Renewable energy firm Energy Vision has selected Flexenclosure for a significant eSite hybrid power system rollout in Gabon.
Orange and French energy firm ENGIE have formed a partnership focused on delivering electricity to rural Africa.
Global energy tech firm Intelligent Energy is purchasing contracts from GTL Limited to supply energy-management services across more than 27,400 telecom towers in India.
Japan’s SoftBank, India’s Bharti and Taiwan’s Foxconn have formed a joint venture to promote the adoption of clean and safe energy in India.
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) have five renewable energy projects in developing countries.
Microsoft has signed a new strategic alliance with Tunisian startup Saphon Energy, a company that specialises in the research and development of wind energy.
Renewable energy solutions are often considered a white elephant by telecoms companies, but this perception has been outdated for some time and operators are now beginning to catch on to its advantages.
NEC and Pixela Corporation will begin testing the use of two innovative new energy management systems to cut base station power needs.
Filipino operator Globe Telecom is rolling out fuel cell systems that can provide back-up power solution in cell sites identified as most critical to ensure delivery of telecommunication services during crisis situations – particularly natural calamities.
The inaugural meeting of the Mobile Energy Association took place this week at TM Forum Live in Nice, France. The association aims to increase collaboration between the telecoms and energy sectors.
A new agreement between Intelligent Energy and Ascend Telecom is set to provide efficient power for telecom towers across India.
In a bid to improve energy and telecommunications access for Ugandans who lack reliable electricity, MTN Uganda and Fenix International have developed an ultra-affordable Pay As You Go energy solution designed to bring safe lighting, phone charging and more to those living off-grid across the country.
Econet Wireless subsidiary Econet Solar International is aiming to deliver its Home Power Stations (HPS) to over 125,000 homes across Africa in 2014.
Global power technology firm Intelligent Energy has launched a personal energy device for charging and powering USB-compatible portable electronic devices.
World Panel Inc is launching a suite of handheld solar chargers at AfricaCom in Cape Town next week.
ZTE is working with governments and enterprises across 15 African countries, including Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Niger, to deploy the use of renewable solar energy.
MTN Côte d’Ivoire has ordered has customised data centre from intelligent power management systems specialist Flexenclosure.
The cost of powering infrastructure is perhaps the biggest bugbear of every telecoms provider. Green energy is an attractive alternative as it provides huge savings on fuel – but the actual practicalities of installation and maintenance often deter operators.
There are many different ways for an organisation to reduce its carbon footprint and ‘go green.’ However, few solutions will deliver the hoped-for results if you haven’t done your homework, read the fine print and put in place the foundations necessary to leverage your investments.
As the fourth largest economy in the world by Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) driven primarily by the services sector, the telecom industry in India offers a great deal of opportunity. The last decade in particular has seen voice communications become a central part of day-to-day life for much of India with total national teledensity reaching 73.07% in January 2013.
A new partnership between power specialists Intelligent Energy and Etisalat Nigeria will develop personal energy solutions based on the former’s fuel cell technology, with an Etisalat user trial to commence in this quarter...
Vodafone Egypt has completed a successful trial of an energy-saving solution that enables the operator to boost 3G coverage...
No other practice in the mobile telecom industry is more environmentally harmful than powering several hundred thousand of off-grid base stations by burning diesel fuel. One single diesel powered base station can consume around 20,000 litres of diesel per year, and spew 50 tonnes of carbon emission into the atmosphere...
Kenya’s market-leading operator is expanding coverage to ever-more-remote areas of the country with solar-powered base stations...
Sustaining network coverage in communities with unreliable grid power is a significant problem in emerging markets, with providers and vendors constantly looking for new ways of providing coverage without relying on diesel generators...
