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Articles tagged with: Solar Power
Samsung Shows Off Solar Powered Touch-Screen Phone
Samsung Electronics has unveiled a solar powered full-touch screen phone "Blue Earth", alongside Samsung's vision for environmental sustainability. Under the slogan: "The Blue Earth Dream: Eco-living with SAMSUNG mobile", Samsung has commited to develop a range of eco-friendly products and a programme of activities for its customers. more
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Solar and Wind Power Brings Mobile Phones to Kenyan Village
As part of the Millennium Villages project, Ericsson and operator, Zain have built a green-powered site in the remote village of Dertu in northeastern Kenya. Using a combination of wind and solar power addresses the two key deterrents to building telecommunication infrastructure in remote areas: operating costs and power supply reliability. more
Related Tags: sim-card, sim, roaming, itu, wind, ericsson, zain, villages, Kenya
Chinese Projector Mobile Phone
Apple, Motorola and Nokia heads take note ... the next innovation leader you could face probably won't come from Japan or the US, but China. A projector phone's release, an entire month ahead of the release of the hand-held projector, is just one more sign that more cell phone innovations will come from mainland China. more
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335,000 Cellular Base Stations to Include Solar Power by 2013
As mobile network expansion moves ostensibly to emerging markets where solar energy levels are more favorable, solar power appears ready to play an important role in reducing the costs of cellular service delivery and ensuring a more reliable power supply. The OEMsÃ' drive toward reducing base station power consumption, along with improvements in photovoltaic cells, have meant that solar energy is now a very viable solution for powering cellular base stations. more
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Telenor Plans 40% Cut in Carbon Emissions by 2016
Telenor has announced that it plans to reduce the carbon intensity of its global operations with 40 per cent by 2016, compared to the 2007 level. Telenor is expecting continued strong growth in the business and in network traffic, but the total emissions in 2016 will be reduced to equal the already low 2007-level. more
Related Tags: base-station, o2, telenor, climate-change
Wireless Power System Transmits Energy Over 148km
..ould make rural base stations cheaper, and safer to operate. The demonstration of solar-powered wireless power transmission used a solid-state phased array transmitter located on the U.S. island of Maui and receivers located on the island of Haw more
Related Tags: base-station, rural, texas, microwave, base-stations, nasa, backhaul, USA
UNICEF Tests Emergency Comunications Platform
The United Nations agency, UNICEF says that it has successfully tested the first two prototypes of the 'BeeÃ', a mobile communication system developed by the Division of Communication. The Bee will allow communication, connectivity and data access in field conditions where such technologies are often difficult or impossible to use. more
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Asian Bank to Boost Rural GSM Service in Afghanistan
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to provide a US$55 million loan to the Afghanistan based mobile operator, Roshan so it can extend its coverage to parts of the country that have little or no telecommunications infrastructure in place. The loan to Telecom Development Company Afghanistan, which trades under the name Roshan, will also support the rollout of a mobile banking system called M-Paisa. more
Related Tags: rsa, rural, mobile-banking, roshan, paris, Afghanistan
SOlar Powered GSM Platform Launched - Trials in India
Telecom equipment vendor, VNL has launched a solar powered GSM platform which the company says needs between 50W and 120W of power to operate (compared to 3000 W for a typical GSM base station). A WorldGSM base station is entirely powered by solar energy with a 72 hour battery back-up in place (also charged by solar power). more
Related Tags: rural, rcom, battery, India
Mobile Network Energy OPEX to Rise Dramatically to $22 Billion in 2013
Over the next few years the growing cost of bulk diesel fuel, coupled with wholesale electricity price increases, are likely to offset significant gains in cellular base station power efficiency. This will result in a collective network OPEX of $22 billion in 2013, according to a new study from ABI Research. Starting in 2012, however, the benefits of power consumption and efficiency advancements should start to rein in the spiraling operating expenditures. more
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