Innovations with Green Technology
Singapore’s first solar-powered mobile Base Transmission Station (BTS) was deployed on the roof of our main office, StarHub Green, in 2009. Another BTS situated on the roof of IKEA at Alexandra.
The Mobile ‘Greenergy’ vehicle, Singapore’s first solar-powered cellular BTS-enabled vehicle was introduced in 2010. Using 4 solar-panels and a bank of rechargeable batteries, the cellular BTS in the van is self-sustaining to power mobile communications for a 500m wide area for at least 8 hours. This allowed us to boost our mobile signal strength when and where required, using renewable energy.