Mobile Magazine November 2024 | Page 170

How Nokia is enabling industrial decarbonisation through connectivity Subho sees digitalisation and enhanced connectivity as a critical part of the solution to decarbonise physical industries that significantly contribute to global carbon emissions .
“ This is our handprint – it represents the enablement effect of the technology solutions we provide ,” he shares . “ We have recently spoken about this role of digital technologies in industrial decarbonisation extensively at the Climate Week in New York this year . ​ You can see from our annual sustainability report , People & Planet , that we are the leader in the private wireless market . We now have over 710 customers globally , helping industries accelerate their digital transformation .”
Nokia is a global leader in communications infrastructure and over 600 telcos around the world use its mobile , fixed , IP , optical and nonterrestrial networks and technologies .
Minimising the environmental footprint and any potential negative social impact of Nokia ’ s technology is what the company calls its sustainability footprint . From 2019 to 2023 worldwide , mobile data growth surged 293 % to nearly 120 zettabytes per year . During that time , however , Nokia ’ s emissions – the majority of which stems from the use of
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