GSMA warns of growing risks to mobile networks from extreme weather

The GSMA wants governments and regulators to work more closely with mobile operators to help protect networks against growing risks from extreme weather.As the global body representing the mobile network industry, the GSMA claims that severe storms and floods already cost operators $1.7 billion annually to repair damage to cell radio sites, and it believes that figure could nearly double to more than $3 billion a year by 2050, under the climate conditions expected then.The GSMA sets out its findings in a six-part research series, Futureproofing Connectivity: Climate Risk and Resilience in Telecommunications, alongside a separate document outlining its Policy Principles for Mobile Network Resilience.The report identifies weather-related...

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