Italian watchdog asks telecoms operators to detail energy saving plans

MILAN: Italy’s communication watchdog asked telecoms companies to detail their plans to comply with national energy saving policies as the authority begins its preliminary monitoring of impacts on services, a letter seen by Reuters showed.

As the risk of power shortages grows amid dwindling supplies of Russian gas in the wake of the Ukraine conflict, telecoms operators are bracing for potential power cuts which could knock out part of their network.