Telecom Lead America: Digicel Group, a mobile operator in the Caribbean, Central American and Pacific regions, has deployed eVolution’s Smart Energy Solution (SES) across its telecom network in Jamaica.
SES is expected to save Digicel up to US$1.4 million annually in energy costs, realizing a 23 percent reduction in RAN energy costs.
The energy and carbon savings identified were 2.8 GWh and 1.5 KTCO2 respectively. As energy prices continue to rise along with subscriber demand, Digicel Jamaica will be able to significantly increase savings using SES.
“eVolution’s SES is the most mature and cost optimized energy saving platform on the market. It provides a valuable solution for cutting energy across our base stations and best positions us to capitalize on the shift to a fully green network,” said Stephen Curran, network design director for Digicel Group.
SES, an automated intelligent software solution, reduces energy consumption on the cellular tower (base station) level. SES is designed to deactivate base stations during low traffic demand, while insuring that subscribers are provided with the same high quality of service.
eVolution says the solution fits into any multi-vendor, multi-technology network, eliminating the need for Digicel to invest additional capital in base stations and allowing Digicel’s engineers to continue working as usual without having to divert any time and energy on system maintenance.
In October, Digicel commissioned SES network-wide, becoming the world’s first mobile operator with this green solution.
“After more than a year of close collaboration with Digicel Jamaica, in which the value of SES has been proven, we feel confident in our ability to meet the performance and maturity expectations of future customers in markets around the world,” said Roy Morad, CEO of eVolution Networks.
