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| A lush green developing country. A country full of people scattered to all ends. A people reaching up to reach out to the world. The challenge facing the people in Bangladesh was that of connectivity. The odds facing them were disruptive electricity, acute climatic conditions and distance. Grameenphone realized its role as a leader, to connect the people, to help communicate the ideas, wishes, desires and voices of the nation. It committed itself in developing the country, empowering the people, and hence the birth of the vision of “Greener Network”. In 2008, Grameenphone and Huawei partnered up for “Building a Greener Mobile Network” in Bangladesh. GP swapped 39 legacy MSC and 1900 BTS for Huawei energy efficient layered architecture MSS. This brought in 43% energy and emission savings. In addition, by adopting solar powered system with diesel fuel as backup, each site reduced energy consumption by 40%. It is estimated that energy savings per year 1,202,643 kWh of electricity, an equivalent reduction of over 700 tons of CO2. This green initiative eased up pressure on Bangladesh’s power grid. |
