FutureNet World Asia 2023: Preview
Shanthi Ravindran previews the Asian edition of FutureNet World in Singapore, 18-19 October, 2023. FutureNet World turns five this year and for the Asia Pacific region, this is a unique conference in...
View ArticleDigital Transformation World 2023
This year’s DTW event had an interesting vibe. It felt like maybe – just maybe – telecom might be about to turn a corner. The TM Forum audience – software and operations-focused, rather than hardware,...
View ArticleMEF: Telecom Takes NaaS Seriously
MEF is turning its focus to Network-as-a-Service, and in early October 2023 held its first large industry event since Covid – the “Global NaaS Event”, at Texas Live! In the Dallas Area. No baseball,...
View ArticleFyuz 2023
FYUZ2023 had more going on than it might have seemed. Compared to last year, there was no vegetable orchestra, no olive-flavored bubbles, no “celebrity” speakers. And no Tareq Amin. On the other hand,...
View ArticleTelecomTV’s Great Telco Debate 2023
“And a hedgehog in a pear tree…” There was an “epic sweep” vibe to this year’s Great Telco Debate. Speakers invoked everything from the first cultivation of wheat 10,000 years ago (via Yuval Harari),...
View ArticleRakuten Group Results FY2022
There were a lot of plus signs in the Rakuten Group presentation of its FY2022 figures today. Rakuten is an internet company, working at internet speed, in an internet way. Its view of telecom is...
View ArticleIntent, Experience-First and Autonomics in Juniper Paragon
Suddenly, autonomics seems to be on the tip of everyone’s tongue. CSPs and suppliers are looking to “cross the chasm”, as we wrote in a recent paper to networks that can truly manage themselves –...
View ArticleAutonomy in networks – and its foundations
CSPs seeking to provide a new generation of on demand, dynamic services to consumers, enterprises and through partners need to be able to rethink the design of their networks for flexibility and...
View Article“Telecom Reinvented” hosted by Rakuten Symphony
At a well-attended event in London, Rakuten and friends offered a perspective on the reinvention of telecom. Rakuten Symphony Managing Director Nastasi Karaiskos started proceedings with a roll-call...
View ArticleFutureNet Asia 2024: Preview
Shanthi Ravindran previews the upcoming FutureNet World event in Singapore, 17-18 September 2024. FutureNet Asia is here again in 2024 in its 4th edition, following on the heels of very interesting...
View ArticleCloud-Native Success: The “Lab-to-Live” Approach for Network Resiliency
The Inevitability of Cloud-Native Despite the initial perception that cloud-native networks may not suit telcos due to their complexity, the reality is that cloud-native is becoming the backbone of 5G...
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