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Networks and enterprises may be playing catch-up in the next few years, as the pace of technological change, driven by the ubiquity of the Internet of Things (IoT), big...
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To put that into context, 10 Gbps is equivalent to ten times the capacity the Tata Communications team will use to deliver the Formula One race in Abu Dhabi last month to hundreds of millions of fans around the world. That same capacity in your home. In your hand! The abundance is staggering to contemplate. It has to be said though, that solving challenge isn't just about bandwidth speeds, it's got to be about smarter distribution networks. A couple of weeks ago I was in Mumbai at
Microsoft Unleashed with Satya Nadella, where we announced Tata Communications as a
strategic partner to Microsoft in the mobile-first, cloud-first businesses of Azure, Skype For Business and Office 365. Satya talked about being the first to market to have a hyperscale public cloud platform here in India. What this means is all traffic to and from the cloud will be within the network in India instead of going back to the US. Given Azure demand is doubling every seven months that will take a massive amount of capacity out of international networks. [caption id="attachment_2867" align="aligncenter" width="317"]
Julie and Satya at Future Unleashed[/caption] In another area – who’s heard of network-function virtualisation (NFV)? It’s about virtualising entire classes of network node functions into building blocks that connect to create communication services. Crucially, they run three times the utilisation rates of traditional private ones, so companies such as the likes of Netflix won’t have to guess months ahead what their hardware, storage, and networking needs will be – they’ll have an abundance of scale and customisation options. And innovation is happening in IoT networks, particularly with
LoRa, a new super low-power, secure, bi-directional, communication solution designed to handle billions of devices sending low pulse signals from machine to machine over new spectrum. It’s seriously impressive – this network operates deep underground, underwater, and signals can penetrate through seven walls of a building. I’m proud to say we’ve successfully conducted trials of a network based on this technology for connected devices and IoT applications across Mumbai and Delhi, and we’re now planning to roll out India’s first LoRa network across the country, with full coverage starting in Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore. So, just a few near-future solutions to show you that the telecoms industry won't be beaten by demand from man or machine! Forget Armageddon fatigue -- whatever the future brings, we’ll be ready with abundance.
What do you think the future of the telecoms industry holds? Leave your comment below. In the meantime, follow me on Twitter @JulieWoodsMoss
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