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Telecom Business Review | Monday, July 26, 2021
Telecommunications operators have been fighting industry disruption and declining revenue streams since the rise of over-the-top streaming services. Telecoms must now evolve beyond network connectivity to offer distinguishing services beyond their core offering now that ubiquitous connectivity is a commodity.
FREMONT, CA: The cloud-enabled world provides telecom operators with numerous new opportunities and revenue streams. Repackaging existing hosting and networking capabilities and delivering cloud infrastructure and storage services is one way to benefit from cloud and telecom transformation. Telcos can also collaborate with cloud software development firms to create industry-specific solutions for highly regulated industries such as healthcare and finance.
Telecoms can become cloud brokers by aggregating and ensuring the quality of public cloud services. Alternatively, they may opt to become service enablers and supplement their core offering with assets such as data analytics and APIs. This will allow them to provide these enhanced capabilities to third parties or improve their telecom cloud services.
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New commercial possibilities and revenue streams
Cloud computing for telecom ushers in a paradigm shift in providing ICT resources, creating new opportunities to develop and deliver business value and increase profitability. The cloud enables telecoms to become more agile and competitive in the new environment due to its utmost convenience and pliable pricing models.
Flexibility: The substantial IT cost savings provided by the cloud are one of its greatest benefits. Cloud infrastructures are inherently cost-effective thanks to their highly flexible pay-as-you-go models. Businesses can rent and pay for only the resources they require by utilizing a network of remote servers, thereby significantly reducing expenses such as software and hardware updates, backup systems, and data storage.
Scalability: Cloud scalability is the capacity to remain flexible and adapt to fluctuating storage and infrastructure needs by automatically provisioning and de-provisioning resources. Businesses can leverage cloud computing for telecom to grow and capitalize on growth opportunities. In contrast, the elastic nature of the cloud allows for the dynamic accommodation of tasks, such as traffic spikes or high-performance workloads.
Market adaptability: Market conditions are constantly in flux in response to fluctuating customer demands. The ability to respond quickly to varying consumer needs becomes a key differentiator for businesses. Cloud also encourages innovation and enables telecom service providers to promptly redesign and update their cloud-based offerings. Due to the influx of new customers, a swift shift toward new market opportunities always confers a competitive advantage and increases profitability.
Hidden complication: Despite being less well-known than other enablers, masked complexity offers the benefit of concealing some operational complexities from end users. Maintenance and upgrades, for instance, can be performed in the background. This allows a business to increase the sophistication of its services and products without burdening customers with technical information—even the shortest downtime results in financial loss, highlighting the significance of hidden complexity. Companies whose operations are reliable and flawless are always rewarded with customer loyalty.
Variability: With its increased capacity and processing power, the cloud enables businesses to accommodate diverse user preferences better. Cloud-enabled context variability refers to the ability of telecoms to customize services and products and deliver more user-centric experiences by leveraging features such as location, personal attributes, and analytics.
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