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GSMA and Bharti Infratel Partner to Expand Green Energy Initiatives for Telecom Towers

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Posted on March 28, 2012 at 3:35:01 AM
GSMA and Bharti Infratel Partner to Expand Green Energy Initiatives for Telecom Towers

LONDON and DELHI, India, March 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The GSMA and Bharti Infratel Limited today announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop and promote green technologies for telecom tower infrastructure in India. The collaboration will entail working together to convert 1,000 Infratel towers into green sites, which will reduce greenhouse gas carbon emissions by almost 11,000 tonnes as a result of the reduced usage of diesel.

Bharti Infratel is one of the world's leading telecom tower infrastructure providers, owning over 33,000 of India's estimated 400,000 towers. Having predominantly a rural footprint, they have nearly 9,000 off-grid towers, which accounts for 18 per cent of total off-grid towers in India.  Infratel has already converted over 10,500 sites to alternative back-up power, out of which almost 1,350 sites are now on solar hybrid; converting an additional 1,000 is the first step of engagement with the GSMA.

Infratel has been the torchbearer in successfully pioneering green energy initiatives. Its award-winning GreenTowers P7 initiative has been running for almost two years and is a comprehensive, energy efficiency and alternate energy programme, aimed at reducing diesel usage and carbon emissions.  The GreenTowers initiative is scoped to cover 70 per cent of Infratel's tower network. It includes seven high-impact initiatives that are focused on reducing CO2 emission by 154,000 tonnes per year by reducing diesel consumption by 58.17 million litres per year.

"We are delighted to join hands with the GSMA and firmly believe that this partnership will present an exciting expansion to our expertise and leadership in deploying clean energy initiatives across our tower footprint," said Sairam Prasad, Chief Technical Officer, Bharti Infratel. "This vital partnership is a step further in our endeavour of fore-fronting green within the telecom tower infrastructure industry and will enhance the capacity of Infratel's GreenTowers P7 initiative."

"This partnership will have significant impact in reducing operating expenditure by 10-20 per cent at each individual site, as well as a significant reduction in carbon emissions," said Chris Locke, Managing Director, GSMA Development Fund. "Using the insights gained from our partnership with Bharti Infratel, we will produce a best practice guide and case study which we hope will lead to widespread industry change as the industry follows Bharti Infratel's lead."

The GSMA's Green Power for Mobile programme, supported by the World Bank's International Finance Corporation (IFC) works to promote and institutionalise green power in a number of markets including India. 

Notes to Editors:

The GSMA Green Power for Mobile programme was launched in September 2008 to advance the use of renewable energy sources by the mobile industry to power new and existing off-grid base stations in developing countries.

Bharti Infratel's GreenTowers P7 programme

The GreenTowers P7 program is scoped for 24,000 tower sites (primarily rural areas having low or no Grid Power availability) out of which over 10,500 sites have already been implemented in the first year as a part of this 3-year program. Once completed, the initiative will significantly reduce carbon dioxide emission by around 1.5 lac MT per year. This project already holds the unique distinction of being one of the largest of such initiatives around the world, while also having the largest green footprint in India, by any telecom tower company. For more information on the same, please view: http://www.bharti-infratel.com/cps-portal/web/gogreen.html

About the GSMA

The GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide. Spanning more than 220 countries, the GSMA unites nearly 800 of the world's mobile operators, as well as more than 200 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, including handset makers, software companies, equipment providers, Internet companies, and media and entertainment organisations. The GSMA also produces industry-leading events such as the Mobile World Congress and Mobile Asia Expo. 

For more information, please visit the GSMA corporate website at http://www.gsma.com or Mobile World Live, the online portal for the mobile communications industry, at http://www.mobileworldlive.com

About Infratel

Bharti Infratel Limited is amongst India's leading telecom passive infrastructure service providers. The company deploys, owns and manages telecom towers and communication structures, for various mobile operators across 18 states of India and has been the industry pioneer in adopting green energy initiatives across its telecom towers.

Infratel has a vast footprint of over 33,000+ towers and holds a 42 per cent stake in Indus Towers Limited - a Joint Venture between Bharti Infratel, Vodafone & Idea Cellular. For more information, visit http://www.bharti-infratel.com

SOURCE  GSMA

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CONTACT: Abigail Faylor: +44 (0)2070 670 851, afaylor@webershandwick.com; or GSMA Press Office:press@gsm.org

Web Site: http://www.gsma.com
 
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