With Rising Data usage, Wireless Operators are Combining predictive network analytics software with business and operational tools to better predict and address congestion points and deal in real time. Software Defined Network is a developing cloud technology, where telcos use the Internet (cloud) to connect customer premises. This simplifies network managing policies and minimizes the hardware devices that a telco operator should deploy / maintain. Currently, this is limited to data centres and are mainly used to manage backhaul congestion issues. NTT has announced that it will launch an SDN-based network to connect enterprise customer premises systems with NTT’s enterprise cloud through the Internet.
Optimizing Mobile Application Design
Some Mobile Apps even with continuous Pings to the server can be a drain on network Resource of the Wireless data Service Provider when users number in millions.
There are currently more than 1.5mn iOS and Android applications, and a vast majority of these are free and data-heavy (especially some of the Draw Something-type apps). Moreover, not many of these are designed by taking network issues into consideration. This is due to a lack of understanding and education on the part of the app developer and regulations. Some of the developed telcos have recently talked during analyst gatherings about working with developers or aggregators to modify and control application designs or offering training seminars for app developers and even offering software development kits.
AT&T provides Application Resource Optimizer (ARO), a diagnostic tool that app developers can use to optimise the apps to use lesser battery power and reduce data traffic from apps. Apple has done software updates in its iOS operating system to reduce the signalling traffic generated by iPhones.