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For optical transmission, the key lies in networking ensures consistent optimal users. AI-powered traffic prioritization
extending the optical switching technology experience for users. With over 40 million ensures zero packet loss for telehealth
to data centers (DCs) and metro edges. global FTTR users currently, the technology and gaming.
By leveraging optical switching, DCs will further evolve into FTTR+X. This • UAE e&’s 800G 3D-Mesh DCI and 1ms all-
can expand the scale and efficiency of evolution will empower carriers to innovate optical metro for AI. UAE e& launched the
AI computing. Moreover, with all-optical in AI applications like AI-enhanced storage, Middle East’s first 800G DCI backbone,
switching deployed at metro edges, carriers home guard, and healthcare. The ultimate achieving 48Tbps per fiber pair to
can establish latency circles of 1 ms, 5 ms, aim is to enable a smart home ecosystem interconnect AI hubs with less than
and 10 ms through mesh networking. This anchored by one FTTR network. 1 ms latency, supporting Arabic LLM
enables all-optical one-hop connection for training and autonomous drone logistics.
end-to-end all-optical switching, spanning To unlock the full potential It uses OXC technology and intelligent
from the backbone to the metro, ensuring management platform embedded with
the optimal AI experience. of AI, the optical industry is AI to guarantee 1ms edge-to-core latency
faced with a new challenge for real-time applications like smart grid
For fixed access, the fixed broadband controls and telemedicine.
needs to provide premium services with to enable people to utilize • Azerbaijan Aztelekom deployed 10G PON
deterministic and guaranteed service AI and its applications as to achieve almost whole nation-wide
experiences for every user. Globally, there easily and freely as elec- fiber FTTH coverage by the end of 2024.
are three phases for fixed access network
construction: coverage, bandwidth, and tricity. To achieve this, an Future Outlook: Accelerating AI Through
experience network construction. AI-centric F5.5G all-optical AI-centric F5.5G All-Optical Networks
The Middle East and Central Asia are poised
For coverage network construction: network featuring premium to lead the global AI revolution through AI-
Currently, over 28% of global users lack fiber transmission and all-op- centric all-optical networks, which will act
connections. Urgent efforts are needed to as accelerators by:
accelerate the fiber coverage, leveraging tical 10 Gbps must be built. • Enabling Real-Time AI Collaboration:
rapid and cost-effective deployment to Ultra-low latency networks will allow
connect the unconnected. In addition, AI needs to be introduced to seamless integration of distributed AI
the management and control platform to training clusters, reducing time-to-insight
For bandwidth network construction: First, realize automatic service provisioning, for industries like energy and healthcare.
some carriers offer fiber broadband with proactive user experience management, • Scaling AI Infrastructure: F5.5G’s terabit-
package rates merely in dozens of Mbps, and proactive O&M, thereby improving level bandwidth and deterministic
severely limiting the potential of fibers. user experience and efficiency, increasing reliability will support the exponential
Upgrading these packages is essential to revenue, and reducing the OPEX. growth of AI data centers, aligning with
boost broadband service competitiveness. projections of 57% global data center
Second, Gigabit packages provided AI-Optical Synergy in Middle East and capacity growth by 2027.
via GPON often result in poor end-user Central Asia: Leadership in Transition • Driving Industry Innovation: From smart
experiences, such as frequent video The region is transitioning from “oil cities to autonomous logistics, AI-native
freezes. Upgrading from GPON to 10G PON economies” to “AI economies” through networks will serve as the backbone for
needs to be prioritized to enhance network strategic initiatives and AI-ready optical next-gen applications, unlocking $500
performance. networks: billion in cross-border investments by
• Jordan Zain’s FTTR for all innovation: 2030.
For experience network construction: The Zain Jordan launched commercial FTTR
industry has a consensus on the evolution package, delivering full-house all-room The next decade will witness the fast
from FTTH with one single fiber to FTTR coverage solution for 8K VR education popularization of AI. Huawei hopes to work
with one unified network, since FTTR and IoT ecosystems, available to all fiber with industry partners to build an AI-centric
F5.5G all-optical network, extending optical
With over 40 million global FTTR users currently, the tech- switching to data centers and metro edges,
nology will further evolve into FTTR+X. This evolution will building premium networks for optical
empower carriers to innovate in AI applications like AI-en- access by boosting coverage, bandwidth,
and experience, and fully injecting AI
hanced storage, home guard, and healthcare. The ultimate capabilities to the management and control
aim is to enable a smart home ecosystem anchored by one platform. In this way, we can accelerate AI
popularization and achieve new business
FTTR network. growth together in the intelligent era!

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