DiGi halves carbon emissions

DiGi Telecommunications will invest millions in its Deep Green programme that, among others, targets to reduce its carbon dioxide emission by nearly half within four years, states The Star.

DiGi head of strategy and new business Albern Murty says the company was taking small steps to address the issue via e-billing its postpaid customers and re-evaluating its tenders with suppliers.

CEO Johan Dennelind says the company released about 130 000 tonnes of carbon dioxide annually and it aims to reduce the amount to 70 000 in three to four years.

EastNets, engaged in handling confidential transactions for the financial, corporate and government sectors in Europe, US, the Middle East, and Africa, is releasing a portal called en.finmeX to provide online solutions for the financial, corporate and government sectors, says Al bawaba.

The new service aims to capitalise on the phenomenal growth in Middle Eastern Internet usage, which climbed 1 176.8% from 2000 to the first quarter of 2008.

En.finmeX will be deployed in the EastNets Service Bureau, an outsourcing and managed services platform that provides services ranging from interconnectivity to the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication to e-billing systems.

Broadcore exhibited its Green Managed Business Communications Services at the Green Action Summit held at the Los Angeles Convention Centre, showing the benefits of reducing emissions, reports Market Watch.

Matt Pourafzal, VP of Implementation Services at Broadcore, says: "Our hosted platform eliminates onsite equipment and we also use paperless electronic billing and we require most of our employees to work from home full-time or a few days a week."

Broadcore provides services enabling businesses to operate without costly and environmentally unfriendly equipment.