Green Network

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An Economist article examines how telecoms operators are working to cut the energy consumption of their mobile networks, driven by both rising electricity costs and concern over their carbon footprint. It describes simple fixes such as running base-stations at higher temperatures to reduce air-conditioning use, painting base-station exteriors white to deflect heat, switching off underused base-stations at quiet times, and installing solar panels or wind turbines, with Vodafone aiming to cut its carbon footprint by half between 2006 and 2020.