Telecom Egypt, Huawei to set up Africa’s first green tower

Telecom Egypt, Huawei to set up Africa’s first green tower

Telecom Egypt in cooperation with Huawei Technologies will set up the first eco-friendly, integrated solution to provide mobile networks via utilising environment-friendly towers made of Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP).

Through this cooperation, Telecom Egypt will become the first operator in Egypt and Africa to install this green tower which will serve as the optimum steel alternative, which causes high emissions of carbon dioxide.

The tower is approximately 18 m high, with a special camouflage fence made of environment-friendly materials, supported by integrated wireless access solutions and a green solar energy system. The tower is characterised by its high resistance in severe environmental conditions, such as corrosion due to the exposure to chemicals and high temperatures.

Quality standards

The Managing Director and CEO of Telecom Egypt, Adel Hamed, said that the implementation of this type of mobile site in Egypt is unprecedented and has also underscored the efforts done by all those in charge of the project, and their capability of implementing the entire site in a timely manner and a systematic way, as per the best international quality standards that have to do with the green concept solutions.

Adel explained that Telecom Egypt’s green external sites also depend on modern technologies for wireless access devices,