Since Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) directed all cell tower companies to have 50% of their towers run on hybrid power in the rural areas and 30% in the urban areas, cell tower operators in India are increasingly looking to move to renewable energy sources to increase the reliability of their power supplies and reduce their diesel consumption. For example: Viom Networks, one India's largest cell tower operators, is planning to stop consumption of diesel at 35% of its towers by the end of this year; and Indus Tower, the largest tower operator in India, plans to move to natural cooling for around 56,000 of its towers this year, reducing diesel and power used for air-conditioning.
Since the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) directed all cell tower companies to have 50% of their towers run on hybrid power in the rural areas and 30% in the urban areas, cell tower operators in India are increasingly looking to move to renewable energy sources to increase the reliability of their power supplies and reduce their diesel consumption. For example: Viom Networks, one India's largest cell tower operators, is planning to stop consumption of diesel at 35% of its towers by the end of this year; and Indus Tower, the largest tower operator in India, plans to move to natural cooling for around 56,000 of its towers this year, reducing diesel and power used for air-conditioning.