Network Decommissioning - A Once-In-A-Generation Sustainability Opportunity For Telcos
RCRWirelessNews, Thursday, September 5th, 2024
Across most developed economies, the scale of telecom equipment decommissioning - the process of retiring legacy infrastructure - is continuing at an astonishing pace.
These markets were the first to adopt earlier generations of communications technology at scale, but they now need to make urgent progress toward systematically removing outdated hardware, including switches, routers, cables, radios and myriad other components.
This is a necessary step on the road to progress, but it comes at a cost. Aside from the obvious financial burden, replacing hardware at scale has a significant environmental impact. To help alleviate this, service providers are looking to the circular economy to source and dispose of hardware more sustainably.