Multinational telecommunications company CommScope estimates that by 2013 wired and wireless operators worldwide will be spending over $10 billion on the generation of power for their networks. It launched a fuel cell powered backup solution in 2008, with fuel cells supplied by Hydrogenics, and in 2011 the partnership was cemented by CommScope’s acquisition of Hydrogenics shares and joint collaboration on product development and commercialisation. Trials of the product were conducted in India, where CommScope says an estimated billion litres of diesel are used each year to fuel wireless networks, and it is working to establish a hydrogen distribution network.
