Sunday, 25 October 2009

Mobile phones: Universal Charging Solution (UCS) - universal chargers at last!






The ITU standards body have just approved:

"an energy-efficient one-charger-fits-all new mobile phone solution… enables the same charger to be used for all future handsets, regardless of make and model. In addition to dramatically cutting the number of chargers produced, shipped and subsequently discarded as new models become available, the new standard will mean users worldwide will be able to charge their mobiles anywhere from any available charger, while also reducing the energy consumed while charging…"

"Based on the Micro-USB interface, UCS chargers will also include a 4-star or higher efficiency rating - up to three times more energy-efficient than an unrated charger."

Of course it will be a while before cellphones and chargers based on the new UCS standard start to be produced, but this is great news for consumers and will save a lot of space as well as wasted "old" chargers.

See also reports on this by Computing and BBC.

1 comment:

akku said...

This is very useful news for all consumers and UCS will save a lot of space as well as wasted old chargers.There is main feature that it will also include a 4-star or higher efficiency rating up to three times more energy-efficient than an unrated charger.It will be very useful for the future perspective.