T-Mobile Launches Solar-Powered Cell Site

Call green!

Sep 24 2010, 10:11am CDT | by Robert Evans

T-Mobile Launches Solar-Powered Cell Site

T-Mo is taking "green" seriously. GigaOM reports that the carrier has unveiled a solar-powered cell tower in Chalfont, Penn. This is the first solar-powered cell site in the entire United States, and contains some 12 solar panels.

According to T-Mo, this site is totally off-the-grid, although it generates enough power to occasionally feed a little power into the grid. Currently, .11% of the world's cell base stations run off of solar and wind power. By 2014, that number is expected to jump up to 4.5%. After the zombies hit and the power plants go dead, SOME of us will still have cell reception.

Updates

Bankia says its situation doesn't reflect Spain's banking system

Source: Hartford Courant

MADRID (Reuters) - The extent of potential losses at Spain's Bankia, which has been rescued by the state to the tune of 23.5 billion euros, cannot be extrapolated to the country's banking system as a whole, Chairman Jose Ignacio Goirigol ...
Full article at: Hartford Courant More like this 3 hours ago

MP3 Toolkit offers all the MP3 Tools you will ever need

Source: GHacks Technology News

When it comes to mp3 files, you sometimes may need a set of tools to edit, convert or even rip them in first place. While you can use specialized tools for that which provide you with some of the functionality that you may need, a set of tools ...
Full article at: GHacks Technology News More like this 3 hours ago

How will G-Cloud save £340m? 'Er, not sure,' says Whitehall

Source: ZDNet UK

COMMENT Asking for budget for an IT project with figures you can't explain and that double within a year is generally frowned upon in the private sector. Not so in Whitehall, it seems. Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude told fello ...
Full article at: ZDNet UK More like this 3 hours ago

where to buy

Buy from Amazon

Don't miss ...

Technology News

Solar Powered Clothing: The Future of Mobile Charging...

Robert Evans
The excitement about new smartphones, tablets and anything mobile drive Robert to unearth the latest rumors and developments in this fast moving space. He adopted 4G as soon as it become available and knows where the mobile market is going.
Robert can be contacted directly at robert@i4u.com.