Ericsson looks to green solutions to grow mobile market

STOCKHOLM – Swedish telecommunications supplier Ericsson will use energy-efficient products and technology to grow mobile telephony in areas of the world that have never before had access to communication services. Forecasting a potential 6.5 billion mobile phone subscriptions in the world by 2013, Ericsson says about 90% of this growth could come from “developing markets” where more than half of the population lives outside city limits. As electrical power grids in these areas are either unreliable or non existent, the company could utilize alternate technology such as wind power, solar power and biofuel. Ericsson said in the press release that...