Huawei and Vodafone are Bringing Industry-Leading Energy Efficiency to Telecom Operations
The Issues
The European energy crisis continues to impact telecom operations and financial outcomes . It ’ s critical for telcos and vendors to improve network energy efficiency . Huawei and Vodafone are addressing this with their Energy Efficiency programme .
How Huawei is Helping
• Green Telecom Network
Since 2021 , Vodafone and Huawei ’ s Active Energy Efficiency programme has provided energy savings via radio network software features . For Vodafone , cell sites consume approx . 73 % of its total energy . By the end of 2023 , these features delivered up to 20 % energy savings for typically configured cell sites . These energy-saving features are scaled deployed in European and African markets to provide ongoing energy savings .
In 2023 , the partnership expanded from software features to hardware innovation . The revolutionary ‘ 0 Bit 0 Watt ’ hardware platform reduces energy consumption of a radio module from over 200W to just less than 10W at night . This hardware is being used by Vodafone ’ s network for superior energy performance .
Huawei has installed solar panels at over 1,000 cell sites across Europe and Africa , while working with Vodafone to explore more opportunities in deploying solar panels in central offices and data centres .
• Vodafone Supplier Carbon Emission Reduction
Vodafone is a pioneer of the Net Zero strategy and announced a Net Zero target by 2040 . In 2021 , Vodafone achieved 100 % renewable energy for its European network . Like many it found that Scope 3 emissions account for a high percentage – over 90 % for Vodafone .
Since 2022 , Huawei has disclosed Product Carbon Footprint Reports for main products and services . Huawei is also working with a third-party organisation to establish a systematic methodology to precisely evaluate Scope 3 carbon emissions . Compared to 2021 , Huawei reduced carbon emissions for products and services supplied to Vodafone by over 30 %.
• Future Collaboration
Huawei will continue work with Vodafone and VPC to bring tailored , industry-leading energy-efficient network solutions while reducing the supplier carbon footprint for a better planet .