Why FieldEngineer.com joined the Telecom Infrastructure Project
We field engineers are really proud of having interconnected the world. Thanks to huge investments, we have given Internet access to more than 3 billion people around the globe. That number represents 40% of the global population and close to 80% of the developed world. And the figures are still increasing steadily.
At the same time, Internet traffic has been growing exponentially for many years and will likely continue expanding in the near future unless something unexpected happens. This growth has been the main responsible for the evolution of network infrastructure in a constant race to cope with user’s requirements of more speed and better coverage. Customers always want a better network experience.
As a consequence, most of the technology research in recent times has been primarily guided by this search for better performance.We at Field engineer are committed to continuing extending the communication services to more and more people while maintaining if not improving our levels of exceptional user experience. And all of this while meeting our investors’ expectations.
To do so we think that this is the right moment to complement the evolution of the technology with new ideas, definitely different of the way that we have been working in the past.
The traditional model has produced remarkable results so far but now we need new technologies that scale significantly better.
The world of computing brings us several good ideas to start with: the separation of hardware and software, the use of open source solutions to reduce software costs and standardization overheads, etc. They are certainly very good starting points. And the Telecom Infrastructure Project is the right place to explore these ideas and begin finding a new and more sustainable way to develop the network of the future.