Mobile phone infrastructure suppliers are seeking to establish their green credentials by promoting energy-efficient products and systems using sustainable energy sources.
Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) believes there will be five billion people connected by 2015 – two billion more than today – and the environmental impact must be addressed.
“With this huge growth, NSN must provide wireless and wireline connectivity that uses less and less energy, that has recyclable components and limited use of environmentally sensitive materials,” said Simon Beresford-Wylie, company CEO.
NSN said most of the energy in a telecoms network is consumed by the basestation. Its ‘energy efficiency’ offering aims to reduce basestation power consumption by up to 70 per cent by minimising the number of basestation sites and the need for air conditioning, using the latest basestation technology and using software to optimise radio access.
Motorola announced its renewable energy products are now commercially available following successful completion of a wind and
solar power system trial, conducted with the
GSM Association, in Namibia, and trials in the UK.
The trials involved GSM basestations powered by wind and solar generators.