PRESS RELEASE: DRAMMEN, NORWAY – Oct. 4, 2010 – Eltek Valere today announced the release of the new Smartpack2 distributed controller for telecommunications DC power systems with advanced features and improved interface to better control the power systems for next-generation wireless and wireline telecommunications networks.
The Smartpack2 controller offers system configuration, alarms and setup, rectifier/charge [...]
Flexenclosure, a Swedish firm that makes cell site towers and enclosures, is up to three AfricaCom Awards with its E-site solution, described as a “turnkey solution that is extremely power efficient and specially designed to generate and conserve energy from renewable energy sources like wind and solar.”
E-site has been nominated in the categories “Best Cost [...]
Suntrica, a UK-based maker of solar-powered chargers for mobile devices, has signed deals with two Chinese companies to bring its product to that market.
China Daheng Group, an import and distribution company, will act as Suntrica’s distributor through China selling direct to retail outlets while AKL Beijing, will provide sales and after sales support to end-users.
I had a very pleasant lunch with Shawn Covell, head of Qualcomm’s Wireless Reach initiative, which acts on behalf of the company to fund non-profit projects across the world to promote the use of wireless technologies in mostly underdeveloped markets.
Her job is mostly about philanthropy, bringing connectivity and access to the Internet to often underprivileged [...]
PRESS RELEASE: RICHARDSON, TX – Aug. 16, 2010 – Eltek Valere today announced the Trilogy DC power system, a 40A-600A, 48V high-efficiency (HE) power system with 15” shelf depth and special cable management to fit into short-depth outside plant and central office applications.
Although not exclusive to solar applications, the Trilogy DC power plant does [...]
PRESS RELEASE: BEND, ORE, USA, August 9, 2010 – IdaTech plc (AIM: IDA), a global leader in the development and manufacture of clean and reliable PEM fuel cell products for the critical backup power market is pleased to announce the Phase III roll out of the latest generation hydrogen backup power fuel cell systems on [...]
Google says it has purchased 114 megawatt of wind power for the next 20 years from NextEra Energy Resources’ Story County II facility in Story and Hardin counties in Iowa in the US.
According to Google, this is part its plan to voluntarily become carbon neutral in 2007, which consists of three main initiatives – building [...]
The Obama administration is reportedly readying the announcement of an international smart grid effort that will help establish international standards for smart electricity networks.
The International Smart Grid Action Network, or ISGAN, will promote standardisation of smart grid technologies through voluntary government participation, according to various reports such as this blog post. International cooperation on smart [...]
I got this letter in my inbox from a company in Yemen in response to my coverage of Eltek Valere’s solar-optimised Smartpack Controller. It seems like they are looking for a solution that works with an existing telecoms solar system.
Anyone who can help Mr Bawazir should respond to him directly. Please note that Green Telecom [...]
Hutchison Telecom’s Indonesian unit, PT Hutchison CP Telecommunications, is deploying PEM (polymer electrolyte membrane, also called proton exchange membrane) fuel cells as backup power systems for its network throughout the Indonesian Island of Sumatra.
The PEM fuel cell products are being supplied by IdaTech, a Bend, Oregon-based company specialising in the design, development and manufacturing [...]
Recent tweets
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 [...]