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5c) Green Network Award

Green energy has become far more than just a question of good corporate responsibility for the world's mobile networks. As many expand far beyond the reach of power grids they need to find alternatives to diesel, likewise many operators seek to maximise operating costs through the deployment of more energy efficient networks.

The 'Green Network' Award aims to recognise mobile network operators that are focused on the reduction of environmental impacts through use of transformational environment strategies - both alternative or renewable energy sources and the employment of energy efficient base solutions in their network. Specifically this could include the powering of cellular base stations using alternate energy sources, such as wind, solar or biofuels/biomass fuel cells or the introduction of sustainable technology such as base station features with energy saving, waste or CO2 emission reduction features.

The judges will shortlist four to six entries in this category, with one winner announced at the world’s leading mobile communications event, the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Tuesday 16th February 2010.

The entered programme, product or initiative must have been launched or available in at least one market prior to the deadline for the closing of the awards, Monday 23rd November 23rd 2009.

Eligibility:

This award is open to mobile network operators only, that are deploying green networks that support the GSM family of mobile technologies e.g. GSM, GPRS, EDGE, W-CDMA and HSPA.

Judging criteria

The judges will look for evidence of pro-activity and tangible progress in terms of eco-friendly green power implementation. Successful companies will be able to demonstrate well conceived, designed and successfully implemented environmentally friendly approaches that deliver tangible, quantifiable results. They will be looking for entries that show genuine efforts toward environmentally sustainable business and ecologically friendly technologies, where entrants should be able to demonstrate:

Defined targets that are measurable in terms of contributing to reduced carbon emissions for their base station network
Scaled initiatives that represent a significant proportion of an operators base station network
Quantifiable emissions reduction benefits for alternative energy and energy efficient base stations

Specific Entry Form Questions for this category:

On the entry form, in addition to submitting contact and company information, you will be asked to answer the following questions (maximum text/character length for your answers also shown in brackets below):

What is the name of your Green Power entry? When was the programme conceived and introduced into the network? (1000 characters = approx 170 words)
What specific environmental issue related to base station network is addressed by your policy, programme or initiative? (1000 characters = approx 170 words)
How do these solutions benefit your network, users, stakeholders, or the wider world? (1000 characters = approx 170 words)
How do you measure the success of your programme? How successful have you been to date in quantifiable terms? (1000 characters = approx 170 words)
What is the scale of the programme? (Please provide the absolute numbers of base stations deployed and also the proportion/percentage of green base stations deployed in the network) or if energy reduction, explain the overall cale of deployment & costs savings enjoyed? (1000 characters = approx 170 words)
What specific evidence would you highlight for your programme/initiative, in terms of it contributing toward a greener economy, industry or community, or reducing carbon emissions? (1000 characters = approx 170 words)
What business benefits have you seen from your focus on environmental sustainable network? (1000 characters = approx 170 words)
What plans do you have to expand and extend your policy/ programme/ initiative in the future? (1000 characters = approx 170 words

Please note: Use URLs when they are specific/ relevant to the category and will help judges further understand your entry, but due to the number of entries received, judges will not have time to surf company websites looking for further information on the entered product/service or initiative.