MANILA, Philippines,
Aug. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- DITO,
one of the three major telecommunications operators in the Philippines, has made significant strides
in 5G buildouts in recent years. DITO began migrating services to
its self-built DCs in 2022 to improve its communication services.
This migration project took two years and consisted of two phases.
The project has taken the digital economy infrastructure in
the Philippines to the next
level.
1. DITO's large-scale migration of 5G SA services with zero
service interruption demonstrates its successful technical and
project management experience.
DITO faced substantial challenges in this project. The migration
of 5G SA services to DITO's self-built DCs across five regions
involved more than 3,000 devices from more than 10 telecom vendors
serving 10 million users. DITO made innovations in technical
management, organization management, engineering delivery, and risk
control:
- Optimal project portfolio management based on a project set
management approach: This method systematically modeled
the core network, IP network, transport network, service network,
and IT system. DITO identified key delivery paths, iteratively
verified technical solutions, and established a multi-level echelon
delivery matrix involving the onsite engineers, the local team in
Philippines, HQ, and the R&D
team.
- Agile delivery and continual improvement: Services were
migrated smoothly, preventing signaling storms. To expedite the
migration process, DITO ran two shifts. On average, it
executed a migration every one to two days, handling two to three
tasks per migration. Daily error reviews and corrections ensured
agile delivery.
- Strict risk management: DITO identified risks
through brainstorming, risk registration, and expert interviews. It
meticulously analyzed root causes and formulated mitigation plans.
DITO developed risk mitigation measures and contingency plans
before, during, and after each migration.
2. Collaboration between DITO and its suppliers propelled 5G
SA delivery and enabled the success of the project.
The core network is the "brain" of the network. Migrating the
services of the core network—the brain of the network—is the most
difficult and complex part of the migration process. Using an
end-to-end network design, deployment, testing, and migration
platform, the project team managed to perform streamlined and
professional operations, ensuring fast 5G SA network construction
during the migration process:
- Design: End-to-end service solution design was coupled
with comprehensive technical management capabilities and
domain-specific operation solutions to ensure 100% operation
success.
- Deployment: The automatic and streamlined operation
platform enabled end-to-end automatic VNF deployment.
- Testing: Products were tested in parallel. This was
followed by solution testing. Software and hardware were tested
independently and hierarchically.
- Migration: In accordance with the standard protocol
process, the migration was performed in this order: transmission,
IP, core network, and upper-layer services.
DITO and its suppliers set up a strong, three-level hierarchical
assurance team, with over 1,000 experts from all relevant fields.
This helped ensure project success.
3.The success of the DITO DC migration will strengthen DITO's
leading edge in 5G buildouts.
In the past three years, DITO has been a leader in 4G/5G service
innovation in the Philippines. It
has introduced 5G SA 2C and 2H services to the country. All-cloud,
fully convergent, and distributed networks have been built after
the completion of this migration project. These networks will help
expand capacity to accommodate more subscriber needs, and expedite
the exploration and development of innovative services such as
2B private lines and satellite
communications.
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