Emerging of Telco Cloud

Abstract

Cloud computing is the latest major evolution in computing technology. The convergence between cloud computing and telecom networks could significantly reduce costs and bring new business opportunities for operators. Currently, traditional telecom operators are embarrassed by the fact that the increase in revenue cannot catch up with the quick growth of users and the expansion of networks. With the introduction of the cloud computing technology, operators can virtualize the network functions through low-cost COTS IT hardware. All kinds of existing services can be cloudi-fied and thus obtain the benefits of statistical multiplexing among IT resources. With the Telco Cloud architecture, operators can manage both IT infrastructures and network resources intelligently in order to adapt to the dynamic demands from the application and to establish open platforms for developing new services.