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Value-Creation and New Growth Increasingly Require Operators to Build AI-
centric F5.5G All-Optical Networks

As ultra-broadband (UBB) and AI industries go from strength to For Operators using the network+AI,
strength, the number of gigabit fiber broadband users worldwide Huawei believes that the “Four New”
has exceeded 300 million, and the average speed of home
broadband packages has reached 570 Mbit/s. There are over 1,300 strategy, encompassing New Hub, New
AI foundation models and more than 30,000 AI-related enterprises Services, New Experience, and New Oper-
globally. The UBB industry and AI industry are mutually reinforcing,
driving the wide adoption of gigabit broadband. ation, is key to unleashing more business
value-creation.
For Operators using the network+AI, Huawei believes that the
“Four New” strategy, encompassing New Hub, New Services, New
Experience, and New Operation, is key to unleashing more business Fixed broadband must provide premium services. Based
value-creation. on optical fiber connections, fixed broadband provides
deterministic and guaranteed service experiences for every
At the 10th Ultra-Broadband Forum (UBBF 2024), Bob Chen, user. Globally, there are three monetization modes for fixed
President of Huawei Optical Business Product Line, delivered broadband: coverage monetization, bandwidth monetization,
a keynote speech that focused on AI-Centric F5.5G All-Optical and experience monetization.
networks for achieving new growth. Bob Chen noted that in the AI
era, some carriers will transform into AI all-service providers, and 1. First, coverage monetization. Currently, no fiber connection
some carriers will cooperate with third parties to provide services is available to more than 28% of global users. Therefore, fiber
such as AI computing and AI applications. For carriers, building coverage needs to be accelerated to seize the demographic
robust infrastructure networks and “enhancing computing with dividend. Huawei solutions including QuickConnect ODN and
networks” will be the key to business success in the AI era. AI all-scenario AirPON can help carriers achieve fast and low-
device-cloud synergy and intelligent computing training require cost network construction.
high network bandwidth, low latency, and high reliability. Huawei 2. Second, bandwidth monetization. First, some carriers have
is continuously innovating F5.5G in optical transmission, optical deployed fiber broadband, but their package rates are only
access, and management and control platform, helping carriers dozens of Mbps. As a result, the value of optical fibers is
build AI-centric all-optical networks. not unleashed. Therefore, we recommend that packages be
gradually upgraded to provide more competitive broadband
"The next decade will witness the fast popularization of AI,” Bob services. Second, some carriers have offered gigabit
Chen stated. “Huawei hopes to work with industry partners to build packages, but the experience is poor and video freezing often
an AI-centric F5.5G all-optical network, extending optical switching occurs. The root cause is that GPON is used to provide gigabit
to data centers and metro edges, building premium networks for packages. Therefore, GPON should be upgraded to 10G PON
optical access by monetizing coverage, bandwidth, and experience, as soon as possible to provide better network experiences.
and fully injecting AI capabilities to the management and control 3. The last is to monetize experience. Now, the industry has
platform. In this way, we can accelerate AI popularization and a consensus on the evolution from FTTH using one fiber
achieve new business growth together in the intelligent era!" to FTTR using one network. FTTR networking can ensure
optimal experience for everyone anytime and anywhere.
In the optical transmission field, Huawei's leading optical switching So far, the number of global FTTR users has exceeded 30
technology is extended to data centers (DCs) and metro edges. million. In addition, Huawei is accelerating the innovation and
First, with optical switching, DCs support the scale and efficiency upgrade of FTTR+X to help carriers innovate AI applications,
improvement of AI computing. Huawei's DC optical switching including AI plus storage, home guard, and healthcare. Our
solution supports the expansion of intelligent computing from ultimate goal is to support one smart home based on one
1000 cards to millions of cards based on ultra-dense ports and FTTR network.
ultra-low power consumption. Compared with traditional solutions,
the optical module-free deployment mode reduces the failure rate Huawei uses digital twin and AI foundation models to improve
by about 20%. In addition, with all-optical switching at metro edges, user experience and O&M efficiency in premium broadband and
Huawei helps carriers build 1 ms, 5 ms, and 10 ms latency circles premium transmission solution scenarios. Huawei's Premium
through mesh networking, and all-optical one-hop connection for Broadband solution uses automatic fault locating to implement
end-to-end all-optical switching from the backbone to the metro, minute-level network fault diagnosis and proactive poor-QoE
ensuring ultimate AI experiences. Up to now, more than 50 carriers rectification, slashing user complaints by 30%. Its Premium
around the world have extended optical switching to metro edges Transmission solution uses automatic online planning to
and built 1 ms metro networks. shorten the new service TTM from months to hours.

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