ERICSSON – FLATTENING THE 5G ENERGY CURVE
TELECOMS correlation between carbon credits and the practice of big game hunters funding wildlife conservation programs and reserves . Yes , there ’ s more money for conservation research , but we ’ re still down an elephant .
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This agreement illustrates our commitment as one of the economic players paving the way in France on PPAs and thus contributing to our country ’ s energy transition ”
— Fabienne Dulac , CEO , Orange France
verticals . Carbon offsetting is widespread and , while it still means money going towards green initiatives , critics of the strategy have pointed out the
ERICSSON – FLATTENING THE 5G ENERGY CURVE
Telecom providers looking to go green are facing a problem . Every new generation of telecom network technology has represented a significant spike in energy demand , and looks to be no exception . “ This growing energy challenge is , in large measure , a result of the exponential growth in traffic that new 5G services are likely to deliver ,” observed a recent report by McKinsey . “ Although the 5G-new-radio standard is more energy efficient per gigabyte than are the 4G standards , the proposed 5G use cases and new spectrum bands will require many more mobile sites , outstripping potential energy efficiencies .”
Flattening the energy curve created by 5G adoption is an essential goal if telecom companies want to
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