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This Supplement collates use cases from implementations of green information and communication technology (GICT) projects or applications from member states including policies and strategies with key success factors or challenges to develop guidelines for effective information and communication technology (ICT) deployment methods. This Supplement provides specific references for the improvement of GICT driven projects.

GICT can be applied to telecommunication networks in the following contexts:

• radio access network or radio base station;

• fixed access network access site;

• radio hotspot such as wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi);

• data transmission network Internet protocol (IP) or other collect network using equipment, e.g., gigabit Ethernet switch);

• core network sites using terabit routers, etc;

• data centres (DCs) using servers for computing and storage.

This Supplement covers use cases in some of these areas, but is not limited to the use of GICT for smart energy for customers and Internet of things services (smart city, smart building, medical health, agriculture, business). For this purpose, a questionnaire was furnished to gather inputs and collective use cases from different stakeholders to be used as supportive information in producing guidelines on best practices and environment friendly policies for effective GICT deployment methods, in short, meeting present needs without comprising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. The prospects for success have never been greater. A dawning era of creativity and innovation in green technology brings the promise of a better future ahead.