Study for Bundesnetzagentur
            
                                    Research project ‘Comparability of sustainability standards for electronic telecommunications infrastructure’
                            
                                                                        August 2025
                                                            
            
                            
                    Reliable data is needed to make an informed assessment of the ecological footprint of telecommunications networks. The EU Commission plans to introduce a code of conduct on the sustainability of telecommunications networks at the end of 2025. This is based on a JRC study (2024) that identifies eight