FOREWORD
could be eliminated by 2020 through the
focused use of 17 core technologies in four
‘ICT will be an
pages). Overall, they say wireless telecoms
applications modelled in the study could
major economic sectors: energy genera-
tion & distribution, transport, buildings,
important source of
reduce carbon emissions by 113 MtCO2e
in 2020 across EU-25 countries.
and industry. The estimate represents the
potential reduction in greenhouse gases
reducing emissions’
To achieve these savings, 1 billion mo-
bile connections would be required, say
for just the G20 nations. Further reduc- Vodafone/Accenture, and that will come
tions in global CO2 emissions could be “dematerialise”—substituting physical at a cost. “[According to Smart2020] emis-
realised if more countries used ICT-based products and activities with low-carbon sions from the ICT industry as a whole
solutions to their full potential, says IDC. “virtual” alternatives—the way we work are projected to increase from 2% to 3%
“ICT will be an important source of and operate could deliver a reduction of of global emissions in order to enable a
practical solutions for reducing CO2 500 MtCO2e in 2020, the equivalent of 15% reduction from other industries. We
emissions in the G20 and many other the total ICT footprint in 2002, says the have not quantified the increase in emis-
countries,” said Bigliani, announcing the Smart2020 report. sions from providing the network capacity
research ahead of the Copenhagen con- As well as widely discussed measures needed in this study, but we expect it to be
ference. “Any goals to reduce energy such as videoconferencing and virtualisa- approximately 17% of the identified savings
consumption, for example, will be accel- tion, telcos can provide better customer based on previous analysis [by the Climate
erated by using network-based solutions information to reduce ICT’s overall foot- Group] of the ICT sector as a whole.”
as a foundation. Similarly, ICT can enable print. Operators and equipment manu- Regulation can also play a role. “In the
more effective monitoring and manage- facturers are now looking to provide [EC] transport directive of 2008…trucks
ment of energy use in many key sectors of consumers with guidelines on how much have to pay when using the roads…It’s
a nation’s economy.” energy telecoms equipment consumes. all about forcing companies to optimise
In turn, The Climate Group says spe- Mobile operators claim that their sector routing…and it is powered by ICT,” says
cific ICT opportunities it has identified will have a signifcant part to play in com- David Eurin, head of the Energy Practice
could lead—in a best case scenario, and batting emissions. Vodafone has carried at Analysys Mason.
using ICT to help other sectors become out a study with Accenture to model lev- Technologies such as renewable bas-
more energy efficient—to emission re- els of carbon emission reductions through estations will also play a part. The GSM
ductions five times the size of the sec- implementing mobile technologies in five Association monitors the progress of re-
tor’s own footprint: up to 7.8 GtCO2e, key areas: dematerialisation, smart grids, newable basestations deployed by mo-
or 15% of total “business as usual” global smart logistics, smart cities and smart bile operators, and in 2008 launched its
emissions by 2020. Using technology to manufacturing (see pie charts on previous Green Power for Mobile programme with
the aim that the mobile industry should
NUMBER OF RENEWABLE BASESTATIONS
power 118,000 new and existing off-grid
Region Country Operator y
basestations in developing countries by
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2012. It says achieving this target will save
able
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cut annual carbon emissions by up to 6.8
517 453 6 42 13 3
million tonnes and connect 118 million
Africa Egypt Mobinil (ECMS) 34 34
people in developing countries to mobile
Africa Kenya Safaricom 27 4 21 2
networks using green power.
Americas Chile Movistar (Telefonica) 19 16 1 2
The GSMA in 2009 won the Green
Americas Ecuador Movistar (Telefonica) 100 100
Award at the Total Telecom World
Americas Mexico Movistar (Telefonica) 2 2
Americas Peru Movistar (Telefonica) 65 65
Communication Awards for its Universal
Americas Venezuela Movistar (Telefonica) 23 14 9
Charging Solution, which mobile opera-
Asia Pacific Australia Telstra 200 200
tors and manufacturers have committed to
Asia Pacific Bangladesh Grameenphone (Telenor) 2 2 implement by 2012 for new phones. The
Asia Pacific India Idea Cellular 1 1 development will result in an estimated
Asia Pacific Indonesia Indosat (Qtel) 3 1 2
50% reduction in standby energy con-
Asia Pacific Pakistan Telenor 4 4
sumption and the potential elimination of
Asia Pacific Sri Lanka Dialog Telekom (Axiata) 3 1 2
up to 51,000 tonnes of duplicate chargers,
Asia Pacific Thailand DTAC (Telenor) 14 14
says the GSMA. The commitment will re-
East Europe Hungary Pannon (Telenor) 2 1 1
move the requirement for every new ter-
East Europe Montenegro Promonte (Telenor) 1 1
minal to be sold with a dedicated charger,
West Europe Germany 02 (Telefonica) 1 1
West Europe Ireland 02 (Telefonica) 1 1
reducing packaging, and in turn that is
West Europe Norway Telenor 1 1
expected to reduce greenhouse gases in
West Europe Spain Movistar (Telefonica) 14 14
manufacturing and transporting replace-
ment chargers by 13.6 tonnes to 21.8 mil-
Source: GSM Association
lion tonnes a year. n
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