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BEIJING, Oct. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/--

On the second day of the 6th Ultra-Broadband Forum (UBBF) held online, Huawei's

Executive Director and President of the Carrier Business Group Ryan Ding gave

his keynote speech "Intelligent Experiences Unlock New Value".

Over the past five years, Huawei, along with its partners, has worked together

to define the industrial value that gigaband and premium broadband have to

offer and continued to find new value in areas like gigabit speeds, network

experience, operation and maintenance (O&M) efficiency, and industry

ecosystems. Together, they have worked to maximize the commercial and

industrial value of fixed broadband.

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, fixed broadband networks have unleashed huge

social and economic value, especially in countries that have world-class

broadband infrastructure. Fixed broadband has played an important role in

getting work, production, education, and the economy back on track.

Ding said carriers' continual investment and innovation in fixed broadband

offers uncapped potential and will become a powerful engine for global economic

recovery. He added that carriers need to redouble their efforts in fixed

broadband, shift the focus from connecting households to connecting

enterprises, and provide the ultimate service experience to every person, home,

and organization through ongoing innovation. According to Ding, the industry

needs to drive the boom of the global digital economy while working to maximize

the commercial value of fixed broadband. This is why Huawei has suggested that

intelligent connectivity will be a key area for industry innovation, and will

help carriers explore new business opportunities and enable the digital

transformation of industries.

1. Home+: Better experiences and more diversified services

As online connectivity becomes increasingly important in our lives, our homes

are becoming multi-purpose platforms. With intelligent connectivity, households

will enjoy a diversified service experience, including high-speed broadband,

full coverage, and guaranteed service level agreements (SLAs). This will make

homes more than just living spaces. They will become places where end users

have a brand-new "Home+" intelligent experience.

Huawei has proposed a formula for maximizing digital value from homes: Home

digital value = Broadband speed + Home network + Diversified services, which is

outlined below.

Informed network construction decisions for faster broadband: Governments need

to include broadband network construction as part of their national strategies

as well as to provide policy and financial support. Carriers need to take a

holistic approach for the planning, construction, installation, O&M, and operation

of network infrastructure. They need to focus on high-value users and build gigabit

residential areas to promote the widespread upgrade of broadband services.

Connecting every user for full coverage: Providing a quality Wi-Fi experience

to homes is a major challenge that carriers face. With Wi-Fi products as a

service and Wi-Fi services available on a platform, a home's Wi-Fi experience

can be visualized, managed, and maintained, which improves the service

experience of home users. Huawei is working with carriers to promote the

fiber-to-the-room (FTTR) solution, which can support the innovation of more

smart home applications.

Guaranteed experience levels for target services: To further improve the

experience for homes, the ability to intelligently identify target services has

become all the more important. As such, carriers can use AI to determine the

type of home service and then provide the right service with guaranteed

experience levels across multiple scenarios. In other words, carriers can work

more closely with OTT players to monetize the application ecosystem. Then they

will provide guaranteed experience levels for target services to monetize

differentiated services. Carriers can also explore new business opportunities

in verticals like smart home.

2. Enterprise+: Maximizing digital value with better experiences

For enterprises, digitization is about connecting capital, workforce, assets,

information, and regulations. Though connectivity is the lifeblood of digital

enterprises, carriers still face huge challenges in providing enterprises with

guaranteed connectivity. Intelligent connectivity systematically improves

enterprise experience in three areas: coverage, architecture, and fusion, and

will help enterprises go digital.

Huawei has also come up with a formula that can help create greater digital

value from enterprises: Enterprise digital value = Coverage x Architecture x

Fusion, which is outlined below.

Intelligent, seamless coverage with multiple technologies: Carriers need to

develop a comprehensive service area plan and deploy optical private lines

within 300 meters of enterprise users. In addition, carriers need to integrate

multiple technologies such as 5G, OTN, IP, and PON into one optical network to

intelligently meet enterprises' various needs with differentiated private line

products. They can also make full use of their existing network resources, such

as full-fiber cities, to deploy one network that serves multiple purposes and

one private line that handles multiple services.

Deterministic experiences with elastic, intelligent architecture: Carriers need

an elastic and intelligent architecture that is congestion-free, always-on,

scalable, and simplified. This type of architecture can help achieve committed

SLAs, including guaranteed bandwidth, latency, reliability, and service

provisioning times. The architecture is essential for providing deterministic

experiences and for monetizing SLAs.

Cloud-network fusion for differentiated experiences: Huawei believes that

network capabilities will become foundational someday. Network boundaries will

disappear, and clouds and networks will fully merge. Carriers will be able to

diversify their offerings as they provide a self-defined experience throughout

the entire user journey from purchasing to usage. In addition to cloud and

network bundled services, they will also provide one hop to the cloud as well

as differentiated cloud and network services.

At the end of his speech, Ding stated that business developments and

technological advancements do not happen independently. Intelligent

connectivity involves three major innovations: intelligent network

construction, intelligent cloud network, and synergy between computing and

networks. Huawei will work more closely with its customers to create greater

digital value for homes and enterprises using the two monetization formulas and

deliver intelligent experiences through ubiquitous connectivity. Together, they

will enable digital transformation of industries and tap into a digital economy

worth trillions of dollars.

SOURCE: Huawei

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