Traffic on carrier backbonenetworks is growing exponentially, driving global momentum for commercial 100G deployments and attracting attention on optical transport beyond 100G.
Ad hoc Wi-Fi networks can stretch the fabric of Internet connectivity, cheaply and painlessly, over any community to points where traffic is aggregated onto high-speed fiber backbonenetworks.
After building its business on making switching equipment that forms the backbone of phone and computer networks, Huawei is trying to become a business and consumer brand.
It will also be crucial for telcos to upgrade their networks so they can provide the backbone to the much talked-about digital home of the future, where appliances such as ovens can be switched on remotely.