challenges and opportunities in ict

HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

Challenges and Opportunities in ICT

Nigel Jefferies

Xu Shugong

Invited at UC4G London Workshop 2011 ‘B4G Wireless Communication Systems:

Industrial and Academic Outlooks’, 13 December 2011

HISILICON SEMICONDUCTOR HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

Beyond Voice: Changing Communications

Peer to Peer

2000 ~ 0.7 Billion Cellular users



One to Group

One to All, All to All


Beyond Phone: Changing Behaviors

Personal Expanded Infinite

2000 0.02x traffic

2010 1x traffic

2020 ~ 500x traffic


Beyond Applications: Enriching Lifestyles

2000 ~1000x Apps

2010 ~ 350,000x Apps

2020 ~ 3 Billions Apps

SNS

Entertainment

Education

Health &

fitness

Business

& Finance

SNS

Others Smart X

Apps


CT trend: Converging with IT

• Convergence of IT (Information Technology) and CT (Communication Technology) in

Telecom is a clear trend.

• Traditional IT companies are getting into telecom area, including telecom service.

Hardware based (e.g. PSTN)

Owned (e.g. operator owned and operated

network)

Physical (e.g. operator run data center)

Network-based services (e.g. Voice and SMS)

Telco controlled devices (e.g. 2G phones)

Software based (e.g. IMS and SIP)

Managed (e.g. network managed by vendor)

Virtual (e.g. cloud based data center)

IP-based services (e.g. social networking and

IM, Skype, Google Voice)

IT / CE controlled devices (e.g. iPhone,

netbooks)

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IT Trends: Cloud


The telecom industry is experiencing revolutionary changes

From analog

to digital

Three technological revolutions

2 bln+ Internet users and 5 bln+ mobile users

Ubiquitous communication becomes a reality

Increasing globalization in the telecom

service market, especially in the mobile

market

Telecom manufacturing industry faces

revolutionary transformation

Telecom service providers faces increasing

challenges from traditional IT companies, like

Microsoft+Skype, Google Voice, etc


The telecom industry needs to redefine itself to adapt to ICT

convergence trend

Network connections as the

foundation – continuously

expanding the user base

Business transformation –

extending the business scope

Challenges : 270X digital content

100X traffic growth

From pipe to content

From CT to ICT service…..

From people to machines

From voice to data Personal Enterprise

Family

UC media App

Data Center

App Platform

IP + Optical

Cloud-Pipe-Devices

– new architecture of information services

Everything is digital

Everything is online


Huawei is Redesigning its Business Strategy to Cover Every

ICT Sector

Lead in Networks

Expand in Devices

Establish in IT Solutions

Extend in Enterprise

Market

Excel in Telecom

Carriers

Brand in Consumer

Market Personal Enterprise

Family

App App App

Data Center

App Platform

IP + Optical


Leverage Expertise in Serving Both Enterprises and

Telecom Operators

Huawei’s

E2E

ICT Strategy Helping operators to become ICT service providers.

Providing cloud-based ICT solutions and technical services.

Optimized enterprise solutions with expertise in the telecom sector

Better help with operators’ transformation through our

understanding of enterprises’ needs

Enterprises’ and operators’ ICT transformation will prevail in the digitization era

The proprietary asset models and cloud computing models of enterprises will coexist for a long

period of time.

Operator Enterprise


Extend strengths in the Telecom to whole ICT

No.3

No.1 No.2

IP

Fixed Mobile

All-IP based FMC

The only telecom supplier ranking in

the top 3 for all these areas

Government

Corporate

Energy

Smart Grid

Transportation

Finance

Advantages in the “Telecom” field Unique position in the whole ICT field

DCN

Transmission Network

IP Network

Wireless Network

Network Infrastructure +

+

UCC VC/TP Call Center

Cloud Service

Server Storage Security

App App App

Communication & Collaboration

Cloud-based IT Solutions


20 Huawei R&D centres worldwide

Munich

San Diego

Santa Clara

Dallas

Boston

Paris

Moscow

Headquarters Milan

Sweden

Shenzhen

Beijing

Shanghai Chengdu

Xi An

Nanjing

Bangalore

Hangzhou Wuhan

Turkey New Jersey

Chicago

Fundamental

Algorithms

Next Generation Internet, Chips,

and Software

FMC, Fixed

Network

Microwave

Wireless &

Network

Wireless &

Device

San Diego,

USA

Dallas

Texas, USA

Moscow,

Russia

Bangalore,

India

Munich,

Germany

Stockholm/

Goteborg,

Sweden

Paris,

France

Milan,

Italy


Challenges means Opportunities

Develop Cloud based services

Expand all around mobility

Cloud

Pipe

Devices

Increase 500x capacity and more

Opportunities

By meeting challenges will we realize new opportunities.

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WWRF Meetings in 2012

Check the WWRF web site for the latest information

www.wireless-world-research.org

WWRF28 Athens, Greece 23-25 April

Hosted by University of Piraeus

WWRF29 Berlin, Germany 23-25 October

Hosted by NSN

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