Bharti Airtel's focus on Green network initiatives transforms 40,000 sites across India

In continuation with the company's long term commitment towards Green network initiatives - Airtel's network transformation program "Project Leap" is now focusing heavily on a series of fresh initiatives towards a greener environment and building sustainable network for the future. Under "Project Leap", Airtel will establish a world-class and future-ready network, while committing to bring down its carbon footprint emission by 70% by 2018.

Commenting on the company's Green network initiatives, Gopal Vittal, MD & CEO, Bharti Airtel (India & South Asia) said, “As a responsible corporate we are concerned about the environment and have undertaken a host of initiatives to promote the use of greener technology. We are committed to bringing down the carbon emission by 70% and are taking all measures including bringing in state-of-art technology and partnering with the best globally. We have maintained strict adherence to Indian emission norms along with our company safeguard policy - thereby ensuring that emissions from network sites are safer than those from the light bulbs we use at homes.  This is an important step towards our commitment to build a future ready and sustainable network.”

"We plan to adopt solar and new battery technologies in a big way and double our Green network sites by 2020. With a strategic focus on creating a green network, we remain committed to learning from the telecom industry's best practices from across the globe. We are confident that our Green measures will work towards speeding up the development of a clean, safe and future ready network that will deliver a world-class service experience for our customers - now, and for years to come", added Vittal.