Environment

Nokia Siemens Networks is banking on energy-efficient products and the desire by network operators to reduce operational expenditures to counter competition from Chinese manufacturers.  read more »

As Africa continues grappling with increasing imports of ICT equipment without a corresponding rise in recycling capacity, regional mobile operator MTN has teamed up with Germany-based Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), to foster development for e-waste handlers in the region.  read more »

The GreenTouch Consortium demonstrated its work Tuesday into how using large-scale antenna systems and virtual modems, along with splitting mobile networks into two parts, can help reduce energy consumption of operator networks by a factor of 1,000.  read more »

As Africa continues to face the challenge of e-waste, Hewlett-Packard and the Ireland-based Camara education organization have teamed to set up a plant in Kenya to refurbish computers in order to reduce hazardous toxic pollution.  read more »

Google has explained how it might use its status as an energy-trading company to increase the use of renewable energy sources in its data centers.  read more »

Cisco Systems has embarked on a "take back and recycle" program, to ensure that consumers in Africa do not use phased-out equipment.  read more »

Cisco Systems earned the top spot on the new Greenpeace "Cool IT" leadership list, while some of Japan's biggest electronics vendors -- Toshiba, Sharp, Sony and Panasonic -- finished last.  read more »

A protest action by Greenpeace in Europe and India against Dell may continue for many days, and be extended to the U.S. in the next stage, a spokeswoman for the environment group said on Monday.  read more »

From the outside, Hewlett-Packard's newest data center looks like a massive, well-secured loading dock, devoid of logos and surrounded by a robust barbed-wired fence in a nondescript industrial park.  read more »

There are two really good reasons to practice green computing: It saves you money, and--bit by bit--it helps save the planet. It's a major win-win. Here are just a few of the little things you can do to make a big difference.  read more »