The Role of Automation in Integrating Various Telecommunication Projects
Abstract
The integration of diverse telecommunication projects ranging from 5G networks and fiber infrastructure to IoT ecosystems and cloud-native platforms poses significant challenges in terms of complexity, speed, and reliability. Automation has emerged as a transformative solution, enabling telecom operators and project managers to streamline planning, deployment, testing, monitoring, and management processes (Manda, 2019). By reducing manual interventions, automation improves efficiency, minimizes errors, enhances scalability, and accelerates time-to-market. This paper outlines the role of automation in integrating various telecommunication projects, examines its key benefits and challenges, and highlights case studies demonstrating its impact on 5G rollouts, IoT deployments, and cloud-native telecom systems. Furthermore, it explores future trends such as autonomous networks, hyperautomation, and blockchain-based secure integrations, underscoring automation’s strategic role in shaping the next generation of telecommunication infrastructure. (Schmitz et al., 2018)
Keywords
Automation in Telecommunication; Network Integration; 5G Deployment; IoT
and Telecom Automation; Cloud-Native Telecom Systems; Self-Optimizing Networks (SONs);
AI/ML in Telecom; Hyperautomation; Pre
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