Ericsson : Driving Sustainability Partnership With T-Mobile
Ericsson : Driving Sustainability Partnership With T-Mobile
We speak to David Hammarwall , Head of Customer Unit for T-Mobile at Ericsson , on ways Ericsson and T-Mobile are driving sustainability standards forward
David Hammarwall is Head of Customer Unit for T-Mobile at Ericsson , where he leads customer account management and the strategic partnership with the telco provider .
Hammarwall ’ s significant technical experience in product management within Ericsson ’ s Networks products positions him to lead strategic engagements to support T-Mobile in achieving its network energy efficiency targets and sustainability goals .
Ericsson : Driving sustainability with T-Mobile
Now in his client-facing position with T-Mobile , there is one key goal Hammarwall is striving to achieve with Ericsson ’ s telecom partner – achieving greater sustainability and Net Zero operations .
“ We have a very aggressive agenda and targets for sustainability ,” he notes . “ We aim to reach Net Zero across our entire value chain by 2040 , and we ’ re backing that up with a solid roadmap to get there .” Ericsson has intermediate targets too .
By 2030 , Ericsson aims to reduce its supply chain footprint by 50 % and reach Net Zero in its own company operations .
The task for Hammarwall and his team has been to align these Net Zero ambitions with its partner T-Mobile .
“ We ’ re very fortunate that T-Mobile wants to be pioneers in driving the sustainability agenda too ,” he adds . “ T-Mobile has set very aggressive Net Zero initiatives themselves .”
On the path to sustainability with 5G networks
Of course , shifting to 5G networks has proved to be an effective move towards sustainability in itself .
As Hammarwall notes : “ It ’ s about 10 times more efficient to run a 5G network than it is to run a 4G network for delivering data .
Aggressively deploying a 5G network is one of the best things you can do to reduce your data delivery carbon footprint . We ’ re now setting forth a very aggressive energy efficiency target for our products too .”