Emerging networking innovation and accelerating replacement of legacy technologies leave communications service providers (CSPs) with central office (CO) space that is no longer needed. This leads to an interesting challenge: how to make money on this redundant real estate.
CSPs are considering consolidating or completely exiting some of the COs to monetize them and reduce related OPEX. However, the scale, complexities and cost of the exit can be prohibitive. Moreover, new network architectures require a new approach to passive infrastructure, including the future locations and functions of the CO buildings. Any wrong CO exit decisions today may impact service capabilities in the future.
This paper explains the key drivers and challenges of CO transformation and describes how Nokia CO Transformation services can help reduce OPEX, monetize excessive real estate and reduce total cost of ownership (TCO).