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Unlike previous generations of mobile networks, 5G will exert a greater effect on private networks than on public ones, driving the development of smart manufacturing, smart medicine, smart city, and more with a CAGR of 42% through 2025. With that in mind, QCT has invested considerable resources to extend its focus from cloud computing to telecom markets, and has worked closely with world-leading software vendors to deliver comprehensive, customizable end-to-end 5G solutions.

QCT President Mike Yang shared his market observations and the company’s development blueprint in an interview with the CIO IT Magazine:

“The greatest competitive advantage of QCT is that we have solid manufacturing and design capabilities,” said Mike Yang, “which enables us to provide customized solutions all the way from hardware to software layers using our in-house systems. We are also one of the first vendors to launch comprehensive solutions for the enterprise 5G market, which secures us a leading position in the race to private 5G networks.”

QCT has achieved several milestones as it has engaged with many industry partners to build an open, interoperable ecosystem that offers performance optimized solutions with greater flexibility.

• Taking the lead in the 5G Tainan Team for field trials

QCT jointly formed the 5G Tainan Team to drive standalone (SA) 5G applications in Tainan City, providing its self-developed SA core network for the first-time application verification in fields spanning manufacturing, transportation, entertainment, agriculture, and more.

• Launched NGCO for communication service providers

To help communication service providers deploy 5G networks faster and at a lower cost, QCT presented Next Generation Central Office (NGCO), featuring an optimized, white-box based network function virtualization infrastructure (NFVI) platform that enables the network transformation. This augmentation of central offices at both the core networks and the edge will pave the way for 5G.

• Collaborated with Rakuten Mobile to deploy the world’s first fully virtualized, cloud-native mobile network based on the ORAN architecture

QCT was the sole hardware provider to Rakuten Mobile’s cloud-native mobile network both in the central office and at the edge. Such a software-based ORAN architecture can lower 5G deployment cost by up to 40% and save up to 30% operation cost, allowing more operators and startups to enter the 5G space and develop innovative applications.

• Implemented AI and IoT-enhanced 5G private networks at its new plant for higher productivity and lower human cost

QCT also deployed an AI and IoT-enhanced 5G private network at its new plant in Taoyuan, which will serve as a trial site as well as a product window. By lowering the human cost and improving product yield, this new plant is expected to become profitable in a matter of 12 months and continually improve productivity.

• Launched 5GDC (NGCO 2.0), a container-based, 5G end-to-end solution to fulfill the requirements of diverse workloads

The company launched 5GDC, or NGCO 2.0, one year after its previous generation. By upgrading its architecture from VM-based to container-based, this solution offers the high agility, scalability and flexibility required for advanced 5G services.

Under this enterprise 5G boom, however, Yang reminded that CIOs must think deeply on how to combine private 5G networks with existing business processes in order to maximize the effect of digital transformation. With years of experience working with leading software partners in hyperscale projects, QCT is ready to offer comprehensive technical support and implementation services to help customers address their pain points and create another peak of growth.

[This article is based on a CIO IT Magazine special report, whose excerpt is attached below]

>> Read the special report in Chinese