Carefully read "Softswitch"

If the Softswitch technology is a manuscript, there will be one thousand reading methods for one thousand people. UT Starcom read the vivid "PHS", but more people can only see the shadows of long-distance telephone services.
It is undoubtedly the operator that has the right to decide what the final draft will look like. Unfortunately, most operators do not have the patience to read this book.
"Take it out of Rules" is good sometimes.

In the past few years, the Softswitch technology has undoubtedly succeeded in the long-distance telephone service.
However, compared with their own capabilities, this kind of success is now very embarrassing. People often ask the question: the Softswitch technology is an alternative technology that can reduce traditional business costs, or is it the basis for developing new telecom businesses? UT Starcom has an answer.
According to YANG Jing, senior system structure director of UT Starcom, UT Starcom began to implement Softswitch in 1997, even though the term "Softswitch" had not yet appeared.
However, in terms of "interpreting" Softswitch technology, UT Starcom has taken an "alternative" path. "Most companies choose to use Softswitch for long-distance telephone services, but we are not following the trend," Yang Jing said. "We use the performance of softswitch access, we moved the architecture of the mobile network to a fixed network and launched the \ 'phs \ 'service. "
"This only utilizes the performance of one aspect of softswitch," Yang Jing said. "Ericsson, Siemens, and other vendors also have similar products that may use the performance of softswitch access, it may also be the performance of other aspects, but it is just different from everyone's understanding. "
UT has succeeded, but this idea is still not widely recognized. YANG Jing said: "People are still used to the traditional idea that Softswitch is a technology used for long-distance calls. This is the operator's own business about network operation. "
But carriers must become the core

It seems that we are back to the old topic of the Telecom Value chain that we often mention.
"Theoretically, it should be that the operator puts forward requirements on the device and asks the manufacturer to make the product," Yang Jing said. "However, the current reality is that the manufacturer first makes the product, then, they sell the goods to the carrier, and the manufacturer buys the goods. They ignore the fact that, with the emergence of IP infrastructure, operators have become the leader in the telecom value chain, and it wants to lead the entire market. "
YANG Jing gave an I-Mode example. He said: "The development of new businesses and new markets should be carried out by the telecom operators themselves. Although many device developers are happy to help the operator complete the work, the actual effect is much worse than that of the operator. "
"Equipment manufacturers tend to focus on technology," Yang Jing said. "At the same time, people also like to pursue perfection. Like when we introduced a program-controlled switch, it had been used abroad for many years and can be used after purchase. Everyone thinks that the purchased items should be good. they forget that the development of new telecom products has to go through many stages and requires the cooperation of operators and equipment manufacturers. If you only buy good things, you cannot predict the direction of business development, and it is not conducive to promoting the development of technology. "
Aim at a bit and look farther
All these require operators to stand at a commanding height, which affects the entire industrial chain in the correct direction, which is closely related to the current situation of the telecom industry.
YANG Jing believes that the domestic telecom industry has suffered two transformations at the same time: the first is technological transformation, and the second is the business transformation brought about by the opening of the market. At the moment of transformation, it is often the re-shuffling. Whoever is the first initiator will get the greatest benefit. In this case, you need to sit down and study it carefully to clarify your goals, rather than being led by others. The split of China Telecom has been settled, which provides an environment for domestic operators to calm down and think.
Regarding telecom technology, Yang Jing said: "none of these technologies is not good, nor are they omnipotent. The key is to interpret them from the market perspective. "
"For example, the Softswitch technology," Yang Jing said. "It has a lot of potential and can be available to the market when it reaches its potential. UT Starcom uses its access performance. If I only use it as an IP phone, I don't think there is any market, so I have to develop a new market. "
Like "PHS", Yang Jing believes that its guiding ideology is to meet market needs. In addition to the mobile network, it gives people a new choice for mobile communication. Using Softswitch technology, UT Starcom uses a fixed telephone network to develop mobile services at a low cost. mobile terminals provide many more functions than landlines, from voice services to data services, from simple telephone services to full coverage of personal communication space.
China's telecom network is facing the problem of transition to the next generation, Yang Jing said, this requires domestic operators to have a comprehensive and long-term vision. In the United States and Europe, China Telecom's network coverage has basically reached 100%. Although China Telecom's network is growing rapidly, it is still a developing network. "The evolving telecom network is certainly different from the existing and static Telecom Network's transition to the next generation. "YANG Jing said.
YANG Jing is very appreciative of China Telecom's next-generation NGN network. He thinks this is a milestone. He said: "At present, the Softswitch technology is not mature, and the NGN technology is not mature. The operator takes the initiative to intervene and drive the market so that it can embark on its own path. People's devices are developed based on the national conditions of other countries. China's roads are different from those of others. Only China Telecom can take the initiative to take the lead and occupy the market, it affects the development of SoftSwitch and NGN according to China's national conditions. "
Like Softswitch, Yang Jing believes: "NGN is not an IP phone, but a new service, driven by new services, but developed in a step-by-step manner, make it into a model that can make money immediately. "