The Importance of an Effective Telecom Battery

MK Battery has been designing, manufacturing, and distributing premier battery solutions for the telecommunications industry for nearly three decades now. Our team operates sales and distribution branches, not just in the United States, but also in Europe and Australia, as we bring effective batteries, including an effective telecom battery, to clients around the world. In fact, developing and distributing a high-quality telecom battery has always been a top priority because of just how important supplying power and backup power to this industry is.

The Importance of an Effective Telecom Battery

A telecom battery is one that has been specially outfitted for use in the telecommunications industry; the industry that connects society at large. The cell towers upon which our phones use to connect each other, the cables that connect landlines and provide internet to the masses, the radio towers that broadcast across the airwaves, and the satellite dishes over which some receive their preferred television networks are all part of the telecom industry and they all rely on either batteries as their foremost power source or as their backup power source.

To understand just how critical ensuring an effective telecom battery is, one just has to look back to the raging California wildfires in 2017. On October 27, a power shut-off took out 874 cellphone towers and caused millions of people to lose service. These cellphone towers had no effective backup power system, no setup with a telecom battery. 

In addition to taking out cellphones, data from the Federal Communications Commission showed that even traditional landlines and cable phones also lost service. Note that this meant that not only could millions of people no longer contact family and friends to see if they were okay, but many also were not even able to call 911 or receive emergency notifications via the state and local mass warning and emergency notification systems. And remember, this was during the wildfires in which just a few hours, if the wind shifted, a neighborhood previously thought to be relatively safe could be found in danger. It was a time in which access to the telecom networks was a matter of life and death.

The silver lining is that this situation has prompted Californian lawmakers to push forward bills mandating all cell phone towers to have at minimum, a 72-hour power backup system, one that ought to include more than just one telecom battery. 

Don't Wait for Disaster: Invest in a Telecom Battery Backup System Today

The California wildfires were certainly not the first time a natural disaster has taken out cellphone towers and caused power outages impacting landlines. Massive hurricanes like Katrina in 2005 and Hurricane Harvey in 2017 also disconnected tens of thousands of residents during a time in which they needed most to be connected.

So if you operate a telecommunications hub or are responsible for something like maintaining a given cell phone tower, then now is the time to ensure you have a backup power system in place. Here at MK Battery, we are proud to offer a telecom battery that is resilient and built to withstand the elements, boasts an extended lifespan, and has low maintenance requirements that make it perfect for this type of use. 

For more information about our telecom battery or for help in setting up a backup power system, please contact our team. We have several great batteries available and are here to answer your questions to ensure that the people who rely on you to be connected, stay connected, through storm and disaster. 

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