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Telecommunications The software upgrade that could cut CO2 by a million tonnes a year | The software upgrade that could cut CO2 by a million tonnes a year |
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| by Stuart Corner | |
| Sunday, 16 December 2007 | |
  
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Vodafone Germany will install the software upgrade across its base stations by the end of 2007 as part of to cut energy consumption in its mobile networks. Ericsson's BTS Power Savings feature (formerly named BTS Standby) is the latest in a series of energy optimisation innovations that Ericsson, along with other cellular infrastructure manufacturers, has introduced. In 2006, Ericsson claimed to have reduced the power consumption of its latest generation of WCDMA base stations by 35 percent and to have pioneered the introduction of alternative energies, such as biofuel and solar power for mobile base stations. Earlier this year the company published a white paper: "Sustainable Energy Use in Mobile Communications ." Last month rival cellular infrastructure manufacturer, Nokia Siemens Networks, introduced a lower power consumption base station , saying its overall aim was to minimise energy requirements of its product by designing them for low power consumption, by intelligent network and site design, by reducing the size of products for more efficient transportation and installation, by using intelligent software, increased service life of the products and sophisticated take-back and recycling services.{moscomment}/ |
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