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Orange and ENGIE form energy alliance for rural Africa

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Orange and French energy firm ENGIE have formed a partnership focused on delivering electricity to rural Africa.

Microsoft partners with Tunisian wind energy startup

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Microsoft has signed a new strategic alliance with Tunisian startup Saphon Energy, a company that specialises in the research and development of wind energy.

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Globe Telecom equips cell sites with back-up power solutions

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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.

Mobile Energy Association Launches

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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.

MTN Uganda launches pay-as-you-go solar power system

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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 Solar lighting up African homes in 2014

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Econet Wireless subsidiary Econet Solar International is aiming to deliver its Home Power Stations (HPS) to over 125,000 homes across Africa in 2014.

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Intelligent Energy introduces green USB charger for Africa

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Global power technology firm Intelligent Energy has launched a personal energy device for charging and powering USB-compatible portable electronic devices.

ZTE Provides Green Energy Solutions in Africa

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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 taps Flexenclosure for base station in Ivory Coast

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MTN Côte d’Ivoire has ordered has customised data centre from intelligent power management systems specialist Flexenclosure.

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Energy-saving solution trialled successfully in Egypt

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Vodafone Egypt has completed a successful trial of an energy-saving solution that enables the operator to boost 3G coverage...

Mobile operators’ slowness to roll out green money saving power solutions is about to change

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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...

Remote Kenyan communities connect with solar power

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Kenya’s market-leading operator is expanding coverage to ever-more-remote areas of the country with solar-powered base stations...

Fuel cell meets base station for the perfect blackout coverage solution

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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...

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