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The infrastructure supporting #telecom is changing...listen in on 19-20 November to find out why and how...

The program for #fyuz in Dublin next week is pretty packed...reach out to Robert Curran for an on-site discussion if you're accelerating, disrupting or otherwise making a splash in #OpenRAN and related areas... https://lnkd.in/gfyFw6gv

New podcast episode! What's cooking in the Nokia Bell Labs kitchen? At least with an #Networks and #AI flavor,... Our guest this week is Sean Kennedy, VP of Data & AI Labs at this legendary #research facility. So of course we discuss #foundationmodels and #telco #LLMs, but there's way more to unpack: the #Productivity J-Curve, #optical #networking, a dash of #industrial #history, the nature of technology #revolutions, Claude #Shannon, the Six Pillars of #AI #Responsibility and - finally - a peek into the near and not-so-near future. This 40-minutes flew past when we were recording it...well worth a listen! With Robert Curran and Patrick Kelly. 🎧 Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/e-68QC6y 🎧 Spotify: https://lnkd.in/etbj2QQq 🎧 Appledore website: https://lnkd.in/eYv-4rTt

For some, #NaaS is a nice idea. For others, it is an existential capability in the new era of #digital services and #programmable #infrastructure - as Grant Lenahan was (happy to be) reminded at last weeks' #MEF GNE event. With a super-charged vibe, this focused gathering provided uniquely well informed perspectives on the state of NaaS, challenges faced, and progress being made. Grant's 10-page research report on proceedings is the next best thing to being there... [paywall/free on subscription] #APIs #security #enterprise #telco

Our take on CSG...

#Telcos everywhere want greater simplicity, but there's also a recognition that going #cloudnative actually introduces *more* complexity. So how to resolve this contradiction? Simplicity and complexity are both trumped (pardon the topical pun) by the goal of #resilience, hence the need for telcos to have a modern approach for taking any kind of innovation through from the lab to the live network. This "lab-to-live" approach to resilience is explored by Francis Haysom in a new (free) whitepaper, developed in association with Spirent Communications. Read more in the #blog (link to the full paper included at the end). https://lnkd.in/ecAxKQET

If you're going to be at TM Forum's Innovate #Bangkok (Nov 5-7) and want to talk #autonomousnetworks, #digital enablement, reach out to two of our top analysts Shanthi Ravindran and John Cyriac Abraham who will be there in person. And before you travel, make sure to add some of our recent podcasts to your playlists... 🎧 Thinking Differently about #Network #Autonomy - https://lnkd.in/ekNYn3gw 🎧 #GenAI and Digital Enablement - https://lnkd.in/eJZWJfWy 🎧 Transforming Telecom with #APIs, with guest Nik Willetts Event agenda and further details: https://lnkd.in/exeZWfxS Safe travels!

Next week's 5G Manufacturing Forum features a much wider set of companies and speakers than your average #telco event - which is surely the point? A good opportunity to hear thoughts from multiple industries on where 5G matters - and where perhaps it just doesn't. Worth checking out, not only for the capable curation by James Blackman, but also the up-front perspectives from our own Shanthi Ravindran. (A free event from RCR Wireless News) https://lnkd.in/euuV3mY8

ServiceNow has a significant presence in #telecom, ticking a lot of boxes for priority spend by #telcos: #automation, #enterprise growth, #platforms, #transformation, #NPS...and in deployments that now span the conventional #OSS and #BSS divide. In a new case study we look at a specific example of a ServiceNow implementation at a US Tier1 telco. By Francis Haysom and William Haysom [paywall/free on subscription]

Last week's 5GAmericas was an exceptionally good #telecom event, with high-quality speakers (Robert Soni, Karri Kuoppamaki, Ana Valero, Yigal Elbaz among others) and candid discussions on a wide range of industry issues across this diverse region. Our 11-page post-event #research note ("Open & Candid") captures the themes and insights (as well as offering a few of our own). By Principal Analysts Patrick Kelly and Grant Lenahan. [paywall/free on subscription] #5G #openRAN #AIML #autonomous #networks