Ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP-17) in Durban, South Africa, the ITU is calling for the inclusion of ICT into the negotiating text of the conference. While climate change is certainly gaining mindshare at the UN, the industry was effectively sidelined at the last conference in Copenhagen, prompting outspoken criticism from some of [...]
Originally published in Communications Day
The Australian Federal Government’s new carbon tax of $23 per tonne could cost the country’s incumbent operator, Telstra, nearly $40 million annually, but how much it will costs the rest of the industry is still up in the air.
According to the carbon tax plan unveiled on Sunday by Prime Minister Julie [...]
The EU Climate Action Commissioner Connie Hedegaard is calling for a 3x raise in ‘climate-related’ spending for the next EU budget.
In a post on the EurActiv website, Hedegaard points out that the current budget only allocates around 5%-7% to climate-related projects such as wind turbines, improving grid connections, and making cities more climate friendly, but [...]
The Asia Cloud Computing Association (Asia Cloud)
is launching a “Cloud Readiness Index” designed to track the region’s
progress towards a complete spectrum of cloud computing-based
infrastructures and services. By mapping the conditions and criteria
required for successful implementation and uptake, the association aims to
identify potential bottlenecks that could slow adoption and threaten Asia’s
digital future.
The new “Cloud Readiness Index” [...]
PRESS RELEASE: Paris, June 30, 2011 – Alcatel-Lucent has joined a group of international organizations to launch The Global Innovation Index (GII) 2011 edition, a sweeping country-by-country analysis of the role innovation is playing in the growth, prosperity and sustainability of both mature and emerging economies.
The GII report provides a wealth of data that social [...]
PRESS RELEASE: Schneider Electric announced that its EcoStruxure solution architecture will integrate IBM’s recently announced Intelligent Building Management Solution (IIBM).
EcoStruxure is Schneider Electric’s comprehensive active energy management architecture portfolio that connects five domains of business expertise – power, white space, process and machines, building control, and physical security – within an open and flexible [...]
Swisscom has joined the Global e-Sustainability Initiatives (GeSI), an international strategic partnership of Information Communications Technology companies and industry associations that aims to create and promote technologies and practices that foster economic, environment, and social sustainability. Swisscom joins big IT and telecoms names like HP, Cisco, AT&T, Verizon, Telefonica, KPN, China Telecom, Microsoft, Ericsson, BT, [...]
Russia is reportedly prepared to build a subsea cable that will pipe electricity to power-stricken Japan following the devastating earthquake that damaged a major nuclear power plant in Fukushima and caused widespread panic in the region.
According to the voice of Russia report, the project to link the Russian island of Sakhalin to Hokkaido was unveiled [...]
The UK government is committed to reducing its CO2 emissions by 50% by the year 2027, according to a new report.
In its fourth carbon budget report, the government says that the rollout and development of renewable energy technologies, as well as the construction of new nuclear power plants, will play a key part in [...]
ITU has taken a page out of Apple’s USB-based power plugs. According to the ITU, the new solution will feature a detachable cable with standardised end connectors that now support connection to many different devices, including all mobile phones and other handhelds.
By separating the power plug from the cable, the new system will also support [...]
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Nokia Siemens Networks is looking to revolutionise the mobile network with is Liquid Radio architecture, which not only promises to re-architect today’s base station infrastructure, but also to ultimately bridge the gap between highly specialise (and expensive) telecoms equipment and commoditise (cost competitive) computer components. Green Telecom Live talks to Mike Murphy, head of Technology [...]
Interview with Telenor Connexion: Inside the world of M2M
Telenor Connexion, the unit of the Telenor Group focused on the machine-to-machine market, has been developing and deploying M2M applications for customers for the past decade. Green Telecom Live speaks with Gwenn Larsson, head of marketing at Telenor Connexion, about what makes M2M different from the rest of the mobile industry and the kinds of [...]
Verne Global outlines Iceland data centre plans
Two years after we first published the Icelandic government’s plans to promote the building of data centres on its shores, a venture capital-backed start tup, Verne Global, is looking to make it a reality.
Verne Global, backed by General Catalysts from Boston, Novator in London and the Wellcome Trust, is now constructing a wholesale data centre [...]
Next gen data centre architecture Part 2: Cisco’s Unified Computing
Cisco this month unveiled what some company executives dubbed one of the biggest announcements for the network equipment maker – ever. With the announcement of its Unified Computing, Cisco officially enters the computing space, although not quite as previous speculation in the industry had outlined. Instead of just producing its own blade server, Cisco unveiled [...]
Next gen data centre architecture Part 1: Juniper’s single switching fabric
In the past couple of weeks, cloud computing has really taken off, with both service providers, server makers, and switching vendors all making big announcements on service deployments and new gear designed for cloud operating environments.
Specifically, both Juniper and Cisco made significant announcements in their vision of a next generation data centre environment that can [...]