Communications Day, a subscription based newsletter for the telecoms industry in Australia, reports that energy efficiency will be a major focus of the country’s National Broadband Network initiative. According to the report, NBN Co., the company rolling out the NBN, is working closely with its supplier of wireless technologies, Ericsson, on energy efficient sites, including […]
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 […]
The United Nations telecommunications agency has launched a new contest that will reward US$10,000 to developers who come up with the most innovative mobile applications that tackles the subject of climate change. The winner of the Green ICT Applications Challenge, organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), will also have their application showcased at the […]
China Unicom’s subsidiary in Anhui province is gearing up to reduce the energy consumption of its mobile base transceiver station (BTS) sites by as much as 20%. The operator will deploy Nokia Siemens Networks’ Energy Solutions including cooling box and battery cooling cabinet to replace more costly air conditioning units. “This is truly a win-win […]
A couple of French inventors have developed a photovoltaic film solution for cell phone screens. The inventors are named Louis Deblois and Joel Gilbert and their company is called, Wysips. According to the associated report, the solution will fully charge a phone in 6 hours, while a 1-hour charging will yield 30 minutes of talk […]
Another take on the Prof Girish Kumar submission to TRAI’s green telecom consultation. Basically, the same message, with more emphasis on the potential health hazards from cell towers and why telecoms operators shouldn’t be given subsidies to power their cell sites. Original story: TRAI’s green telecom efforts not sufficient say experts – Moneylife Personal Finance […]
Pike Research says that investment in energy-efficient networking equipment will reach US$122 billion by 2014, presenting 46% of the total network infrastructure market. Mobile network operators are expected to be the largest spenders, especially as they roll out their 4G networks. Mobile will representing “almost two-thirds of the green telecom market,” the research firm said. […]
An interesting report by Prof Girish Kumar of the Electrical Engineering Department at IIT Bombay on a consultation paper on green telecommunications by the Indian regulatory body, TRAI. His recommendation on green communications – reduce the maximum output power for base stations. According to Prof Kumar, by limited the transmitted power of base station sites […]
via: Green energy to drive tower cos’ biz-Telecom-News By Industry-News-The Economic Times on Mobile. @the Economic Times of India NEW DELHI: Telecom tower companies are beginning to use green and efficient alternatives in renewable energy, especially in rural areas where electricity is scarce, opening up new business avenues worth over $1 billion for clean energy […]
10 Smart Cities To Adopt IoT Data Platform
Chicago-based start up Cityzenith says its IoT data visualisation tool, 5D Smart City, is being adopted by 10 major cities worldwide. According to the company, its tool helps organisations around the world, both government departments and commercial enterprises, “make sense of urban data – big and small.” “Cities have produced more data in the past […]
Leading tech firms make CDP 2105 Climate A List
The Carbon Disclosure Project has named its A List companies for 2015. The A List represents companies that were graded ‘A’ for their climate change mitigation and reporting efforts for the past year – basically scoring 85 out 100 in the CDP grading. In addition, companies will have to score maximum points for reducing emissions […]
Verizon simplifies Internet of Things to accelerate adoption
Verizon today announced its global strategy to simplify the Internet of Things (IoT) and accelerate market adoption. Verizon’s plan includes: Launching ThingSpace: a new IoT platform allowing developers to create applications, customers to manage devices, partners to market their services, and Verizon to launch integrated vertical solutions simply, in an open environment. Creating a new […]
Vodafone using fuel cells to cut emissions in South African network
The Vodafone Group is now deploying fuel cells as an alternative source for power for some of its cell sites. Vodafone Group senior manager of infrastructure and energy Lee Andrew Jones wrote in post on TelecomLead that the operator’s South African operations Vodacom has turned to fuel cells to power sites, particularly sites outside the […]
Asia leads M2M adoption: Vodafone M2M barometer
Asia Pacific is leading the world in the adoption of machine-to-machine applications, according to the Vodafone M2M Barometer 2015. The research, in its third year, is based on respondents from 659 interviewees from 16 countries across 7 vertical industries. Over 250 respondents were from the Asia Pacific across six countries – Australia, India, Japan, South […]
