UK-based Aria Networks has announced a major agreement with one of China’s largest software application development and systems integrations companies, BOCO Inter Telecom.
The deal will see Aria’s AI-powered analytics and optimization software deployed by BOCO at a leading operator, initially within two of China’s 31 provinces. China is home to several of the world’s largest fixed mobile and fixed line service providers, with more than half-a-billion 4G subscribers alone.
Aria Networks uses AI to predict the need for network capacity upgrades, and to determine the optimum route design and configuration of networks. This means operators can optimize multi-million-dollar network investment and expansion plans against growing market demand, increasing agility and eliminating guesswork and the risk of overbuild, said Aria Networks.
Aria said it also uses AI to reveal the robustness of operator networks – the ability to cope with unplanned outages or spikes in demand, such as for global TV events. Operators can not only proactively assess the impact, but use AI to determine a network design to mitigate it.
The deal with BOCO follows an evaluation in which Aria used its AI-based optimization to identify future network hotspots on an LTE network, also revealing billions of dollars’ worth of recoverable capacity.
Aria Networks CEO, Steve Newton
This new agreement with BOCO will open up significant new market opportunities for us both. Greater automation is high on operators’ agendas worldwide as they look towards more software-controlled operations. Vendors who can demonstrate expertise with innovative technology will gain a new level of trust and responsibility with their telecom customers.
Mr Xuwen Tian, CEO of BOCO Inter-Telecom
BOCO Inter-Telecom will work closely with Aria Networks in NGOSS and SDN/NFV, leveraging big data and AI to help China’s communications service providers transform traditional operations to intelligent operations, and shift their business strategies from voice to data.
