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Kailem Anderson , Vice President of Portfolio and Engineering , Blue Planet

) emissions through modernizing and automating their networks and in doing so , also increasing agility , reducing costs and improving the customer experience .

According to a recent assessment of the mobile industry ’ s performance against net-zero ambitions : “ Mobile network operators around the world are taking their commitments to reach net zero carbon emissions seriously . The industry is working collaboratively on the challenge through a comprehensive set of actions . This is a significant commitment from an industry whose output is increasing month by month , through the provision of improved connectivity in more places .”

It ’ s why many CSPs are upgrading their networks by replacing older , power-hungry equipment in fixed and mobile networks with the latest generation of network hardware that provides greater performance but uses less power . The result is a more efficient network with dramatically lower power consumption overall .

At the same time , they are leveraging software to look more closely at their current network . One large North American network operator we worked with used autodiscovery capabilities to model its nationwide multivendor transport and access network – and found over 700 devices and 31,000 optical line-cards that were previously unaccounted for . Such “ rogue ” hardware can include older routers and switches that are not being used actively .

In the same way software can help identify key issues such as rogue hardware across the network – a problem many network operators face .

CSPs can leverage other software-based intelligence and automation capabilities to solve it , in many instances upgrading their network with virtualized equivalents that may be more energy efficient .

In particular , three key software innovations are helping CSPs further reduce power consumption across the network .

Many CSPs are upgrading their networks by replacing older , power-hungry equipment in fixed and mobile networks with the latest generation of network hardware that provides greater performance but uses less power .

Defined Networking ( SDN ) leverages open application programming interfaces ( APIs ) to give CSPs better and more intelligent control of their networks , including enhanced traffic engineering capabilities like bandwidth-on-demand . Open APIs also enable greater

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