Telecom Operators Use Connectivity to Drive Innovation

Connectivity is changing the future and presenting new possibilities for innovation. Operators are using technologies, from IoT networks to fifth generation (5G) wireless, to spur growth in business, ex-pand broadband and drive digital transformation across industries. It’s enabling people and businesses to communicate like never before.

However, these are only a few of the initiatives transforming the nature of global connectivity and accel-erating industrial development. Whether it’s providing bandwidth elasticity for improved production or integrating cloud services, networks and applications, connectivity is playing a more pivotal role in cre-ating the future.

At the Ultra-Broadband Forum 2021 in Dubai, Peng Song, President of Global Carrier Marketing & So-lution Sales at Huawei, explained Huawei’s Coverage, Architecture and Fusion (C.A.F.) Model, and how it creates value to accelerate the development of industries and introducing new business possibili-ties while also digitally connecting every home and enterprise.

Improving networks and broadband coverage

Due to the global pandemic and market unpredictability, companies of all sizes have seen their connec-tivity demands expand and change. To increase business productivity, ICT operators need to make net-work bandwidth more elastic, increase network accessibility and ensure that business services are green-er.

In the process, enterprise connectivity will change from communications technology (CT) to more of an operational technology (OT) model. Another critical goal for operators is to deploy last-mile fiber and expand broadband accessibility to the home.

“Operators need more scientific planning methodology and tools for last-mile fiber deployment,” says Peng. “For example, the Philippines operator Globe used Huawei’s full-service fiber grid planning and smart CAPEX solutions to reduce fiber expenditures by 20% and shorten time to market.”

Both the use of fiber methodologies and the amount of savings illustrate the value of upgrading home networks and installing scenario-based broadband. And as operators improve their abilities to offer more value-added services, they gain greater competitive strength in the open market.

Adopting future-oriented network architecture

As operators manage and measure their carbon reduction roadmaps, they can also become better at help-ing businesses become more efficient in terms of their digital use. Providing unified platforms and sin-gle-pane management, telcos offer the potential for integrating networks, multi-cloud and applications as a one-stop service for enterprises.

Operators can provide enterprises with the connectivity and tools for quick cloud migrations and easy access to multiple clouds. For example, as more and more enterprises move their core production sys-tems to the cloud, operators can play a key role in converging cloud and connectivity capabilities.

Positioned to meet the demand for continuous operations from businesses and consumers, telecoms can also provide the connectivity for more enhanced IT services and high-quality home broadband. Opera-tors are well-equipped to provide the scalability and backend integrations that today’s distributed enter-prises and residential markets require.

Efficiency through cloud-network fusion

President of Data Communication Product Line at Huawei, Kevin Hu, introduced new features of Intelli-gent Cloud-Network Solution, including all-service super edge CO, tenant-level hard slicing, SRv6-powered network programmability, and cloud-network integration. This solution maximizes the value of operator network resources and the complementary advantages of the cloud and network, helping opera-tors build a DICT service architecture featuring cloud-network integration.

ICT operators can play a key role ensuring the convergence of cloud services and connectivity to support fast provisioning and seamless network access. For instance, without fast, efficient and ubiquitous net-work connectivity, cloud services simply become isolated islands of data storage. Telcos can be instru-mental in providing cloud-network fusion to avoid these limitations.

The first requirement is to provide agile cloud access for quick provisioning. Operators can ensure fast migrations for businesses of all sizes and eliminate the often-slow processes associated with traditional leased line provisioning. Second, reliance on multiple clouds is fundamental to highly productive enter-prises. Operators can offer capabilities, such as multicloud pre-integration and cloud-network converged platforms, to ensure both lower latencies and high-quality access.

Third, based on deterministic LANs and WANs, enterprises in different business sectors can ensure their core productions are cloud-ready and able to meet their unique goals. For example, healthcare providers can be certain that the proper security protocols for their networks are in place. Or financial firms can deploy networks with the low latencies critical for instantaneous, airtight transactions.

Connectivity is accelerating industries

“In the digital age, people, things, capital and regulations are fully connected. Enterprises have to change their mindset and realize that increasing efficiency is more important than ever,” accord-ing to Ryan Ding, Executive Director of the Board and President of the Carrier Business Group at Huawei. “Where there is connectivity, there is innovation,” he adds.

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