EDOTCO Uses AI To Pick Tower Sites In Minutes
Microsoft Malaysia published a case study on August 17, 2026 about how EDOTCO Group, a telecommunications tower company, is using AI to speed up network planning. Everything below comes from that first party announcement.
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EDOTCO used to wait days to find a new tower site. Now its planners get answers in minutes.
EDOTCO Group builds telecom towers. It created NaPA, a tool that brings planning, geospatial, and operational data into one platform so planners can spot coverage gaps and compare tower locations.
Then EDOTCO added NaPA GPT, built on Microsoft Azure. Before, gathering data took three days to a week. Now planners ask in plain language for a ranked shortlist within minutes.
These speed numbers come from EDOTCO and Microsoft describing their own tool, not independent testing. Microsoft's index says sixty nine percent of Malaysians using AI now produce more than before.
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- EDOTCO Group is a telecommunications tower company, and deciding where to build a new tower means combining planning, geospatial, and operational data to find the best location.(Microsoft Malaysia official announcement, How EDOTCO Group uses AI to make smarter network planning decisions in minutes)
- EDOTCO built the Network Planning and Analytics tool, called NaPA, which brings planning, geospatial, and operational data into a single platform so planners can spot coverage gaps and compare potential tower locations.(Microsoft Malaysia official announcement, How EDOTCO Group uses AI to make smarter network planning decisions in minutes)
- EDOTCO introduced NaPA GPT, an AI powered conversational interface built on Microsoft Azure.(Microsoft Malaysia official announcement, How EDOTCO Group uses AI to make smarter network planning decisions in minutes)
- Before, planning teams relied on the Data Science team to prepare datasets, and depending on complexity getting the information could take anywhere from three days to a week.(Microsoft Malaysia official announcement, How EDOTCO Group uses AI to make smarter network planning decisions in minutes)
- Planners now ask questions in plain natural language, and NaPA GPT, connected to EDOTCO's operational and geospatial datasets, generates within minutes a ranked shortlist of potential opportunity areas based on predefined planning criteria.(Microsoft Malaysia official announcement, How EDOTCO Group uses AI to make smarter network planning decisions in minutes)
- Microsoft's 2026 Work Trend Index found that sixty nine percent of Malaysians using AI say they are now producing work they couldn't have accomplished a year ago.(Microsoft Malaysia official announcement, How EDOTCO Group uses AI to make smarter network planning decisions in minutes)