developing Telecoms reports that Edotco Bangladesh has partnered with Tiger New Energy to turn retired telecom batteries into Instant Power Supply systems for locations where grid power is unreliable.
The programme gives a second use to battery cells that remain technically viable after leaving telecom service.
Under Edotco's Tower to Power corporate social responsibility initiative, those cells will be retrieved from retired batteries and rebuilt into backup-power systems instead of moving directly into electronic-waste streams.
The first deployment path targets selected rural schools, educational institutions and other sites with limited access to reliable electricity.
The IPS systems are designed to provide backup power when the main utility grid fails, giving classrooms and community facilities a more dependable electricity source during outages.
Tiger New Energy brings sustainable-transportation and resource-management work into the project, while Edotco contributes its digital-infrastructure footprint and battery assets.
The partnership frames old telecom equipment as a reusable energy resource rather than a disposal burden, connecting network operations with local backup-power needs.
Edotco Bangladesh country managing director Al Batuni Mohammad Sayed Ahmed described the effort as part of the company's view that sustainability should create value for communities and the environment.
The initiative is intended to reduce electronic waste while extending backup-power access in underserved areas.
Tower to Power already has a track record in Bangladesh.
The companies link the platform to more than 100,000 lives positively impacted in the country and to Edotco's environmental, social and governance commitments, including UN goals on clean energy, responsible consumption and climate action.
The battery-reuse programme follows a memorandum of understanding signed by the companies in July last year to deploy sustainable power systems, drive greener connectivity and extend clean-energy access across Bangladesh.
