Huawei launched the SoftCOM Business Initiatives Zoom-in (BIZ) program: stakes and opportunities for carriers.

Huawei pursues the development and the consolidation of its long-terms strategy of seduction nearby the carriers. The goal is to develop strategic partnerships with major carriers.

In this dynamic, the Chinese company showcased a number of SoftCOM solutions at the world's largest SDN forum, the SDN & OpenFlow World Congress 2013.

Connectikpeople has observed that, these solutions are jointly developed with the
carriers and aim to mark the beginning of a new phase in the commercial exploration of software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV).

According to Huawei, SoftCOM is a future-oriented end-to-end ICT network architecture based on technologies and concepts including cloud computing, SDN, NFV, and network openness.

The BIZ program studies each network field to find application scenarios for SoftCOM and develops SDN/NFV solutions that can be quickly deployed on existing networks. It also aims to help carriers benefit from the commercial value of SoftCOM by providing solutions such as SDN-based mobile backhaul, SDN-based Gi service LAN, SDN-based Data Center Interconnection (DCI), Cloud IMS/EPC, virtualized STB, Business Enablement Suite (BES), and Communication as a Service (CaaS).

Connectikpeople has also observed that, if successfully implemented by many carriers, these solutions can help them improve network utilization and operation efficiency, reduce structural costs, realize quick customized service provisioning and improve network monetization efficiency.