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Where cost-efficiency meets eco-efficiency
The drive to keep down costs is relentless, especially during an economic downturn. So how do you meet this need while balancing the demand to invest in a greener, less carbon-intensive business? This site looks at a variety of options for reducing cost, complexity and CO2 emissions. As our first article shows, going green can be good for business.
Do you already have concrete plans for making your network leaner and greener that we could help to bring to fruition? Or perhaps you’d like information on a specific topic? Get in touch with us and see what we can do for you.
For Wireline and Wireless Networks
Going Green is Good Business
Going Green is Good Business
The business case for investing in green initiatives is now as strong as the moral case and shows tremendous savings
Global warming, the energy crisis and the “green” movement can hurt or help an operator’s business. There’s much discussion about the moral, ethical and scientific aspects of global warming and eco-sustainability. However, while these perspectives are important, it’s just as important to put green issues into a hard-nosed business context.
Read articleEco-Sustainability Perspectives: Orange and Telstra
Eco-Sustainability Perspectives: Orange and Telstra
Hear from our customers Telstra and Orange how eco-sustainability adds value to their business.
Technology Innovations Enable High-Leverage Networks
Technology Innovations Enable High-Leverage Networks
Advances mean significant cost savings and efficiency gains from network transformation
Network providers must address the key challenge of being both efficient, low-cost bit transport providers and innovative, value-added service providers. A High Leverage Network addresses this challenge, allowing network providers to scale network bandwidth continuously and cost-effectively from the access to the transport layer, and to equip the network with built-in service and application awareness, quality of service (QoS) and traffic optimization.
Taking the Strain out of Backbone Network Traffic Growth
Taking the Strain out of Backbone Network Traffic Growth
Converged Backbone Transformation solution extends the benefits of the High Leverage Network TM into the backbone network
In today’s backbone networks, virtually all traffic travels across multiple core routers while en route to its destination, as well as on the return path. The Converged Backbone Transformation solution treats the backbone network as a single converged network rather than as separate Optics and IP layers. This layer integration can lead to a CAPEX reduction in a range of 30%.
100 Gigabit Ethernet at the Network Edge Can Reduce Power Consumption by 70%
100 Gigabit Ethernet at the Network Edge Can Reduce Power Consumption by 70%
New service routing platform enables service providers to cope with traffic cost-effectively while delivering sophisticated services
Driven by video, Internet traffic continues to grow at an astonishing rate. During a typical day of Beijing Olympics coverage last year, NBC is estimated to have generated 128 Terabytes (TB) of Internet traffic from streaming video and VoD, accessed by over 3 million live streams and 4 million VoD sessions at various resolutions. On a typical day in the same timeframe, YouTube generated over 1100 TB of traffic, delivering more than 5 billion streams to over 91 million viewers.
For Wireless Networks
Optimizing Wireless Network Efficiency and Profitability Can Lead to up to 65 % OPEX Gains
Optimizing Wireless Network Efficiency and Profitability Can Lead to up to 65 % OPEX Gains
Surging demand for mobile broadband services requires a shift in network strategy
Mobile data traffic is exploding: in 2008, mobile broadband accesses (3G/4G) overtook the number of fixed broadband accesses, and in 2010 they will likely be twice that of fixed accesses. There is a pressing need for wireless operators to optimize their cost structure. All-you-can-eat business models are unsustainable: today’s flat-fee offers are capped by “fair use” conditions. Carrying traffic is costly: it requires new infrastructure and operations.
World’s First Alternative Energy Laboratory for Telecoms
World’s First Alternative Energy Laboratory for Telecoms
Alcatel-Lucent breaks new ground to develop alternative energy sources for mobile base stations
The world’s first alternative energy laboratory and pilot station for the telecoms market opened on 2 June in Villarceaux, close to Paris. The site forms part of Alcatel-Lucent’s strategic alternative energy program, launched in 2008, and its objective is to optimize technologies to provide power from renewable energy sources for mobile base stations worldwide.
For Wireline Networks
DSL Innovations Offer Double Digit Cost Savings
DSL Innovations Offer Double Digit Cost Savings
Operators are starting to look at the benefits of eco-efficiency to their reputation and bottom line
Network operators are looking closely at green solutions for their access networks where they can be shown to strengthen their competitive position, streamline operations or operating costs, or open up new areas of opportunity — and have a positive impact on the environment. Alcatel-Lucent calls this win-win scenario eco-efficiency.
The Carbon Economy
The Economist and XPLANE show their new opportunities for green business.
Steps to a High Leverage Network
Reducing complexity and boosting cost-efficiency: How service providers can transform their multiple networks to a converged all-IP high leverage network.
Eco Innovations
Watch CEO Ben Verwaayen speaking about innovation and how Alcatel-Lucent can help customers to reduce their carbon footprint and energy costs.