Hosted by Informa, the forum took place during AfricaCom, the continent’s largest technology conference. During his speech, Hopkinson explained how important the digital economy has become and how it is shaping the world of business.
“The digital economy is currently growing twice as fast as the traditional economy,” he said. “The digital economy has become an engine of economic growth. The pandemic has greatly accelerated the progress of the digital transformation of enterprises in seven years, leading to great opportunities for operators.
Hopkinson also noted that digital transformation also has a role to play in making businesses more environmentally friendly.
“Extreme climate disasters have increased by 83% over the past 20 years, while energy prices have increased by 300% year-on-year in some regions,” he said.
“The telecommunications industry could help other sectors make significant carbon and energy savings by utilizing digital technologies.”
Hopkinson also called for greater industry cooperation to ensure digital transformation is rolled out as effectively as possible.
“Huawei invites all operators to realize a better experience, smarter operations and richer business co-creation together,” he said. “For a better co-creation experience, Huawei believes that digital technologies such as cloud and AI, OSS data, BSS data and social data are integrated with converged intelligent data, which maximizes the value of data and reshape business decision-making models through data. Digital experience-driven transformation.”
Addressing fears that technology could take jobs away from humans, Hopkinson noted that human-machine collaboration is the best way to achieve the transformation of digital operations. People’s working model will change from “in-the-loop” to “on-the-loop” and focus more on intent setting, solution choice and machine optimization.
As examples of how Huawei is helping operators drive digital transformation for greater business growth, Hopkinson pointed to the examples of 5G video calling and digital financial services. Some carriers, he said, are treating 5G video calling as a strategic priority.
These operators already have more than 100 million customers. Meanwhile, more than 390 million people worldwide use operator-managed mobile money services powered by Huawei’s Fintech platform. By 2025, this number is expected to reach 2 billion worldwide.
Both providers and operators, however, must realize that the network is becoming more complex and that the increasing variety of services brought about by digital transformation requires more nuanced service level agreements (SLAs).
“Huawei is willing to share our experiences, facilities and resources as much as possible,” concluded Hopkinson.
“We would like to establish a joint innovation center with our customers to conquer the most pressing problems in the sector. We will do more. We will share more. We’ll make more!”
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