TELUS
Keeping
Canadians connected
Instantiating connectivity Tizghadam pointed out how the telco world is changing rapidly . The need for instantiating connectivity as a service on-demand for a specific time slot has come and manifests in different forms , such as bandwidth calendaring service . For example , one could ask for a network slice with dedicated mobile core to offer a high capacity mobility service between 6-10pm for a hockey game at a sports centre in downtown Toronto .
“ The ability to create such a service requires a programmable network underlay and its software-defined service overlay creation platform ,” observed Tizghadam .
“ The network must be able to self-tune - we need to build self-driving networks . This in turn requires new foundations to be built and some traditional approaches to networking must evolve , or sometimes even revolve , to make the shift possible .
We built these required foundations by carefully following our network softwarisation strategy .”
He pointed out that TELUS has a rich infrastructure that offers different layers of connectivity .
“ We have an impressively large fibre footprint which enables us to provide connectivity highways for customers . This includes different types of access networks , enabling , heterogeneous set of service points for customers and a wide range of mobile services .
“ I would like to shed a bit more light on this aspect of connectivity that might have been less at the centre , but it is important . Nowadays connected society is probably the most important type of connectivity that every service provider or hyperscaler is working on .
“ We are investing significantly in smart city initiatives that can help build a better connected society and we have also
84 December 2021