Axiata (MYX: 6888) is a telecom operator with extensive operations across Asia including Malaysia, Nepal, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Thailand, and Pakistan as well as stakes in operators in India (Vodafone-Idea) and Singapore (M1). Axiata’s Malaysian mobile operation, Celcom, generates around 26% of group revenue but generated 52% of profit after tax and minority […]
HKT is the incumbent operator in Hong Kong with slightly over 50% share of the residential fixed broadband market and around 30% share of mobile subscribers, placing it ahead of the three other MNOs. HKT’s revenue (excluding handset sales) rose 1% year on year in the six months ending June 2018 to US$1,749 million while […]
Here’s a story that will seem familiar to many operators across the world: Not so long ago, China Mobile was struggling to simultaneously ensure network quality and improve customer experience while at the same time reduce its operational costs. A key enabler to achieve these goals was its shift from reactive maintenance not just to […]
Telecom operators need to carry out digital transformation in order to be able to seize the benefits of 5G and AI – that was the verdict from the latest Huawei Operations Transformation Forum (OTF). “The telecom industry needs to adopt new ways of working. It is the only way to join the digital economy and […]
Netflix has become synonymous to streaming media success, having clocked 130 million paid subscriptions by the end of June 2018. However, something not under the spotlight is that, for every paid subscriber, there might be two non-paid viewers. According to a research licensed by the private financing company LendEDU in August 2018, 59% of millennials […]
5G has been the latest buzz word in the Telecom industry as operators are looking forward to the next growth wave. Operators and vendors are under pressure to perform and are hoping that 5G will trigger new investments that put the industry back into growth trajectory over the next few years. The recent 3GPP standards […]
The explosive growth in the use of Smartphones worldwide has led to more and more innovation in how people access and pay for services via these devices. In Asia and Africa where the more traditional banking and payment services were less developed this has led to a significant amount of local innovation and divergence in […]
In an age where consumers want fast and easy access to products and mobile subscription has shifted from being a commodity to an essential daily tool, it is important to remove the barriers to easy distribution and sales at the consumer’s doorstep. How easy is it to subscribe customers to your network? And how easy […]
The IoT market is getting bigger and bigger with billions of devices to control. It’s time telcos – the experts in device management – came on the scene and took the lead in building the foundation of connectivity One of the reasons of the networking boom, was to connect people and to let them work […]
The IoE Era Is Coming The world is beginning to feel the effects of the explosive development of the Internet of Things (IoT). IoT is a driving force for social development, powering industrial transformation: smart cities, transportation, finance, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, smart home or consumer electronics, and offering the potential for Communications Service Providers to […]
In June 2018, Huawei Rotating Chairman, Eric Xu, released a clear timetable for 5G at Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2018. To help global operators roll out 5G networks, Huawei will launch E2E NSA 5G commercial systems on September 30, 2018, and E2E SA 5G commercial systems on March 30, 2019. Operators and site service providers […]
The number of HBB users worldwide increased by 10% in 2017, higher than the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7% from 2012 to 2016. Carriers realize that broadband-related consumption requirements are increasing exponentially, with an increasing number of devices connecting to networks, and already-connected devices increasing their usage. Despite HBB’s fast growth in emerging […]
The cloud transformation that Huawei helped operator W implement comprised four steps: The first was forming a hybrid cloud blueprint and planning the migration rollout roadmap for the solution with the best return on investment (ROI). The second was building the cloud platform, consolidating the ecosystem, and putting everything into an ‘as-a-service’ model. The third […]
The business opportunities of digital services are driving operators to accelerate network cloudification. Ovum, a world-renowned consulting and analysis organization, released Market Opportunity Analysis: NFV/SDN in January 2018, which reported that operators are projected to continually increase their investments in NFV/SDN over the next five years. From 2017 to 2022, the compound annual growth rate […]
Since the development of the telecom industry, both business development, operation mode innovation, and network architecture evolution have driven digital transformation into the strategic direction of operators. Many leading operators have carried out useful exploration and practice in the digital transformation field, however, there are common difficulties and constraints: If you are a CEO, how […]
Transforming networks is the key to transforming operations.
2017 was the year when awareness about the need for greater cyber security went into the mainstream. Terms like ‘global ransomware attack’ made headline news, and each month reports of data breaches at companies such as Equifax, Uber, and e-Bay came out. Businesses and consumers started to really recognize the importance of privacy and security. They also started to see that security these days needs to be strong not only on a corporate level – but also within the home network.
HUAWEI VENDOR VIEW – Driven by an increased focus on services and software-led technologies, the telecoms industry continues to transform. Operators are facing pressures from OTT players and growing consumer demand for better, faster network coverage at all times. Huawei introduces its ROADS concept designed to help telcos optimise their businesses in the changing market, and take advantage of cross-industry digitalisation.
VENDOR VIEW – Digital transformation is deepening. More and more telcos are striving to become a digital telco which can achieve growth by providing digital services. Huawei launches its Digital inCloud strategy and solution, dedicated to helping telcos to accelerate this process, aggregate more partners, build digital ecosystem and infrastructures, and gradually extend their businesses to other industries.
VENDOR VIEW – Huawei details its Cloud Transformation Solution, which uses IT infrastructure to build a standard and shared cloud resource pool.
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