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Senza Fili Sparring Partners

Opinionated conversations in telecoms with Monica Paolini, Senza Fili, and her guests. Networks should be open, and so should our discussions on them.

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01:06:50

VIAVI: The decomposable AI landscape. With Per Kangru...

Senza Fili Sparring Partners ·

2024/05/24

AI will change the way we operate telecom networks. But what’s the best way to get there? How should we introduce AI to get the benefits it promises but avoid duplication, conflicts among different AI models, and undesired outcomes? How do we know AI models will deliver what we expect? In this Sparring Partners, Per Kangru and Takai Eddine Kennouche at VIAVI Solutions shared their AIOps practical experience and vision for integrating AI and ML in network operations in an efficient and streamlined

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01:04:51

Will AI change how humans operate in telecoms? With...

Senza Fili Sparring Partners ·

2024/05/10

Most of the time, we talk about how AI, ML and GenAI change the way we run and operate networks, enable automation, tame complexity, and improve efficiency. They also change the way we – the humans in telecoms – operate, the skills we need, and how we deal with AI-based platforms. This will require profound changes and our ability to meet the cultural and technological challenges is going to be crucial to benefit from AI. In this Sparring Partners, we talked with Azita Arvani, formerly at Rakuten

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01:03:12

Intel: AI everywhere, from the edge to the cloud with...

Senza Fili Sparring Partners ·

2024/05/03

AI-driven automation is going to change the way we run our networks end-to-end, from the access in the RAN all the way to the core, from the edge infrastructure to the cloud. To get there, we need the right silicon and platforms. Are we there yet? In this Sparring Partners, we talked with Cristina Rodriguez at Intel about the network transformation that AI and automation enable and about the role that Intel plays in the industry ecosystem. Are we ready to fully embark on AI-driven automation? Do we

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01:01:21

Mavenir: The future network is open and autonomous....

Senza Fili Sparring Partners ·

2024/04/26

It is not coincidental that networks are evolving towards openness and automation at the same time. Openness brings flexibility and choice, but also increased complexity. Automation, aided by cloudification and AI, enables operators to manage complexity and benefit from the flexibility in the network. Together, openness and automation change the way we operate networks and deliver services. In this Sparring Partners with Brandon Larson, SVP, GM, Cloud, AI & IMS at Mavenir, we talked about how

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01:02:18

Fujitsu: How AI, ML and GenAI can increase network...

Senza Fili Sparring Partners ·

2024/04/12

Intelligent applications and generative AI will help operators increase the value of their already installed and new networks. By using network-specific knowledge, they can empower operators with trusted solutions that increase network efficiency. In this Sparring Partners with Blake Hlavaty, Director of Global Network Software Offers at Fujitsu, we discussed the practical adoption of automation powered by AI/ML. Intelligent applications help operations teams navigate complex vendor ecosystems using

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01:00:59

Tareq Amin, Aramco Digital: Driving innovation in the...

Senza Fili Sparring Partners ·

2024/03/15

The Middle East is emerging as a hot area for digital transformation, driven by R&D funding, limited resistance from legacy infrastructure and organizational culture, and a desire to get a more prominent role in the global market. Tareq Amin, CEO at Aramco Digital, was our Sparring Partner and talked about his recent move from Japan, where he was the CEO of Rakuten Mobile, to Saudi Arabia. He told us how his job has changed, and about the pace of innovation he found in the Middle East. What are

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01:01:08

VIAVI: GenAI: Network autonomy or network automation?...

Senza Fili Sparring Partners ·

2024/02/14

There is much talk about how GenAI will change how we operate and automate telco networks, but there is also much uncertainty about GenAI’s potential, challenges, opportunities and adoption models. We talked with Anbu Ganesh, Business Director of Innovation & Business Development at VIAVI, to get the insider’s view on what GenAI has started to deliver, how it will evolve, and how to implement it in networks to maximize its promised benefits. Anbu shared his experience developing network

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01:01:20

Mavenir, Rakuten, Nokia: Vendor perspectives on open RAN

Senza Fili Sparring Partners ·

2024/01/19

Recent announcements by AT&T, 1&1 and Deutsche Telekom indicate an inflection point in the readiness for open RAN commercial deployments, but also an emerging new approach in vendor selection. In this Sparring Partners, I talked to John Baker at Mavenir, Geoff Hollingworth at Rakuten Symphony and Aji Ed at Nokia about how vendors approach disaggregation in the open RAN market today and how they expect that vendor selection will evolve in the future in the overall RAN market. You can watch

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01:01:32

Keysight: Getting open RAN up and running. With...

