The once unthinkable could be looming - mobile phones going silent across Europe this winter if power outages or the imposition of consumption limits or current regimes knock out parts of mobile networks, APA reports citing Reuters.
Telecom equipment makers Nokia and Ericsson are working with mobile operators to mitigate the effects of power shortages, three sources familiar with the matter said.
Accustomed to uninterrupted power supply for decades, European countries generally do not have generators to sustain power for longer periods of time.
France has about 62,000 mobile masts and the industry will not be able to fit all the antennas with new batteries, FFT president Liza Bellulo said.
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