NGMN GREEN TELCO INITIATIVE –
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND GREEN FOOTPRINT ACTIVITIES


Contact: Philipp DEIBERT, NGMN Office (office(at)ngmn.org)


Global carbon emissions are further increasing and every country and industry is affected by the negative effects of the climate change. The IC industry currently generates around 2% of the world-wide carbon emissions.

 

Many measures have already been taken by Telecom Operators and Vendors e.g. in the area of equipment power efficiency to improve the green footprint. Furthermore, ICT players have the opportunity to introduce advanced communication technologies that will help other industries to drive sustainability.

 

The NGMN Alliance and its Partners place a strong emphasis on the development of the most energy efficient next generation technology and on the extension of the industry's green footprint. Therefore, the NGMN Green Telco Initiative brings together NGMN Partners who run projects and have started activities to protect the environment.

 

Please find below a selection of NGMN Partners with an outline of their solutions and insights.
Further information can be received through NGMN Office at office(at)ngmn.org

 

Please find below a viewpoint from Philipp Deibert (NGMN) on Sustainability and Energy Efficiency for download Sustainability and Energy Efficiency


  • www.tellabs.com

    Tellabs, Inc., Naperville, USA

    Tellabs helps customers succeed by reducing power consumption in their networks. Many of our products combine what were previously separate network elements. For example, the Tellabs 7100 optical transport system reduced a customer's network energy consumption up to 65%, compared with the previous network architecture.
    One of Tellabs' priorities in 2009 is to improve energy-efficiency and materials use as our products evolve. We are initiating work to determine carbon footprint by product. By focusing research and development to innovate ways to save energy, Tellabs will help customers achieve their goals.
    Tellabs' commitment to energy-efficiency is part of our broader commitment to help protect the environment. Tellabs created an Office of Environmental Affairs in 2008 to coordinate a wide range of efforts. For example, we completed our first Carbon Disclosure Project survey and Tellabs Finland location achieved Green Office certification from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Tellabs is also actively communicating with suppliers to help ensure that they use environmentally responsible manufacturing processes.
    By making sustainable choices, Tellabs creates long-term value for customers, employees, investors, suppliers and communities.
    Corporate social responsibility efforts

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  • www.vodafone.com

    Vodafone Group Plc, Newbury, United Kingdom

    8Climate change is widely recognised as one of the greatest global sustainability challenges. Its implications are far-reaching for the environment, for people, and for the global economy - of which Vodafone is a part. As a multinational communications company, Vodafone can play an important role in helping to tackle climate change. Our climate change strategy has three elements:

    • Energy Efficiency: with systematic approach spanning access, transport and core network ; each time addressing hardware, software, and subsystem levels.
    • Alternative energy: Alcatel-Lucent already deployed 300 solar-powered BTS sites in various emerging countries, and now accelerates its investment in this field, launching the Alternative Energy program aiming to provide the 1st truly industrial solution of alternative energy powered BTS, to address the 100,000+ green-powered sites that the industry says should be deployed before 2012 (source GSMA, ABI Research).
    • Converged RAN: going from one technology to the next by software only to not only save capital and operational expenditure but also enables to avoid the energy/waste that would have been required to manufacture new hardware modules.
    Corporate responsibility

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