What are uses of computers in telecom sector?

Answer 1

As a telecommunication engineer this is my opinion. There are no any significant use of supercomputing in telecommunication reported yet but the telecom hardware are themselves like supercomputers. Apart from vast amount of high end computing hardware used in telecom generally for processing of subscriber related data, we have dedicated hardware which is able to connect multiple moving subscribers across the globe, all connected to a single point in a switch and the switch is able to handle multiple such cases at the same time. Just imagine 5 person are talking to a conference call, two from North America, one from India, one from Sweden and one from Africa and they all are moving at the same time so handover of their signals should also be taken care of at the same time from one cell to another and the switch is handling multiple such conversation simultaneously. This example indicates the complexity of telecom switches. Complexity and processing capacity of these devices is no way less than any supercomputer. they use dedicated processors generally designed from FPGAs and RISC arch is popular.

Answer 2

Many uses, the main being to monitor and maintain the network infrastructure. Technicians can log on to nodes to check communications between hubs and to check or monitor that data is being transferred as it should. They can also change or modify circuits to ensure that customers are receive the quality that they require.

Answer 3

video conferencing, call centers, web broadcasting, file sharing etc

Answer 4

the role of computer in telecommunication