Telstra’s Chief Techology Officer, Dr Hugh Bradlow,
says the increase in Cloud services, rise of media-centric broadband and the
move toward connected things are the key drivers for high-speed broadband
services around the world.
Speaking to the world’s technology leaders at the
invite-only Broadband World Forum Executive Summit, Dr Bradlow
said that over the next decade there will be a great demand for
the connectivity of things, and that everything from your microwave, washing
machine and car will have the ability to communicate.
Dr Bradlow said that it is estimated that 99 percent
of things are still not connected [Cisco Internet of Everything study] and the
potential of Machine-to-Machine connections is only just starting to be
realised.
“Imagine if there are already 5bn people and 5bn
things connected today, the proliferation of connected things, all with
different network demands will define the next network architectures,” he said.
Dr Bradlow added that Cloud-based computing is
changing the way IT solutions are delivered with the ability to deliver a
wide-range of applications and services to users without complex IT infrastructure
and high maintenance costs.
“Cloud services are becoming a popular solution for
many businesses around the world,” he said.
“As the applications and services develop and
businesses look to simplify their IT infrastructure, Cloud-based systems and
solutions will increase in popularity as will the demand for high-speed
broadband.”
The need for high-speed broadband services is also
driven by the changing way consumers are using the internet.
“In recent years internet consumption has moved from
text-based to media-centric with the popularity of video streaming, internet
based entertainment, cloud gaming, health monitoring and tele-learning growing.
“Media-centric data consumption places greater needs
on both mobile and fixed broadband networks as the content is richer and
requires more bandwidth than traditional text-based consumption,” he said.
Dr Bradlow concluded that the discussion of high-speed
broadband needs to move beyond what will drive it to acknowledging it is
happening and asking how networks need to be innovated.
“Our job is to ensure that the way we deliver the
broadband meets the requirements of those services coming to the fore. These
requirements will be very different to what we are currently seeing today,” Dr
Bradlow finished.
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