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Telecom Intelligence

Cost Optimization

Opex levers, energy cost, site economics and efficiency programmes.

Governance & lineageFormula, sources, rules and models behind:Energy cost
Cost Optimization and Capital & Investment both roll into the Cost & Capital Optimization decision journey.Open journey

Executive summary

no separate energy budget is stored. Savings programmes are delivering, with energy and automation the largest levers. Source unavailable for other figures.

Key indicators

OPEX (QTD)

USD 82.4M

+3.1%vs budget (Q3 2026, quarter to date) · Previous-period comparison unavailable

Network opex / subscriber

USD 2.41

+2.5%vs stored prior

Cost per GB

USD 0.38

-5.9%vs stored prior

Cost per site

USD 5.9k / mo

+4.1%vs stored prior

Care cost / subscriber

USD 0.21

+5%vs prior month

Energy cost

USD 11.2M

+14.1%vs stored prior · Comparison basis unconfirmed

Vendor spend

USD 27.6M

-1.2%vs stored prior

Savings realised

USD 2.3M

+17.9%vs stored prior · Comparison basis unresolved

Automation savings

USD 0.7M

+25%vs stored prior

Issues requiring attention

Care cost rising

medium priority

Outage-driven call volume.

Owner: Head of Customer Care

Drill down

Performance analysis

Energy cost (USD M)

Monthly actuals, Apr–Sep

OPEX breakdown (%)

Source unavailable — this breakdown has no stored record.

Actual vs prior and target

Current period, KPIs measured in US$ millions

Prior periodActual

Energy cost trend

Energy cost by month, Apr–Sep (USD M)

AI Advisory

  • Source unavailable
  • Expand care automation

Value realization

Metric / outcomeValue typeBaseline → target KPIExpectedActualVarianceRealizationStatus

Site energy optimisation

FY2026 · CTO

Cost reduced

100 → 88

KPI for: Site energy optimisation

USD 950kConditional projectionUSD 610kRecorded actual — illustrative evidenceNot verifiedNot verifiedOn track

Evidence

  • comparison basis for the diesel claim is unavailable. Source unavailable for other figures.

    Source: Energy cost record

  • Source unavailable

    Source: Procurement

Methodology

  1. Allocate opex by function and unit cost
  2. Benchmark unit costs
  3. Track realised savings