Huawei to pilot 'green solutions' at GSM>3G Middle East

Telecommunication is an indispensable service to countless consumers. With telecom networks covering more regions in the world and expanding incessantly, communication equipment is taking up a larger proportion of the worlds total energy consumption.

"Nowdays, the pollution caused by the overuse of energy has become a serious environmental problem. According to statistics from the International Energy Agency 2007, in 30 years from 1973 to 2005, the increased energy consumption resulted in a rise of pollutant emission by 68% and that of CO2 emission by 73%. As an outstanding corporate citizen and important player in the telecom industry worldwide, Huawei has the courage to take the lead in the green era of the telecom industry,"

said Ihab Ghattas, Assistant President, Middle East Region, Huawei Technologies.

Modern radio and broadcast technologies provide consumers with high bandwidth mobile connectivity 'on the move', but at a cost - high network power consumption, which often accounts for over half the power consumption and heat dissipation of a base station. High power consumption translates directly to significant environmental impact.

"At Huawei we always recognise the importance of environmental protection and have taken an active role in advancing green technologies. By using innovative technologies our new-generation green mobile network solution helps telecom operators to reduce power consumption, material usage, room occupancy and manpower needed. This solution can reduce the discharge of carbon dioxide by 60% and total operation cost by 30%, helping to achieve goals of both environment protection and economic benefit," said Ghattas.

The use of new technologies in the main equipment (base station) and introduction of distributed base stations make it possible to realise lower power consumption, more flexible deployment and smooth evolution. The equipment can support various modes through software upgrade, so as to maximise the repeated use of the hardware and reduce the long-term investment of the telecom operator.

Since the use of intelligent ventilation, direct ventilation and natural heat dissipation, the requirement for air conditioning in the equipment room is lowered and the power consumption reduced. Furthermore, as new energy sources like solar energy and wind power are used to power the base station, the discharge of carbon dioxide decreases.

At GSM>3G Middle East Huawei will also be discussing its recent work with 3G Femtocell, a portable wireless access device designed to address the problem of poor cell phone reception indoors by taking advantage of home and small office broadband connections. Huawei's femtocell solution enables end-users to enjoy high-speed wireless data services indoors such as streaming video and mobile broadband. Femtocells are also important for operators to implement a full-service operation strategy in this new era of network convergence.

"Huawei's Green Energy Solutions make good green business sense. By bringing state-of the art products and software together with our services portfolio for operators, we can reduce adverse environmental impact while also generating considerable cost savings for our operator customers," said Ghattas.