A new partnership has been struck by 2 of Europe’s most prominent mobile earphone networks that could shuffle their business practices more environmentally-friendly. Telefonica, the group buttocks O2 in the UK, has announced a trade with Vodafone will see the telecommunications operators employment together on a figure of projects that streamline their stage business. It is hoped the companies volition be able to contribution assets such as mobile earphone masts and in summation will enter into other joint projects that could also resultant role in lower costs. As well as shared masts and antennas, it has been advised that over the next ten the partnership will help both firms reduce the unnecessary elements of its transmittal infrastructure. Gospel According to Matthew Francis Scott Key, chief administrator of Telefonica Europe, said the relocation would savoir-faire the needs of the stage business as wellspring as crack a more sustainable merchandise to those with environmental concerns. "By reducing our costs in areas of the stage business that customers father’t see, we tin ensure that we invest in areas they truly value," he explained. Vodafone European Union’s foreman administrator Michel Combes added: "This relocation volition enable us to focus our resources … piece delivering on our assurance to reduce the environmental impact of our network." Last month, O2 was announced as the first UK mobile operator to be certified with the Carbon Trust Standard – an accreditation achieved through continued measurement, management and simplification of emissions. The network was recognised for having cut its energy manipulation by 15 per cent over the last 3 years – as wellspring as investment £1.4 1000000 in smarting metering technology.