Research On The Transformation Strategy Of Traditional Operators To Application Platform Service Providers Based On Cloud Data Centers

Telecom operators are performing a tunnel role as always.Now they face the problem of lacking of revenue increase,lacking of new profit point,and competition from the Internet companies.The advantages of operators are network asset,customer asset,the service capabilities in the local,and the public trust.These elements make operators have the advantage to build an ecosystem around them,and become the enablers of the platform economy.In the trend of application platform transformation,many operators have been active in attempting new transformation and practice.In the procedure of transformation,operators have changes in their position and thoughts.The thoughts include change from network asset centric to both network asset and customer asset centric,from scale economy to innovative digital ecosystem,from single side business mode to double side business mode.How can operators provide innovative platform service quickly?How to build an ecosystem with massive services?How to change enterprise IT/BSS architecture,to build an application platform service enabler IT/BSS system?How to use big data technology to make the provision and operation of application platform smart?These are all the pain points of the operators who are transforming from a network service provider to an application platform service provider.In the background section of this document,the author first introduces the trend and pain points for operator in the application platform transformation.Then it studies the theories for operator platform transformation from Porter's Value Chain Model.And based on the conclusion that application platform is the best solution,it studies the general policy for operator platform transformation to application platform based on cloud data center.And then it studies the policy of driving base of application platform transformation,i.e.IDC transformation.At the end,it gives domestic and abroad two implementation examples,to make the research result have a social impact.Based on the study of many cases,this document also investigated the requirements to application platform from many industries,especially the financial industry,and gets many firsthand data.It has detailed research and elaboration of the application transformation policy of one centric,two enablers and the industrial policy.The conventional telecom operator should also take steps and emphasize the difference,i.e.the bandwidth access,during their cloud data center transformation.The research result can be a reference to relative telecom operators and solution providers.