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Fujitsu Joins GreenTouch Consortium
Collaborates with Industry Leaders to Dramatically Improve ICT Network Energy Efficiency by a Factor of 1,000
Fujitsu Limited
Tokyo, March 11, 2011
Fujitsu, a leading provider of ICT-based business solutions, announced today that it has joined the GreenTouch™ Consortium, a global initiative dedicated to dramatically improving the energy efficiency of information and communications technology (ICT) networks by a factor of 1,000.
Fujitsu will collaborate with other GreenTouch member organizations - including service providers, industrial labs and academic institutions from across the industry - to help research and invent pioneering new technologies that will enable more energy efficient networks, plus create the network architecture, specifications and roadmaps that will define them.
Fujitsu is committed to environmental sustainability and the decision to join GreenTouch is a further demonstration of that commitment. Fujitsu looks forward to applying deep experience in networking technology and communications to advance GreenTouch initiatives in core transmissions, mobile communications and wireline access networks.
"Fujitsu shares the vision of a sustainable, energy-efficient future for information and communications technology networks," said Hiroshi Nagatomi, corporate senior vice president and the head of Network Business Group. "We believe the GreenTouch Consortium will play a decisive role in realizing that vision, and we welcome the opportunity to take part in such an ambitious effort and work with other leading experts from across the industry and around the world."
Fujitsu is committed to reducing its carbon footprint overall in various areas of ICT. Fujitsu's Network Business Group and its subsidiary Fujitsu Network Communications, based in the United States, will be heavily involved in GreenTouch activities.
"In making this commitment to GreenTouch, Fujitsu is making a bold statement to the global community about its dedication to reducing the carbon footprint and improving the environment," said Gee Rittenhouse, chairman of the GreenTouch Consortium and vice president of research at Bell Labs. "We are pleased to welcome Fujitsu to GreenTouch, and expect that they will make a significant contribution and support the consortium in reaching its ambitious goal."
About Fujitsu
Fujitsu is a leading provider of ICT-based business solutions for the global marketplace. With approximately 170,000 employees supporting customers in 70 countries, Fujitsu combines a worldwide corps of systems and services experts with highly reliable computing and communications products and advanced microelectronics to deliver added value to customers. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.6 trillion yen (US$50 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010. For more information, please see: www.fujitsu.com.
About GreenTouch
GreenTouch is a global consortium of leading service providers, academic and industrial research institutions and non-governmental organizations working together to define the challenges, identify the trends and issues and develop solutions that will achieve the goal of delivering within five years the architecture, specifications, roadmap and demonstrations of key components needed to increase the energy efficiency of ICT networks ‒ in particular, the service provider networks that make up the Internet ‒ by a factor of 1,000 from current levels. In June 2010, GreenTouch received an award for energy efficiency innovation at the Global Telecoms Business Innovation Awards event. For more information, go to www.greentouch.org.
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Date: 11 March, 2011
City: Tokyo
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