Why You Must Prepare for Telecom’s Biggest Challenges in 2025 – And How to Conquer Them
Looking Ahead: Shaping the Future of the Telecom Industry The telecom industry is at a pivotal moment, facing unprecedented challenges and opportunities as it evolves to meet the demands of a rapidly changing world. From rising costs to stricter sustainability...
Telecoms Equipment Procurement and ESG in 2025: What Your Network Needs to Know
Telecoms Equipment Procurement and ESG: what your network needs to know (and do!) ESG (which stands for Environmental, Social and Governance) is a framework gaining more and more traction in the telecoms industry. It’s no longer enough for companies to solely focus on...
Faster, Lower-Cost, and Greener Telecom Equipment For Reliable Networks
Telecom Equipment Procurement: Delivered Faster, Costing Less, Lasting Longer Running a network in 2024 can be stressful – maintaining the standard of your operations, the rising cost of telecom equipment, the mandatory green targets you have to hit. What you don’t...
Shields: Company Update
I would like to share some important news as we continue to develop, promote and expand our world class offering to the telecoms sector. After a three month sabbatical, during which, Dan Jones, our CEO, has been assisting with the running and transformation of his...
Sustainability is Always in Style: What Telecom Can Learn from Fashion’s Green Revolution
Sustainability is Always in Style: What Telecom Can Learn from Fashion's Green Revolution The world is changing – and in some ways, not for the better. Everyone knows climate change is the biggest threat we face today, yet our planet is still getting hotter. There’s...
The Hidden Cost of Sustainability Inaction for Network Operators
Getting greener is no longer a “nice to have”, it’s a necessity. In today's rapidly evolving telecom industry, a network is no longer solely defined by its coverage, speed, or reliability. Operators are coming up against louder calls to commit to sustainable...
6 Unmissable Lessons in Profitable, Sustainable Network Management
Celebrating 45 years of Shields: here are the greatest green insights we’ve learnt along the way As Shields marks its 45th anniversary, we don’t just celebrate our rich history, but also the invaluable lessons we've learned in making telecom networks more...
From Recovery to Revolution: Shields’ 45-year journey in green telecoms support
Celebrating 45 years of innovation and environmental stewardship Networks looking for a sustainable and successful telecoms service partner to work with need search no further. Our 45-year history is a clue to the green blood running through the veins of...
Reliability reloaded: everything you need to know about testing renewed network equipment
Did you know Shields boasts an impressive <1% average return rate across all the renewed network equipment we trade? Compared with higher failure rates on the same equipment bought brand new, that’s quite a difference… But we understand that buying renewed...
How consumer demands are turning telecoms equipment purchasing greener
Organisations from all industries are facing ever louder calls to get greener. Things are indeed changing in the landscape of telecoms equipment purchasing, and it’s not just directives like the CSRD or the 20% reused rule that are behind the shift. Nor are the...