Ghana Telecom to go solar

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http://www.myjoyonline.com/businessarticle.asp?p=4&a=30808

n the face of current energy challenges, Ghana Telecom (GT) plans to use solar as the main source of power to drive the over 300 cell sites it operates in the country.

Currently, most of the sites are powered either by conventional power, batteries or commercial generators.

At a press briefing on alternative energy, Mr Dickson Oduro-Nyaning, GT's Deputy Chief Executive Officer, said the conversion process would save the company millions of dollars that it spent on fuel and equipment.

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Mr. Oduro-Nyaning said already GT was using solar energy as the main source of power on the company's northern transmission repeater stations and cellular payphones.

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