Every minute about 231.4 million email messages globally, while, only in North America, a proportion of 13.4 Internet connections per person is estimated, considering access from different accounts, profiles and devices, a proportion 63% higher than that registered five years ago. These figures demonstrate the critical role of the internet in the daily life of people and companies, facing an increasingly digital world.
However, to enable such connections, the network segment telecommunications it has also been forced to transform itself, revolutionizing the way it establishes links, transmits data and, in general, coexists with an increasingly broad, robust and complex ecosystem of equipment and access.
This evolution implies a demand for greater availability, speed and performance on the part of the systems. While in the first years of the century the average Internet speed was around 100 kilobits per second, two decades later this figure has increased almost ten times., derived not only from a greater number of connected users, but also from a greater volume in the universe of data that is transmitted. With this in mind, AMD, a microprocessor and graphics chip company, shares four trends that will shape the future of the telecommunications industry.
1. Multiple network environments in coexistence
Connectivity has evolved drastically, adding mobile links to the ecosystem of fixed networks. Within this spectrum, new generations of connectivity have been perfecting wireless navigation to provide greater agility in data download, one of the great promises of redes 5Gwhich is expected to reach a penetration of 18% of the networks this year.
For the network infrastructure, this means deploying different protocols and connectivity standards, managing access for older devices and providing optimal experiences for newer equipment that can benefit from new generations of networking. Such a situation implies greater IT scalability, generating a diversified management that allows guaranteeing access regardless of the connection point of origin.
2. Ever-expanding ecosystem of devices
It is currently estimated that 86.9% of the world population has a smartphone. Beyond equipment for personal use, the number of connections has also increased as a result of the implementation of sensors and smart devices, the so-called Internet of Things (IoT, for its acronym in English).
This situation encourages service providers to have stable, elastic, and low-latency architectures that can withstand demand peaks without affecting the availability of information or extending response times.
AMD notes that 5G may achieve a global penetration of 18% this year.
3. Security
Before the adoption of virtualized systemsthe protection perimeter is blurred, requiring advanced security capabilities. With the massification of digitalization strategies, a large part of the organizations have partially or totally moved their operations and processes to cloud platforms and technologies, however, during the last year it was reported that around 80% of the companies have experienced at least one cloud security incident.
With this explosive growth in demand for cloud resources, modern systems need embedded detection and mitigation solutions, with layered defense features, including firmware, hardware, and software, thus minimizing latent risk.
4. Sustainable connectivity
The reduction of environmental impact it has become a priority for businesses of all kinds, and telecommunications organizations are no exception. It is estimated that this industry represents between 3 and 4% of global carbon emissions, so taking responsible production and environmental conservation measures is increasingly urgent.
Given this scenario, a key factor to minimize this situation lies in electricity consumption, especially in the infrastructure of data centers that support communication networks, which concentrate around 1% of global electricity spending. To achieve this, bet on lower power hardware and greater energy efficiency is critical, allowing the environmental impact of this vertical to be significantly reduced.
In the context of these 4 trends, AMD highlights its line of EPYC server processors. “It allows ensuring the efficiency, availability and resilience of networks, leveraging innovative performance, speed and availability features that help enable new and better connectivity experiences for users, and at the same time, the telecommunication systems They can benefit from technologies such as AMD Infinity Guard, which offers a silicon-level protection solution to safeguard companies against internal and external attacks, keeping the information secure and encrypted from the data that is transported through their networks, “says the company.
And he adds: “In the same way, its functions optimized for data centers guarantee the efficiency, availability and resilience of networks, leveraging innovative performance, speed and availability features that help enable new and better connectivity experiences for users.”
