More cellular base stations will use solar power

By 2014, over 230,000 cellular base stations in developing countries will be solar-powered or wind-powered. And the number of off-grid base stations is growing at 30% per year. Off-grid base stations are primarily located in Africa, South Asia (including India), South America, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

So says a new report by In-Stat covering the market for cellular base station technology in the developing world.

http://www.instat.com/abstract.asp?id=29&SKU=IN0904369GW