From our LCA work, we have recognized that energy consumption during the use phase is the most important area for us to target in setting measurable environmental improvements. To this end, we set energy goals for our products during 2008.

By using LCA on a system level, we are able to follow how the overall reduction of carbon dioxide for typical mobile telecom systems will develop over time as well as per subscriber on an annual basis. Taking a WCDMA system for 1.5 million subscribers as a reference network, our 50 percent energy-reduction target for 2008, compared to levels for 2005, will cut carbon emissions by approximately 6000 tons per year.

We expect that the envisioned efficiency improvements will lead to substantial decreases in energy consumption for mobile systems overall. Even greater reductions in carbon-dioxide emissions from fossil fuels can be achieved by increased use of sustainable primary energy production.

We are updating our LCA study during 2008 to measure reductions in impacts as new energy goals for base stations are implemented and as more subscribers join 3G networks.