Although we have a mobile phone, but the phone is not a must, video calls are becoming more and more popular, watching videos, watching live broadcasts has long been more common than browsing the web, including computers, our experience is gradually improving, for network communication, also need to improve, greater bandwidth, lower latency, this is a challenge.
Whoever solves this problem should be generally understood as a communication carrier and a communication equipment provider. For example, Telecom and Huawei in this aspect of cooperation, has achieved a very important breakthrough, to achieve 3600 km of ultra-200G + large-capacity transmission system experimental verification, but also to solve the extremely harsh conditions of large-capacity transmission communication provides the possibility, the solution will double the single fiber capacity to 16Tbps, the future can reach 32Tbps, do not think that the two work together is very simple, in fact, the problem is very complicated.
With the increasing demand for ultra-high-definition video, especially in the aspect of network live broadcast communication, the demand is soaring, which will be more and more demanding for the construction of operator networks, and large-capacity, long-distance network communications will naturally increase the investment of operators.
At this time, the problem arises, it happens in Europe, where the communication operators can't stand it, what's the matter? Because the increasing amount of network traffic has brought a huge burden to their network, and improving network communication capabilities requires a lot of investment, they are reluctant to see themselves increase investment, and the increased network traffic allows large streaming platforms such as Netflix to enjoy its success.
What does that mean? Telecom operators have invested in expanding network communications, and the consumer experience has been enhanced, but it is Netflix, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and other large streaming media companies that benefit. In particular, most of these streaming platforms are American, and yes, American social software has dominated Europe.
It is reported that the four major European telecom operators British Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica and Vodafone have not been able to deal with such a situation, but now issued a joint statement, requiring legislation at the EU level, requiring these platforms to pay their fair share of network investment, "digital platforms are profiting from the ultra-large-scale business model at a very low cost, and network operators are taking on the investment required for network connectivity." ”
It is estimated that some people will say that they also paid a fee for using the network, but the problem is that now everyone is asking operators to speed up and reduce fees, but their cost recovery can only be shared from consumers, which is naturally contradictory, in other words, the high cost is now because the streaming media platform squeezes out network traffic resources, at this time we should also see that the "vast majority of the cake is actually given to the streaming media platform".
On the other hand, we have a completely different situation, our communication network construction has been undertaken by mobile, Unicom, telecommunications and radio and television, and this is also the reason why we have promoted the smooth construction of network infrastructure, at the very least, we have been working hard to resolve this contradiction, because these communication operators are state-owned enterprises, are the pillars of network infrastructure, plus we have equipment providers such as Huawei, technology, equipment, infrastructure, are in their own hands, far better than Europe.