Innovative Approach to Network Convergence Nathan Hsu Cable

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Innovative Approach to Network ConvergenceNathan
Hsu Cable WirelessCIO Forum - Sanya 7
July, 2005
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Agenda

• Business context
• Cable Wireless Overview
• Our approach
• Conclusions

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• Business context

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Issues facing businesses today

• costs
• complexity
• risk
• mobile working/changes in working practices
• demands for innovation and agility
• security
• business continuity
• need to develop stronger relationships with
  partners and suppliers
• customers demanding better service

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Business context organisations striving to
increase their value

• business goals increasingly dependent on
  technology
• new concepts appearing from IT industry Real
  Time Enterprise, Business on Demand, Adaptive
  Organisations, etc
• new communications technology MPLS, VPN, Wi-Fi,
  GPRS/3G
• past failure leads to increased cynicism, need to
  separate hype from reality, emphasis on
  measurable results
• right technology infrastructure
• right approach to implement and increase business
  value

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Business and technology issueshow infrastructure
holds back organisations
Business goals compromised by underpinning
infrastructure issues

• inefficient processes
• lack of integrated applications
• desktop performance
• risk and security
• network proliferation

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Sourcing options multi-sourcing creates the best
balance
customer effort
control/strategy/flexibility/value retention
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Balancing business requirements creating the
foundation for change
reducing cost, complexity, risk
increasing innovation, capacity, security
we create value by providing secure
infrastructures that integrate communications
and IT
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Balancing business requirements creating the
foundation for change
secure communications and IT infrastructure
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Balancing business requirements delivering the
benefits
innovation
consolidation
secure communications and IT infrastructure
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• Cable Wireless

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Who is Cable Wireless?

• A FTSE 100 company HQ in the United Kingdom
• Global with presence in 80 countries
• 78 major cable systems 500,000km span
• 130 years telecoms experience
• Provider of IP, voice and data solutions to
  business customers
• A group of national telecoms companies with
  international capability
• Annual revenues of 3.0bn and net cash of 1.3bn
  (as at 31 March 2005)

The strengths of Cable Wireless are a strong
management team, a good net cash position,
extensive network presence - Ovum, January
2005
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CW Worldwide Operations
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Asia Network
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• Our approach

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Basic Building Blocks
MNS
IP-VPN
Seamless integration is the key
VAS
Data
Bandwidth
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IP-VPN QoS Solution Element
IP-VPN QoS
Simple to connect additional Branch Sites
with ubiquitous any-to-any connectivity
Delivering Quality of Service
Premium CoS - for Real-time apps. such as IPT
Enhanced CoS x 3 - for your critical data
applications
Standard CoS - for non-essential data applications
Any-to-any connectivity and Quality of Service!
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Managed Network Services
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Client evolution to Business integratedMarks
Spencer
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Some CW Customers in Asia
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Conclusion

• Convergence can increase business efficiency and
  lower cost
• The technology building blocks are available
  today
• Customer and supplier relationship is critical
• The right Global partner is key to project
  success
• Cable Wireless has a strong track record in
  implementing complex convergence networks

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Thank You