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GSMA Claims Network Efficiency Can Lead To Annual Energy Savings Of $2bn
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The GSMA today unveiled an update to a 2009 report which outlines the impact of operator initiatives in the areas of energy and carbon management. Analysis of 34 mobile networks worldwide shows that, despite considerable growth in mobile connections and traffic, total network energy consumption increased only slightly from 2009 to 2010.
The analysis also shows that the total energy per unit traffic declined by approximately 20 percent and energy per connection declined by five percent over this period, indicating that the industry is making strong progress towards its goal of reducing its total global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per connection by 40 percent by 2020.
The report used data and analysis from the GSMA's Mobile Energy Efficiency Benchmarking (MEE) service to calculate both the energy costs and the CO2e emissions that result from the electricity and diesel consumption of mobile networks. The MEE Benchmarking analysis shows that if all networks with above average energy consumption are improved to the industry average, there is a potential energy cost saving for mobile operators of $1 billion per annum at 2010 prices; improving to the top quartile could save over $2 billion annually.
Future savings come from smart applications, often as a result of M2M communications, particularly in applications such as smart grids and meters, as well as smart transportation and logistics.
The full report can be found at: www.gsma.com/publicpolicy/mobiles-green-manifesto
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