Opinion: The Shift Towards Digital Operators: Why Service Providers Are Embracing the Change

Opinion: The Shift Towards Digital Operators: Why Service Providers Are Embracing the Change

Manfred Felsberg, senior director, global data center business, Juniper Networks on how a paradigm shift towards automation, AI/ML-driven analytics and …

The post Opinion: The Shift Towards Digital Operators: Why Service Providers Are Embracing the Change appeared first on TahawulTech.com.Manfred Felsberg, senior director, global data center business, Juniper Networks on how a paradigm shift towards automation, AI/ML-driven analytics and closed-loop systems is now considered fundamental to future success.

Because the network has become a constant and ubiquitous aspect of daily life, the demands on networks have advanced far beyond the legacy expectation of just providing connectivity: from relying on ‘always connected’ services to operating mission-critical networks that in turn drive mission-critical deployments. Today’s network needs to deliver a superior experience for operators, devices – Internet of Things (IoT) included –, business and residential users, while reducing power and space consumption, operational expenses and eliminating many pain-points, for example, repetitive manual tasks.

It is worth mentioning that the UAE and Saudi Arabia, the region’s leaders in digital economic transformation, have been estimated to have spent approximately US $20 billion and US $34.6 billion, respectively, on information and communications technology (ICT) in 2023. Amidst the current increasingly competitive environment, many service providers are paving