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Mobile Communications and the Environment

Mobile Communications and the Environment. Isabelle Mauro Head of External Affairs Dr Jack Rowley Director Research & Sustainability. Mobile Phone Lifecycle. GSMA Report - Mobile Phone Lifecycles.

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Mobile Communications and the Environment

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  1. Mobile Communications and the Environment Isabelle Mauro Head of External Affairs Dr Jack Rowley Director Research & Sustainability

  2. Mobile Phone Lifecycle

  3. GSMA Report - Mobile Phone Lifecycles • GSMA contributing to Mobile Phone Partnership Initiative to develop guidelines for environmentally sound management. • Fastest growth in Africa, the Middle East,Eastern Europe and the Americas. • About 900 million mobile phones sold in 2006. • 50-80%as replacement phones. • About 10% of new customers rely on a ‘used’ phone. • About 20 million phones collected globally. • Only about 5% of ‘unwanted’ phones. • Perceived value is a major barrier to increased collection in all countries. • Better engagement with informal sector needed for successful takeback in some countries. http://www.gsmworld.com/health/wireless/lifecycle.shtml

  4. Energy Use During Operations • More than 80% of a mobile operators energy is used by masts and switch centres. • Energy per base station per annum (MWh): • GSM = 15.6 3G = 33.4 • Base station energy savings: • Equipment efficiency and optimum siting. • Reduce active cooling. • GSMA pilots of renewable energy and bio-fuels to power base stations. • Handset Energy Use: • About 11% energy wasted is the charging process. • If 10% of mobile phone users turned off their chargers after use, the energy saved in one year could power 60,000 European homes.

  5. Environmental Benefits of Telecommunications • Environmental burden of a roundtrip travel between Berkeley and Chicago . • Use of car, plane and light rail at 2000km each way versus a one hour mobile call (x2 persons). • ‘Wireless teleconferencing results in 1-3 orders of magnitude lower CO2, NOx, and SO2 emissions than business travel.’ • Carbon reduction opportunities through telecommunications estimated at 4.9% of Australia’s total national emissions. • Monitoring applications: • Air pollution in Ghana. • Animal movements in South Africa. • Sources: Toffel and Arpad Horvath, Environ. Sci. Technol. (2004). • Towards a High-Bandwidth, Low-Carbon Future: Telecommunications-based Opportunities to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Report by Climate Risk for Telstra (2007).

  6. Thank You Contact : Isabelle Mauro Job title : Head of External Affairs email address :imauro@gsm.org Contact : Dr Jack Rowley Job title : Director Research & Sustainability email address :jrowley@gsm.org Website: www.gsmworld.com/health

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