The energy crisis, which is already leading Europe to present plans to reduce energy consumption, will be frightening telecommunications operators, advances the Reuters agency. Operators fear that power outages or electricity rationing could have consequences for telecom services during the winter.
Low winter temperatures often lead to higher energy consumption. With the war in Ukraine and Europe’s attempt to become more energy independent from Russia, mainly gas.
Some telecommunications industry officials shared with Reuters that there are the fear that a harsher winter it can test the infrastructure of the sector in Europe. It is explained that, in some countries, such as France, Sweden or Germany, some measures are already being planned so that, in the event of power outages, service can continue without exhausting the capacity of the installed batteries. on the antennae.
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Given the critical importance of the telecom network, telecom towers often have batteries for redundancy in case of an eventuality, which can supply power for about half an hour, notes Reuters.
In France, for example, two sources shared with the news agency that the French government, telecom operators and Enedis, one of the divisions of Eléctricité de France (EDF), had some talks over the summer on this issue.
Also in Sweden and Germany there will be some apprehension about this issue. At least according to the sources interviewed by Reuters, some of the country’s operators will have already passed on fears of power outages to their respective governments. In Sweden, the telecoms regulator PTS will already be working with operators and government agencies to find some solutions, including for the power rationing scenario.
In Italy, the representative of the telecom sector shared with the agency that he wants the telecom network to be excluded from any power outage or possible energy saving plan.
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Source: Observadora
