Telecom with Cloud Computing

In the cloud computing architecture, the main telecom operators can be regarded as a service provider to provide cloud computing services. In addition, the service developer is also a very important role, and operators can become service developers.

Judging from the type of service, there are three types of services:

. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

. Platform as a service (PaaS)

. Software as a services (SaaS)

In the IaaS infrastructure services, Telecom Operators can integrate the basic resources in internal systems, and improve the ability of storage and calculation of IT infrastructure. Through virtual technology, these physical devices can be transformed from independent resources into a shared resource pool.

Management platform manages the CPU, memory, storage and network bandwidth and other resource in resource pool together, and these resources are allocated to each user on demand to provide services for the upper layer service to improve resource utilization and reduce energy consumption.

The earnings in resource pool renovation of telecommunication network are significant, but the transformation process is a gradual process, so it need to follow certain planning principles: simplicity, flexibility, standardization, openness, stability, reliability, security and efficiency.

The traditional telecom service mainly relies on telecom operators and manufacturers, so it is much more closed and difficult to develop a new business.

The development of Internet services is more concise, for there are many mature frameworks and tools, and interface protocols is also more flexible. In fact, most of the telecom business is not complicated in logic, and the main difficulty is the complexity of signaling and protocol, high availability and scalability of processing, as well as an expensive platform deployment. In this case, the operator can learn from the Internet’s open, cooperative, innovative ideas and PaaS.

We can adopt a unified platform architecture, open platform means to provide an open platform operating environment, shield the heterogeneous and differences of business systems and open a third party, to attract business innovation from external partners to promote the continuous development of the telecom business. In the telecom network, using PaaS model enables developers to reduce the cost of telecom services entry greatly, so a large number of developers can enter the telecom business development team, thereby forming telecom operators to interact with the developer, to develop personalized models of telecom products. Achievement and innovation in Internet business can be integrated into the platform, making the telecom network as an open and converged network.

Up to now, telecom business mainly can choose voice, video, SMS, MMS and some derived business. In software services, due to the relative weakness of telecom operators in software development, they cooperate with the more successful SaaS business management software vendors to provide SaaS business.

Software provider is responsible for providing a wealth of software products and technology development, telecom operators are more responsible for infrastructure, technical support, daily operations, marketing and customer service and so on. In addition, telecom operators can also use their own advantages to cooperate with the government, health care, education, transportation, security and other sectors to introduce SaaS business of industry solutions class.

Telecom Operators have a wealth of network bandwidth resources, computer hardware and software resources, many of the regular users have a wealth of operational experience and a natural advantage in business transformation, but they also need to recognize themselves into the cloud computing market late and relatively weak area. Telecom operators should use resources and timely deployment of their own cloud computing platform as soon as possible to develop an appropriate cloud development strategy based on market demand, and change from a traditional telecom operators to an integrated information service provider.