Huawei becomes first vendor to join the European Broadband Code of Conduct (CoC)

Another milestone for green broadband development:

Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. ("Huawei"), a leader in providing next generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, announced that it has signed the European Commission' s European Code of Conduct (CoC) on energy consumption for broadband equipment.

Depending on the penetration level of broadband service, European broadband equipment electricity consumption could reach up to 50 TWh per year at 2015. Network operators, equipment and component manufacturers worked with the European Commission to develop the Code of Conduct for Broadband equipment which covers both the consumer side (end-user equipment) and the network side (network equipment). With the general principles and actions resulting from the implementation of the new Code of Conduct on energy consumption of broadband equipment, the electricity (maximum) consumption in this sector will be reduced to 25TWh per year, which will knock down 11.3 million tons of CO2 emission or equivalent to the all-year power consumption for 50,000 household in Africa according to reference of International Energy Agency (IEA).

The CoC is a voluntary commitment created by the European Commission Joint Research Centre to enhance energy efficiency and significantly reduce the energy consumption of broadband networks. Huawei is the first network equipment vendor to sign the CoC.

"Signing the European Code of Conduct for broadband equipment has reinforced our commitment to achieving our goal of a green Huawei, green communications and a green world," said Yang Zhirong, president of access network product line, Huawei. "Minimizing the ecological impact of telecoms equipment is always one of our key priorities. We are dedicated to developing energy-efficient products and environmentally friendly solutions that benefit the whole industry."

"Huawei will was very active to develop energy-efficient standard at ETSI EE and keep working closely with industry associations to utilize different standards that benefit the whole industry," said Paolo Gemma, secretary of the ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) EE (Environmental Engineering) and chairman of EEPS (Eco-Environment at Product Standards) WG (working group).