Senza Fili Sparring Partners ·

2023/12/15

Operators are getting ready to deploy open RAN in commercial, live networks. Each operator is defining its strategy and flavor of open RAN, its pace, and its vendor ecosystem. Yet, they all need to ensure that the open RAN architecture and topology they choose work as expected. Are the equipment, the software, the platforms and the applications interoperable? How can they optimize the end-to-end network performance to meet subscribers’ needs and expectations? Open RAN requires a new approach to

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01:01:31

VIAVI: Automation at an inflection point: Are you...

Senza Fili Sparring Partners ·

2023/12/08

Automation is at an inflection point. It is no longer a future aspiration, it is something that operators have started to implement, both in their new and legacy networks. They see the opportunity for cost savings and increased efficiency, but also the risks and challenges automation brings. In this Sparring Partners, Per Kangru at VIAVI shares how the experience with operators shaped VIAVI’s approach to automation and provides guidance for operators evaluating what are the most fruitful steps in

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01:01:56

Bell Canada: How will RIC make open RAN more...

Senza Fili Sparring Partners ·

2023/11/24

RIC promises to make open RAN (and traditional RAN too) more efficient. But when? Are we ready to deploy RIC? And what RIC functionality is available now and what should we expect over the next few years? How dependent are open RAN deployments on RIC? In this Sparring Partners, Simona Marinova at Bell Canada and Monica Paolini at Senza Fili gave an update on RIC availability and maturity, and talked about how beneficial RIC will be in the evolution of the RAN: How are we doing on non-real-time and

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01:01:26

Getting RIS off the ground with AI and ML. With...

Senza Fili Sparring Partners ·

2023/10/27

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) open the way to one of the most fascinating technological advances: passive transmission. RIS turns reflection from a source of interference to an entirely new way to transmit the wireless signal that is well suited to the dense, high-traffic, high-obstruction areas where the need for capacity is the highest and connectivity often disappointing. In this Sparring Partners with Melike Erol-Kantarci at the University of Ottawa, we talked about her research on

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01:01:30

What’s the best way to share the 6 GHz spectrum? With...

Senza Fili Sparring Partners ·

2023/09/29

The 6GHz band has become prime estate: a large amount of spectrum that can be safely shared with incumbents and used for indoor connectivity and densification in high-traffic areas. Understandably, everybody wants to use it and protect their access to it: mobile operators, other service providers, enterprises, public entities, and everybody in their homes. Who should have access to it? How should we ensure coexistence with incumbents? And how should we protect the right to access the

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01:03:17

Open RAN: The path to 6G. With Ravi Sinha, O-RAN...

Senza Fili Sparring Partners ·

2023/09/22

We are still in the 5G and 5G Advanced phase, but it is good to take a peek at where 6G may take us in the evolution towards an open RAN – and possibly beyond what we now call Open RAN. In this Sparring Partner, I talked with Ravi Sinha at O-RAN ALLIANCE about multiple RAN evolution paths from 5G/5G-A to 6G that will open the RAN beyond the fronthaul interface.

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01:01:10

Is Wi-Fi more energy efficient than 5G? With Claus...

Senza Fili Sparring Partners ·

2023/09/02

We had many Sparring Partners on energy efficiency in wireless, but none was on Wi-Fi. This is a glaring omission since Wi-Fi accounts for the majority of wireless traffic – in most countries, it hovers at around 80% of wireless traffic. Yet, there is much less data (and debate) on Wi-Fi energy efficiency than on 5G or LTE – and there are reasons for this. Claus Hetting at Wi-Fi NOW helped us fill this gap in the next Sparring Partners. We debated on the energy efficiency of Wi-Fi, and on how it

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