Companhia de Telecomunicações de Macau (CTM) plans to automate network optimization with artificial intelligence in a future AGW 2.0 phase, which Huawei says could support revenue growth in government and enterprise business.
Huawei said CTM is introducing AGW and AI broadband network gateway (BNG) capabilities to identify service needs and schedule traffic dynamically. The company said these systems are intended to improve the user experience and lower international bandwidth costs, but gave no estimate of possible savings.
In the AGW 2.0 phase, Huawei says CTM plans to pair network telemetry with AI analytics to automate adjustments now handled manually. The company said this phase could help CTM tailor services for high-value uses and grow government and enterprise business. Huawei gave no deployment date or performance targets.
Huawei’s broader carrier-security outline includes AI tools to flag unusual device activity and pooled protections against distributed denial-of-service attacks, intrusions and phishing. It said carriers could make such services available to government and enterprise customers within days. The announcement described these as areas for industry development and did not say CTM had deployed them.
In a Sept. 29 release, Huawei said CTM and Huawei had jointly launched an IP network integrating quantum key distribution (QKD) with communications infrastructure. CTM plans to offer quantum-secured private lines to government and enterprise customers, and Huawei called the network the “world’s first integrated QKD-communication target IP network.” SDxCentral reported that the partners did not state the criteria for that claim or disclose the network’s size, link distances, key-generation rates or customer-service launch date.
SDxCentral reported that QKD uses quantum signals to distribute cryptographic keys while customer data travels over conventional network links. SDxCentral reported that key distribution alone does not secure a full service, which also needs encryption, authentication and safeguards for end devices. Huawei claimed a router equipped with QKD could cut operators’ overall ownership costs by more than 60%; SDxCentral said the release gave no comparison baseline or supporting measurements.
