Sustainable Networks Research Subscription

Overview

This programme examines telecoms and digital infrastructure through the lens of sustainability. It will help customers to understand the sustainability implications of technology and architecture choices, to identify strategies for improving their sustainability, to benchmark their progress and to identify ways to make use of their green credentials. It is focused on energy, greenhouse gas emissions, embodied carbon, water, materials use and circularity.

Topics for 2026

• Sustainability in the age of AI
• Technology choices
• Best practices and benchmarking

Highlights from this programme

• Operator sustainability: assessing the opportunities and risks for telecoms vendors 2025–2030
• The impact of sustainability on operator opex
• Waste and circularity benchmarks for telecoms operators
• Unlocking new markets with sustainable products and services: opportunities for vendors, operators and cloud providers
• RAN architecture options for telecoms operators: implications for energy consumption
• Operator data-centre energy benchmarks and the impact of AI

What does the programme include?

his programme includes a set of deliverables including strategy reports, forecast reports, benchmarking datasets, environmental trackers, articles and case studies.

All deliverables are based on a unique set of insights and expert analysis.

Contact us to learn more about what is included in the programme subscription.

Typical client enquiries

• Could you share any benchmarks on the current and long-term trends in energy use in the RAN as architecture and technologies evolve? Which technological and commercial levers can be pulled to reduce RAN energy use?
• We are reviewing our sustainability positioning. Could you provide any comparative benchmarks showing how our peers perform across emissions and energy use?
• Could you share examples of best practice for the refurbishment of returned or faulty devices, the resale of second-hand devices and the handling of scrapped equipment?
• Do you have any industry benchmarks indicating where AI is projected to have the most significant operational environmental impacts?

Who should subscribe?

This programme is specifically designed to help telecoms operators, telecoms vendors, digital infrastructure operators, data centre operators, financial institutions and regulators. These players must understand the critical decisions required to drive sustainability throughout the supply chain.