Tuesday, May 11, 2010

TRAI comes up with pre-consultation paper on green telecom

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) floated a pre-consultation paper to discuss issues to be addressed under green telecom asking stakeholders to submit their viewpoints on the subject.

The issues to be discussed under the subject include Increasing carbon footprint- Contribution of telecom industry, Need for carbon credit policy for telecom sector, Methods / options to reduce the carbon foot print by ICT industry in India, Standardization of Green Telecom equipment and incentive for their adoption, Framework for monitoring carbon emission and corrective action for telecom sector, Options for environment friendly alternate energy sources, Cost implication for adopting alternate energy source, Incentive schemes for promoting Alternate source of energy in telecom sector, Type of incentives to boost research & development in Green Telecom initiative, Challenges and alternative to meet the futuristic energy demand for telecom sector, Management of e-waste and related issues.

TRAI said that by floating the consultation paper it aims to emphasize and encourage the use of eco-friendly green equipment in telecom and ICT sector. Following the pre-consultation paper a detailed consultation paper will be floated.

Stakeholders can share their viewpoints by June 14, 2010.

Link to Paper