Amid a lot of gen AI hype, managing AI's energy needs will in part come down to not using it for everything
Artificial intelligence offers a conundrum, when it comes to sustainability. AI workloads are particularly energy-intensive. But AI also offers a lot of potential...
Changing energy markets means both challenges and opportunities for telcos to leverage battery storage
Industrial batteries are an often-overlooked part of telecom network infrastructure, and considered valuable primarily for providing back-up power when the electricity grid is down in order to sustain network operations.
However,...
Standards for 5G improved efficiency over 4G; the goal is for 6G to do the same
As new generations of cellular technology are developed, standardization has to balance several factors: Improving performance or capacity, bringing new, advanced capabilities, and improving the overall energy efficiency of...
Telecommunications service providers are seeking to cut costs and reduce their environmental footprint by increasing their overall efficiency. At the recent Telco Sustainability Forum virtual event, Shazia Zeb Sobani, VP of fiber networks at Telus, shared some of the operator's strategies around sustainability.
Sobani...
In a discussion at Telco Sustainability Forum, BT's Cyril Pourrat discussed the role of refurbished devices
Increasing a business' sustainability means taking a holistic approach, and operators are seeing pressures to do so not only from their bottom lines, but also from their customers.
Cyril...
What are some realistic ways that operators can increase the sustainability of their mobile networks, while reducing operational expenditures related to energy usage?
At the recent Telco Sustainability Forum virtual event (available on-demand here), Turkcell's Director of Access Network Mustafa Karakoc provided an in-depth...
Saving energy, in a network context, ultimately means that somewhere along the line, user experience could be impacted. Perhaps coverage or throughput ticks downward, or users are shifted from one cell to another.
In a session at the recent Telco Sustainability Forum virtual event...
A session at Telco Sustainability Forum, hosted by RCR Wireless last week, considered how private networks are a driver for enterprises to drive efficiency and productivity, and reduce their carbon emissions along the way. The panel comprised Amit Kohli, senior solution director and sustainability...
BT Group has set itself a 2023 goal for being a net-zero and circular business, and during the recent Telco Sustainability Forum event (available on-demand), Sarwar Khan, BT's global head of sustainability business, laid out some of the strategic efforts that BT is pursing...
