The U.S. wireless industry is focused on reducing carbon emissions, embracing more sustainable practices, and constructing more resilient and energy-efficient networks. Carriers such as AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile have all made pledges of carbon neutrality by 2035 at the latest.
5G
Connectivity
A Key Enabling Technology
to meet America’s Climate Change Goals
Verizon is a leading corporate buyer of U.S. renewable energy, entering into purchase agreements totaling approximately 3.3 GW of projected renewable energy capacity.
With its Gigaton Goal, AT&T aims to empower its business customers to reduce a collective 1 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions between 2018 and 2035.
T-Mobile is aiming for a 95% reduction in energy consumption per petabyte of data traffic by 2030.
Over the last five years, Intel has purchased enough renewable electricity to power more than 3.2 million households for one year.
Ericsson energy-saving software solutions are enabling up to 97% less power consumption at low traffic.
Nokia is modernizing its base station equipment, which can help providers save up to 53 tons of annual CO2 emissions and realize 70% energy savings per site.
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