After decades of successful growth, cable MSO operators are today facing a crucial challenge - how to continue to grow profitably, and at the same time efficiently compete with other broadband vendors, predominantly using FTTx/PON. For many cable MSOs, the way forward is migration to FTTx - with or without extending the lifetime of their DOCSIS-based infrastructure as an intermediate step.
Recently, MTN Group completed two trials, including the Intelligent IP Private Line Solution and the Sleeping Cells Self-healing Solution on South Africa live networks for the first time.
China Mobile, the world s leading 5G operator in network scale and subscriber numbers, has been growing 5G take-up and traffic with innovative digital services.
When meeting customers, I often hear them comment that seeing network infrastructure as a dumb pipe (assuming intelligence will be provided by applications) is no longer valid.