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GreenTouch Adds 18 New Members to Its Consortium
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November 01, 2010

GreenTouch Adds 18 New Members to Its Consortium

By Trupti Kamath
TMCnet Contributor

GreenTouch, a consortium of leading industry players, research institutions and non-governmental organizations committed to increase ICT network energy efficiency, announced that 18 new organizations from across the telecommunications and energy sectors, representing 11 countries and four continents, have joined the consortium. 


The addition of these new members, including equipment vendors, service providers, research institutions, and universities, will serve to sustain the momentum GreenTouch has generated since its launch in January 2010 and play a critical role in enabling the consortium to achieve the ambitious goal it has set – demonstrating the enabling technologies that will achieve 1000 fold improvement in the energy efficiency of today’s ICT networks.

"We at GreenTouch are pleased that this diverse group of organizations is confirming the value of our work and joining our membership," said Gee Rittenhouse, chairman of GreenTouch and VP of Research at Alcatel-Lucent (News - Alert) Bell Labs, in a statement. "We welcome their expertise and participation as we work together to achieve our ambitious goals."

Since its debut, GreenTouch has already achieved a number of key milestones and has been widely recognized for its vision and its accomplishments. The consortium has established a governing board, defined concrete research targets and baseline reference network models, and organized workgroups that have initiated research programs. An initial demonstration of enabling technology is planned for early 2011.

In May 2010, GreenTouch opened its doors to individuals and organizations across the industry by inviting them to join other service providers, research institutions, equipment vendors, and universities in revolutionizing communications networks and making them dramatically more energy efficient.

The current members include leading experts from around the world who benefit from collaboration on the application of fundamental research to exciting new areas, the transformation of innovative ideas about sustainable networks into breakthrough technologies.

In June 2010, GreenTouch received an award for energy efficiency innovation at the Global Telecoms Business Innovation Awards event. Awareness of the consortium's vision and activities has spread as a result of presentations to audiences ranging from senior EU leadership in Belgium to the TEDGlobal2010 conference in Oxford, England and the ECOC 2010 conference in Turin, Italy.


Trupti Kamath is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of her articles, please visit her columnist page.

Edited by Jaclyn Allard


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