Welcome to the 88th edition of this newsletter. Many years ago I co-founded and ran a consulting company. We had no shortage of work but it was a challenge to create a job description for everything we needed done, advertise jobs and then interview people. When times were tough, we would receive over 50 resumes for each job we advertised, mostly from overqualified people, who we knew (based on our past experience) wouldn’t stick with our job once they found a better one.
As a result of this, I started trying networking with various groups. We started coming across consultants who were experts and would be willing to work on a part time basis, often just two or three days a month but were able to lend us expertise when we needed it. These experts didn’t come cheap. We mostly didn’t make any money when we used them and sometimes even lost money. They were still valuable as they provided our clients with the right strategic vision and expertise.
One of the things we decided to try in a project was to use these experts to train our less experienced staff. A day or two from these experts would make the staff twice or thrice more effective. This model worked out well for us as we were able to hire relatively inexperienced staff and train them to become experts. We were then able to provide these resources to clients at a much lower rate so they were more willing to use us as compared to others.
One of the important learnings for us was that most jobs required people to do repetitive tasks. If we managed to train people to become experts in these, they can provide value to end-clients. Another learning was that these repetitive tasks become boring after a while. We created a rotation policy to move people from one repetitive task to another one. This allowed people to learn new skills, see the bigger picture and remove dependency from a single person. A win-win for all three parties.
For those of you who don’t know me, I am a technologist with over 25 years’ experience in mobile wireless technology, currently working as an independent advisor, analyst, consultant and a trainer. This newsletter is a summary of my posts and other news that caught my attention since the last newsletter.
Jinsung (Alex) Choi on LinkedIn: No-Code Strategies for Integrating AI on 5G (link)
The Guardian - TechScape: How cheap, outsourced labour in Africa is shaping AI English (link)
Jinsung (Alex) Choi on LinkedIn: Advanced AI's Journey from Intent-Based to Intent-Driven Networks (link)
Eugina Jordan on LinkedIn: "Just published: Part 5: B2B Gen AI Use Cases - Exploring Practical Applications for Regulated Telco Industries (Part 1 -- challenges and considerations)…" (link)
Paul Rhodes on LinkedIn - Friday Thoughts: FutureNet World 2024 (link)
⦿ Satellites, HAPS, Drones, UAVs & Space
Connectivity Technology Blog: Qualcomm Webinar - 5G from space: The final frontier for global connectivity (link)
Richard Jacklin on LinkedIn: RF Electronics for Space (link)
UKTIN: Future Capability Paper - Non-Terrestrial Networks (link)
Fierce Wireless - CCA: Lynk urges smaller carriers to band together to fight T-Mobile, SpaceX in space wars (link)
⦿ Metaverse & Extended Reality (XR)
Fierce Network: SK Telecom’s enduring belief in metaverse spells hope for the technology (link)
⦿ Sustainability
Sagar Nangare on LinkedIn: How 5G RAN Can Achieve Sustainability (link)
⦿ Other News and Technology Stuff
Operator Watch Blog: The Status of Mobile Networks in Latin America (link)
TMN: Operators back second half revival as tough cycle turns (link)
Andrew Collinson on LinkedIn: 15 Fast Takes from FutureNet World 2024 (link)
Helmut Imlau on LinkedIn: "What's new in the cnPRTC (coherent network Primary Reference Time) architecture? Here's the latest progress after the ITU-T SG15Q13 Edinburgh meeting 04-2024…" (link)
Dr. Kim (Kyllesbech Larsen) on LinkedIn: "Throughout my career, I have always been super interested in how well cellular operators utilize their cellular resources. Part of the evaluation considered the mobile operator's spectrum portfolio, deployed cellular technologies (e.g., RAT, Antenna Type, Modulation, ...), and its actual performance using external benchmarks…" (link)
The Guardian: End of the Line? Saudi Arabia ‘forced to scale back’ plans for desert megacity (link) – the 105-mile long Line city has been cut a little short – by 103.5 miles 🤔
⦿ Picture of the week: Just a site from Japan by the Japanese operator Softbank with a lot of Ericsson RRUs
Happy to hear your thoughts. Feel free let me know what worked, what didn’t, how I can make this better, etc. Get in touch over LinkedIn!
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I enjoyed this post, thanks!
I like the way you put together your teams in the past, great idea. Get the experts to train your staff when they can. You had a good plan.
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8moZahid Ghadialy I enjoyed this post, thanks! I like the way you put together your teams in the past, great idea. Get the experts to train your staff when they can. You had a good plan.
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8moThis newsletter has been compiled with contributions from Merouane Debbah, Jinsung Choi, Joe Madden, Timothy Krause, Alok Tripathi, Eugina Jordan, Richard Jacklin, Sagar Nangare, Andrew Collinson, Helmut Imlau, Kim Kyllesbech Larsen and Paul Rhodes. Thanks as always for sharing stuff on LinkedIn & Twitter 😊!
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