StarHub, today announced that it has started transforming its existing core and access networks to open, cloud-based networks using the software-defined networking (SDN) technology. StarHub aims to complete SDN transformation for its core and access networks in two years. This forms part of StarHub's aim to enhance its network operational capabilities, enabling the company to better respond to its corporate customers’ business needs as well as to support Singapore’s Smart Nation initiatives.
This came after StarHub recently finalised the design of its SDN environment and identified various strategic partners, including Cisco and Huawei who will be involved in the development of StarHub’s SDN ecosystem. The SDN technology will enable StarHub to use a central standard execution software or application to control all of its network devices to flexibly deliver a wide range of real-time services or easily collaborate with multiple partners or vendors. Eventually, all these will allow telecom providers to operate their business more efficiently.
Mock Pak Lum, Chief Technology Officer, StarHub
Our enterprise business has been growing steadily in the past few years, and is expected to become our second largest revenue contributor in the near future. To accelerate our growth, among other things we need to enhance the efficiency of our network with SDN, to improve our ability to deliver bandwidth dynamically and rapidly offer customisable solutions to our corporate customers, helping them realise productivity, flexibility and innovation benefits.
Thiam Guan Ang, Managing Director for Cisco in Singapore and Brunei
Consumer and business users are becoming increasingly more mobile, as are the cloud-based services, applications and content they wish to consume. SDNs are dynamic, manageable, cost-effective and adaptable, enabling operators to have a centralised view of the entire network. This leads to more effective control of how the network responds to application needs and offers secure, reliable and consistent experiences to their users on any device in any location. Cisco is excited to work with StarHub in designing and testing StarHub’s SDN architecture as StarHub transforms through innovation in Singapore,” said.
