By Tony Chan on May 21, 2008 in Featured, Green corporations, Mobile communications | 0 Comments
Green Telecom interview with Anne Larilahti, Head of Environmentally Sustainable Business, Nokia Siemens Networks
Green Telecom: What is Nokia Siemens Networks doing on the environmental front?
Anne Larilahti: We have focus on reducing the energy consumption across the mobile networks. That has been very much a focus. We have different software features and technologies helping us there. […]
By Tony Chan on May 21, 2008 in Applications, broadband | 0 Comments
China’s ZTE’s Broadband Universal Access System has been awarded the Best Green Innovation award at Convergence World 2008 at SOFTNET in London, UK.
“Operators are becoming increasingly aware of their responsibility towards the environment,” said Zhang Xinyu, director, global market, fixed network management team at ZTE. “ZTE’s DSLAM solution enables broadband providers to radically reduce their […]
By Tony Chan on May 21, 2008 in Applications, Climate Change, Green corporations | 0 Comments
While the implementation of teleworking programs have proven to be one of the key initiatives for reducing an organizations carbon footprint, establishing a successful virtual office program requires careful planning to ensure employee support and allay lost-of-control fears, says research house, Gartner.
According to Gartner, 41.4 million corporate employees globally are expected to spend at least […]
By Tony Chan on May 21, 2008 in ICT, Mobile communications | 0 Comments
Nokia Siemens Network has been selected by Slovenian operator, Tusmobil, for the supply of 400 environmentally-friendly base stations to expand capacity and optimize core network efficiency.
The upgrade will significantly improve network efficiency and coverage, allowing Tusmobil to offer new services to its customers, including high-speed mobile data and multimedia, like mobile television, NSN said. The […]
By Tony Chan on May 21, 2008 in Applications, Climate Change, Green corporations, ICT | 0 Comments
CEOs from around the world and across diverse industries plan to increase corporate social responsibility (CSR) investments significantly over the next three years, according to a new global survey by IBM.
The study, titled “The Enterprise of the Future” was conducted by IBM Global Busines Services in conjunction with the Economist Intelligence Unit and involved face-to-face […]
By Tony Chan on May 5, 2008 in Climate Change, Featured, Global energy, ICT, Mobile communications | 1 Comment
With the majority of coverage on climate change and its related half cousin, energy security, focused on productive and practical solutions such as energy efficiency, carbon reduction and corporate sustainability, it is easy to forget that at the core of the issue is, well, the climate itself.
The biggest threat from climate change is not that […]