With the rapid development of IP servicing, carrier class networks are attracting many telecom operators to IP convergence. By uniting voice (NGN/3G), video (IPTV) and special lines and data services under one IP network, the convergence can solve problems that traditional telecom networks face. Many mainstream carriers in the world have already published their IP transformation plans, including British Telecom’s 21CN plan, France Telecom’s NEXT strategy, Singapore Telecom’s network transform, China Telecom’s CN2 and KPN’s ALL IP Projects. IP DSLAM has developed so rapidly that it has now become the mainstream mode of broadband access.

In light of the All-IP trend for mobile networks, it’s crucial that mobile backhaul transports are optimized and reconstructed. What is the best strategy for mobile backhaul transport network evolution into a packet transport network (PTN)?

In today’s world, Internet services are undergoing significant development, while telecom operators are facing the continuous drop of ARPU in voice services, and major customer churn in some service sectors.

The Mobile World Congress (MWC) is an annual event held by the GSM Association. All the famous vendors involved in Wireless Mobility will attend this exhibition. Currently it is the most powerful and famous exhibition for wireless telecommunications worldwide. The 2008 MWC was held in Fira Exhibition Centre in Barcelona between Feb.11-14. According to the information from the MWC organization, more than 1,300 vendors attended this congress, which is an increase of 35% over last year, and the visitors exceeded 80,000.

With fierce competition at all levels, increasing consumer demand for a seamless user experience and mobile Internet technology providing a constant stream of disruption, operators ranging from Europe to Latin America face a business situation that’s forcing them to transform their operation, Huawei, kind of a leader in mobile market around the world, comes up with “Convergence, Broadband, Green Evolution” innovated based on customers’ requirements. 2007, Huawei helped operators realize a great value overlap and made a great success in Latin America. Many mainstream mobile operators including Telefonica, America Movil, Vivo and Brazil TIM chose Huawei to deploy their 3G/2G networks in 2007, among which Huawei has got the market share up to 20%. In fact, these operators’ 2G networks were supplied by Ericsson, Nokia, Siemens and Alcatel.