Project description
Wooden telecom towers to steal the show
Mobile and wireless broadband network operators need communication towers to place the equipment they use to transmit data. In Europe today, there are 300 000 towers and the number will grow as mobile broadband speeds accelerate and data volumes increase. The more towers constructed, the faster the roll out of wireless broadband network expansion and upgrade. The EU-funded Wooden Tower project will bring to market the Ecopol – a wooden tower with a small carbon footprint (less than half of the equivalent steel towers). Prototypes for 3G and 4G technologies are currently being tested in Hungary. By 2023, the project and the Finnish coordinator Ecotelligent aim to become the first wooden tower provider on the European market.
Fields of science
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationstelecommunications networksmobile network5G
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energy
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcomposites
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationstelecommunications networksmobile network4G
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsradio technology
Programme(s)
Funding Scheme
SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1
Coordinator
ECOTELLIGENT OY
Net EU contribution
€ 50 000,00
Address
Patteristontie 21
80400 Ylamylly
Finland
80400 Ylamylly
Finland
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Region
Manner-Suomi Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi Pohjois-Karjala
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Other funding
€ 21 429,00