BT, Orange kick off industry effort to cut energy use in fibre network

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BT Group, Orange, and key equipment suppliers are to set standards at the Broadband Forum for more energy-efficient fibre broadband equipment.

This article includes:

  • Organisations: Broadband Forum; BT Group; Calix; EE; Futurewei; Huawei; International Telecommunication Union; Nokia; Orange.
  • People: Hugues Le Bras.
  • Themes: 4G; Carbon emissions; Cell sleep; Copper; Digital subscriber line; Electric vehicles; Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; Fibre; Net zero; Optical Line Terminals; Optical Network Units; Power shedding; Passive Optical Networks; Radio access network; Sustainability.

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