(Source: Alisha Arif/Alamy Stock Photo) Telstra is building a digital twin of its international network assets, with the intention of using AI-powered digital modelling to automate management and to solve network issues. Sketching out the Australian telco’s AI initiatives, Roary Stasko, CEO of Telstra International, said creation of the digital version of the network would drive automation and enable dynamic processing of inventory and traffic. A digitally twinned network would allow the company to present real-time information to customers about assets and capabilities, and for network ops teams to have new tools to dynamically solve issues thrown up by, say, a cyberattack or an earthquake. But digital twins are built on granular data, and most of Telstra’s asset records are still captive in legacy inventory systems or Excel spreadsheets. "These networks are incredibly complex, with cable sectors and legs, cable landing stations, repeaters and every little component needing to be logged," said Stasko. A bit of work to do "So we’re systematically working through all of our inventory, all of our network data, and all of our IT data, to digitize them and put them into a clean format. We’ve got a bit of work to do to be […]
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