In his speech at the event, Li focused on how the ICT industry can use green digital telecommunications services to support its customers: “We are supporting other industries to reduce their carbon footprint through ICT solutions.
Using bits to manage watts is to use digital technologies to achieve more efficient energy management.
Many other prominent industry stakeholders in attendance at the event also spoke out about the critical importance of ICT in the region’s green plans.
CTO of Orange Spain Monica Sala commented that they plan on achieving Orange Group’s own carbon neutrality target of 2040 by reducing network energy consumption, increasing the use of renewable energy in their networks, and to rely more on the circular economy.
“Carbon reduction becomes the new focus – the industry must save energy and reduce carbon emissions.
Telecom operators have been long-time proponents of global sustainability efforts, with the mobile sector being the first industry vertical to commit to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals back in 2016.