SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING
“ For Openreach’ s network, diversity gives us resilience – if there’ s a problem with one technology, you have backup. It’ s useful to have multiple technologies, though not too many since that would consume huge amounts of energy. But having some redundancy is good.”
Quickly shaping the future of mobile networks, 5G allows operators to upgrade legacy equipment with the latest generation radio units that are able to offer greater energy savings, whilst also featuring AI capabilities.
“ The latest silicon utilises the most energy-efficient process nodes and incorporates the newest features and standards which are designed specifically to save energy,” Joe says.“ These capabilities include AI and machine learning, which help optimise power amplifier performance, smarter resource allocation and traffic prediction.
“ Great strides have also been made in tackling energy efficiency
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