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as infrastructure providers. The new considerations for this advancement can demand and growing overall business
strategic focus for telcos is to deliver be strategically approached through the 3A in the intelligent era. By focusing on
one-stop services such as managed network orientation: 5G-A/F5G-A, Always- business servitization, platformization,
Wi-Fi, Ideahub, and storage, requiring online connectivity, and AI-driven network. and intelligentization, Techco 1.0 equips
teams with lightweight IT integration • 5G-A/F5G-A: wireless and fixed networks telecom telcos to better manage business
capabilities. The ultimate stage involves advances are crucial for the AI growth, complexities, adapt to the fast-paced
delivering integrated data, information, providing performance, improved con- technological landscape, and improve
and communications technology (DICT) nectivity, scalability, and efficiency. These customer engagement. It supports a
services for industries based on cloud networks support the giga experience gradual transition from legacy systems,
computing, AI, private networks, and everywhere, high demands of AI work- allowing telcos to introduce advanced
collaborative ecosystems. Telcos can loads, enabling real-time applications, intelligence and agility without disrupting
achieve unique competitiveness in the seamless data transfer, and fostering existing services. By materializing
B2B field by transitioning from resource- innovation. Techco transformation is Techco 1.0 framework, telcos can pursue
based to integration-based providers, driving advancement of 5G-A/F5G-A with business growth by expanding core
enabling them to lead the digital ultra-broadband, ultra-latency, determin- services, and launching innovative digital
transformation of industries through istic experience and intelligent sensing services, built upon a modernized 3A
network-cloud-intelligence synergy. as the experience standard. network to support sustained growth in
• Always-online: as 5G-A/F5G-A brings the intelligent era.
Infusing AI into operations full-service access capabilities, • The strategic integration of AI across
connecting people, home and things,
network
predictive
management,
not only helps telcos better the whole network needs to be more maintenance, and customer interactions
meet user expectations, resilient and reliable. ensuring full- is projected to reduce operational costs,
time service online. The approach is to
freeing up resources for growth-focused
but also helps improves design it with advanced architecture investments. Furthermore, AI-powered
O&M efficiency, minimize standards. The access network focuses service personalization will enhance
service loss, and enhance on connectivity, where edge experience, customer satisfaction and improve
uplink speed, positioning and latency
customer retention.
brand perception. capabilities are crucial. The transport
network emphasizes high reliability and Conclusion: transforming telcos for the
security through hardware, software, new and intelligent era
• New monetization models for data and protocol collaboration, while the • Huawei's Techco 1.0 framework signifies
asset: telcos possess a significant asset core network is built for ultra-stability, a critical evolution for the telecommuni-
in their extensive user data, the revenue focusing on security, redundancy, and cations industry, empowering telcos to
potential of which has historically been fault resistance. effectively navigate the complexities of
underexploited. In the evolving digital • AI-driven: to make the most benefit, digital transformation and capitalize on
landscape, telcos can establish a novel telcos need to advance AI strategy emerging opportunities. By strategically
paradigm for data monetization through comprehensively, evolve services, adopting AI, 5G-A/F5G-A technology, and
the implementation of robust data network and operations towards cloud platforms, telcos can transition
management practices with B2B2C. AI. Leading telcos are introducing from traditional connectivity providers to
To achieve that, telcos will first need to copilots and AI agents into high-value innovative technology companies - tech-
transition from silo data management scenarios, proving their ability to ensure cos. This transformation does not only
to unified management, which will allow service development and improve user generate new revenue streams for telcos
them to process data as a standardized experience. A future-proof infrastructure to assume a more prominent role within
asset. This will improve data governance is to develop DCs, cloud and computing the digital economy, but also to improve
efficiency and utilization, as well as centers ready for AI. Pioneers in East operational efficiency.
significantly reducing the time for market Asia market are striving for a significant • As the telecommunications landscape
analysis and decision-making. Once data role as open LLMs delivers leading continues its rapid evolution, strategic
is managed as an asset, it can be better performance, starting from internal but initiatives such as the Techco 1.0
monetized. Externally, this can facilitate evolving to be a key enabler for society. framework will be instrumental in
targeted marketing campaigns for new shaping a future where telcos are at the
services and enable the development of Techco 1.0 framework benefits forefront of digital innovation. It provides
specialized, and tailored data dashboards • This evolution is essential due to the a strategic pathway for telcos to thrive in
for various verticals. swift advancement of digital services, an increasingly interconnected world,
By adopting the Techco 1.0 framework, evolving consumer expectations, and the establishing a foundation for a resilient
telcos can also be guided on advancing their overall expansion of the digital economy. and technology-driven future in intelligent
ICT infrastructure to effectively monetize The Techco 1.0 framework offers a era.
AI technology. The key technological comprehensive strategy for meeting the

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