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| There are almost 500,000 telecom towers in Europe (Photo: Reuters) |
According to Reuters, Ukraine. In the wake of the conflict, Russia's decision to cut gas supplies through Europe's main supply route has increased the possibility of power outages. It's done.
Telecom industry officials say they fear the extreme cold will strain telecoms infrastructure.
Companies and governments will try to minimize the impact of power outages.
Four telecoms industry executives have said that many European countries currently do not have adequate power backup systems that could cause mobile phone outages.
European countries, including France, Sweden and Germany, are trying not to disrupt communications due to power outages.
It should be noted that power outages can drain the power in the backup battery installed on the mobile phone's antenna.
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| European countries, including Germany, are trying not to disrupt communications due to power outages. (Photo: Reuters) |
There are about 500,000 telecom towers in Europe, and most of them have battery backup and mobile antennas that last about 30 minutes.
French power distribution company Enidus reported the worst of the situation, two sources familiar with the matter said.
Two hours of loadshedding has been proposed in the situation. Mobile phone companies, telcos, have expressed their concerns about possible power outages to the governments of Sweden and Germany.
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| The telecom industry has expressed concern that the extreme cold will put the telecoms infrastructure in trouble. (Photo: AFP) |
Swedish telecom operator PTS is working with other telecom operators and government agencies to resolve the problem of power outages.
Deutsche Telekom has 33,000 mobile radio towers in Germany and its mobile emergency power systems.
According to the president of the French Federation of Telecoms (FFT), Lisa Bello, there are about 62,000 mobile towers in France and the industry cannot afford to give new batteries to all the antennas.
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