  Telecommunication networks have become as critical to the 21st century
development as were railways, roads and canals, to the 19th Century
developments and is now seen as enabler to a more sustained business,
environment and society as a whole. Still fascinating has been and is the
exponential rate of growth in this industry. This is one sector where the next
revolution is always just around the corner whether known or unknown. The
telecoms industry is categorized by high rates of innovation in a rapidly
changing technological environment. This in turn is associated with an immense
range of sustainability concerns and challenges for the Telecoms service
providers, the service users and the whole industry and its far reaching
influence on other industries. This paper discusses three key aspects of such
challenges namely; the question of sustainable power/energy supply for the
industry when the change is resulting in increasing energy and operational
cost, the exploitation of technologies advancement for sustainability and their
business and environmental benefits.
