ABSTRACT
Key Points ◾ Describes the Green IT challenges of an infrastructure-type company-ZeeTel-operating
in the telecommunications domain ◾ TCCO-total carbon cost of ownership-is an important measure especially in an infra-
structure type organization where the carbon consciousness in architecture and design has a long-term effect on emissions
◾ Green enterprise transformation of infrastructure organizations focuses on buildings, data centers, equipment lifecycle and, in case of telecom, its transmission networks
◾ Starts the Green enterprise transformation approach to ZeeTel based on a report by the Focus Group on ICTs and climate change of the international telecommunication union (ITU)
◾ Infrastructure companies have an opportunity to influence large number of corporate customers-as compared with end-users-resulting in greater impact of its carbon reduction initiatives
ZeeTel Telecom Scenario ZeeTel is a hypothetical, large telecom company operating in the African region. ZeeTel is responsible for the core telecom infrastructure in the region, in addition to offering some land-based and mobile services. Main focus of ZeeTel’s business has been the creation of the telecom platform that provides the backbone for communications infrastructure in that geographical region. us,
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ZeeTel’s customers are mostly corporate customers that use ZeeTel’s telecom platform to vend their contents (e.g., sports or entertainment providers) or are direct, large-scale users of ZeeTel’s services (e.g., banks or airlines). ere are very few direct end users of ZeeTel-except, of course, its employees who use the IT systems to provide business services. Occasionally, some employee households are also involved as small time end-users.
