Working for a network software platform provider to large OEMs/ODMs, you are always disconnected from the real customers (aka service providers). You software is morphed into the OEMs network equipment to satisfy the requirements of the providers. I am always seeking opportunities to talk to service providers and see where they are going with respect to their network evolution. This becomes a important input to plan your product roadmap/engineering. Recently in one of the articles by retired China Unicom's CTO, Wei Leiping noted the top priorities for China Unicom (in no specific order):
1. IPv6: The surge of internet penetration in China is depleting the IPv4 addresses fast. A The IPv6 transition technologies have become mandatory for Unicom to sustain their growth.
2. CDMA to LTE: Massive investments are underway to upgrade the networks due to the huge cellular data demand.
3. "The Internet of Things" to enable millions of machines, devices, sensors, meters, and industrial systems that will be interconnected via the Internet.
With the network infrastructure investments Chinese service providers have made and the aggressive adoption of the newest technologies without the burden of legacy systems, the Chinese market looks strongly poised to be a technology defining market of the future.
Thursday, February 04, 2010
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