Phone companies strap solar cells and windmills on phone towers
 

Gotta get the energy bill down

While energy companies jack up prices and governments refuse to stop them, makers of phone gear are getting around the problem by strapping wind power and solar panels onto their towers.

Ericsson and Deutsche Telekom are harnessing the power of the wind and the sun at an energy-hungry 5G mobile site in Germany in an effort to guard against soaring electricity costs.

Telecom operators need to cut costs to fund $872 billion 5G rollout and they need a high lecky bill like a hole in the head..

Ericsson's head of sustainability Mats Pellbäck Scharp said the sector energy costs are around $25 billion per year, probably closer to $30 billion.

"So it is sort of on the same magnitude as the investment in radio equipment and other things."

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