This article presents estimations of the energy and carbon footprint of the Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) and Entertainment & Media (E&M) sectors globally for 2010–…

The positive and negative environmental impacts of information and communication technology
(ICT) are widely debated. This study assesses the electricity use and greenhouse gas (…

This article quantifies the global carbon footprint of mobile communication systems, and
discusses its ecological and economic implications. Using up-to-date data and life cycle …

The use of information and communication technologies are increasing in society. Carbon
emissions can be found throughout the entire life cycle of access networks, data centers and …

It is of interest to understand the life cycle contribution from the use of smartphones including
their network usage, as well as to gain knowledge regarding the impact of the smartphone …

The use of information and communication technology (ICT) is growing throughout society,
and new products and solutions are developed at an increasing rate. To enable …

This study presents operational electricity consumption and greenhouse gas emissions for
named European telecom network operators during 2015–2018. These results are also …

This paper discusses how energy consumption can be significantly reduced in mobile networks
by introducing discontinuous transmission (DTX) on the base station side. By introducing …

Abstract Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are expected to have a great
potential to reduce the GHG emissions across society, however limited data on actual …

MATTERS ARISING NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE important scenario consideration, nor do
they justify how assuming static mining efficiency for 100 yr—when mining rigs have evolved …