The next wave of telecommunication and service provider transformations will be very different; we call it extreme transformation. Communication service providers (CSPs) have to become digital service providers (DSPs) to stay relevant. In the DSP world, customers are not just “human beings”, but also billions of sensors and IoT devices that will be revolutionizing digital lifestyle with relevant content enabled by data mining, leading to decision making and entertainment. For CSPs to stay relevant, they must not only compete with differentiation in network reliability for quad-play connectivity services but must also move up the value chain and transform into customer-centric DSPs for digital services. The extreme transformation from CSP to DSP status is what is covered in this book. Kaveh Hushyar: Former Chief Engineering Officer at AT&T. Cross-industry leader in Transformation. MS Industrial Engineering from Stanford University, California. Harald Braun: Former President and CEO of Aviat Networks, Inc., and President and CEO of Siemens Networks LLC. Engineering degree in Telecommunications from Aachen University, Germany. Prominent standards influencer, spokesman in the telecommunications industry and recognized as one of America’s “Top 100 Voices of the IP Communications Industry” by Internet Telephony magazine. Serial High-Tech Entrepreneur in the Digital Economy. Dr. Hossein Eslambolchi: Former Chief Transformation Officer and President, CIO, CTO of AT&T – with more than 1400 registered patents, 2017 Ellis Island Medal of Honor, Thomas Alva Edison Prestigious NJ inventor Hall of Fame, Info World Global Top 25 CTO award in 2005, and PhD in Electrical Engineering from San Diego State University. www.routledge.com A SCIENCE PUBLISHERS BOOK Telecom Extreme Transformation The Road to a Digital Service Provider Kaveh Hushyar Former Chief Engineering Officer, AT&T, Inc. Stanford University, California, USA Harald Braun Former President & CEO, Aviat Networks, Inc. President and CEO, Siemens Networks Llc., USA Dr. Hossein Eslambolchi Former President, CIO, CTO, AT&T Inc. A SCIENCE PUBLISHERS BOOK p, A SCIENCE PUBLISHERS BOOK p, First edition published 2021 by CRC Press 6000 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 300, Boca Raton, FL 33487-2742 and by CRC Press 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN © 2021 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC CRC Press is an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, LLC Reasonable efforts have been made to publish reliable data and information, but the author and pub￾lisher cannot assume responsibility for the validity of all materials or the consequences of their use. The authors and publishers have attempted to trace the copyright holders of all material reproduced in this publication and apologize to copyright holders if permission to publish in this form has not been obtained. If any copyright material has not been acknowledged please write and let us know so we may rectify in any future reprint. Except as permitted under U.S. Copyright Law, no part of this book may be reprinted, reproduced, transmitted, or utilized in any form by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or here￾after invented, including photocopying, microfilming, and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without written permission from the publishers. For permission to photocopy or use material electronically from this work, access www.copyright.com or contact the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, 978- 750-8400. For works that are not available on CCC please contact mpkbookspermissions@tandf.co.uk Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Cataloging‑in‑Publication Data Names: Hushyar, Kaveh, 1952- author. | Braun, Harald (Telecommunications engineer), author. | Eslambolchi, Hossein, 1957- author. Title: Telecom