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How can we best use AI and GenAI in automation in today's networks? What benefits could we realistically expect? How can we make AI and GenAI effective, reliable and secure? Watch, read or listen to my conversation with Blake Hlavaty at Fujitsu Network Communications to hear from someone who has been working on this for quite some time and shared his insight and experience from collaborating with ecosystem partners and operators:  https://lnkd.in/ezisHXe9 #automation #5G #openRAN #ORAN #cloud #virtualization #disaggregation #SparringPartners

What happened at #FYUZ24? Eugina Jordan at Telecom Infra Project and I talked about what we saw and learned this year in Dublin, and give you a behind-the-scenes, non-official view of the event and why we liked it in the latest #SparringPartners podcast. Get the podcast here or, even better, subscribe on Spotify, Apple or your podcast platform: https://lnkd.in/eQRmKBcK #OpenRAN #OpenWiFi #OpenLAN #OpenOptical #ORAN #disaggregation #AI

We are midway in our 5G journey. It may not have been as game-changing as many expected, but it did improve connectivity, and it is an impressive new technology. There is ample room for improvement, this much is clear. What can we learn from the beginnings of 5G to continue the innovation? What should we do differently? Azita Arvani, Stanford Sloan Fellow, ex-CEO at Rakuten Symphony North America, and I agree that we should not give up on 5G and wait until 6G arrives. But how aggressive should we be in pushing technological innovation in an affordable way?  Listen to our conversation at https://lnkd.in/eKMXZn6i #5G #6G #SparringPartners #monetization #digitalization #XR #VR #immersive LA Clippers Intuit Dome

APIs are building a better bridge between CSPs and enterprises, which will enable CSPs to capitalize on their network data and capability assets and, in turn, enterprises to offer more reliable, secure and attractive services to their customers. It sounds good, but is it going to happen? What do operators need to do to reach out to the enterprise with a business proposition that has value for both? How can the enterprise integrate APIs into their services? Harpreet G. at Shabodi and I will extensively address these questions (and more) in an upcoming Sparring Partners on November 21 and you are invited to join us by registering at: https://lnkd.in/eNViqc_G #API #Camara #SparringPartners #GSMA #OpenGateway #TMF #QoE #QoD #digitaltransfomation #monetization

We all agree that we need automation and AI to drive it to make our networks more efficient and, well, more manageable. But to get there, we need to make sure we have the right foundation -- reliable data, with the required granularity (not too much, not too little; real-time or historical) -- and the right way to integrate automation in the daily life of the networks -- which is where AIOps comes in. In this conversation with Rick Fulwiler at NETSCOUT, we one one step further and talked about how to make sure you get the right foundation and the right operations to get AI-driven automation to work smoothly and effectively. https://lnkd.in/eSFXJvwC #automation #5G #openRAN #ORAN #cloud #virtualization #disaggregation #AI #GenAI #ML #RAN #OpenRAN #SparringPartners #AIOps #SenzaFili

How will AI, ML and GenAI take us from automation to autonomous networks -- and from closed to open networks? What is the role of culture, skills and network operations to accelerate this process? This is the topic of my conversation with Brandon Larson, who is working on the transition to autonomous and open networks at Mavenir, developing new products and listening to operators and partners: https://lnkd.in/gidWFgCA #automation #5G #openRAN #ORAN #cloud #virtualization #disaggregation #Ai #GenAI #ML #RAN #openran #autonomousnetworks #autonomous

AI and GenAI are driving growth in automation in wireless networks, that much is clear. But where will the change happen? Cristina Rodriguez at Intel Corporation has a simple answer: Everywhere. And in our discussion, we go from the core to the RAN, from the end-to-end networks to the chipset to explore how AI and GenAI are transforming and will continue to transform how we deploy and operate networks. https://lnkd.in/gseat8Wr #automation #5G #openRAN #ORAN #cloud #virtualization #disaggregation #AI #GenAI #ML #RAN #OpenRAN #SparringPartners

Was 5G a failure? You be the judge. Geoff Hollingworth at Rakuten Symphony and I sparred about this topic and we have opposite views, but I will not spoil it for you. What I can say is that it was quite a lively discussion that covered many topics, including monetization, 6G, Wi-Fi, 3GPP and, maybe surprisingly, communism. https://lnkd.in/e7846ZwN Let us know what your verdict is #SparringPartners #5G #6G #3GPP #monetization

In my latest DeepDive report, I covered the intersection of three of my favorite topics: openness, AI and automation. While we want to stay away from unwarranted hype and unrealistic expectations, we these three drivers can help us transform our networks to be more efficient and cost effective, and give a better user experience within the cost/revenue constraints that operators (and vendors) face. The report is free to download at: https://lnkd.in/eCHkeHu2 It includes conversations with Cristina Rodriguez at Intel Corporation, Per Kangru and Takai Eddine K. at VIAVI Solutions, Blake Hlavaty at , Rick Fulwiler NETSCOUT, Brandon Larson at Mavenir, Azita Arvani, Stanford Sloan Fellow, and Paul Patras. #AI #GenAI #automation #autonomous #TMF #5G #openness #OpenRAN #ORAN #6G #AIOps #ML #LLM

Why does it take so long to innovate in wireless networks? In this Sparring Partners, I talked with Sumit Roy at University of Washington about the innovation path, from R&D to standardization to deployment. With 5G, for instance, it is taking a long time for many new features to be deployed in commercial networks. Why is it so? Is the lack of market demand, funding availability, vendor support, technological complexity? https://lnkd.in/eBNaWQfW #6G #6G #SparringPartners #connectivity #wireless #innovation #government #academia #3GPP #WiFi #standardization