The Fast Mode Podcasts: Breaking News, Analysis and Updates From Telecoms Industry

Avnish Chauhan, Co Founder, CTO, and EVP of Mobileum discusses how Mobileum’s Active Intelligence solution fuels data-driven decision-making across CSPs, specifically for revenue growth, operational efficiency, and customer experience.

To learn more about Mobileum, please visit www.mobileum.com

To learn more about Mobileum's Active Intelligence Platform, please visit www.mobileum.com/products/active-intelligence-platform/unified-analytics-platform/platform-overview/

Bernardo Lucas, Chief Marketing Officer at Mobileum explores some of the major changes taking place in the telecoms industry and how Mobileum is positioning itself in supporting those changes.

Bernardo discusses 5G customer experience and monetization, including two key use cases for 5G in 2022: private wireless and industrial IoT.

To learn more about Mobileum, please visit www.mobileum.com

As operators begin deploying 5G, unified subscriber management becomes key to ensuring a smooth transitioning to 5G and in enabling seamless access for subscribers with multiple service plans. The Fast Mode, in its recent interview with Javier Martin, CEO of Summa Networks, uncovers the need for unified subscriber management across operator mobile services - HLR for 3G, HSS for LTE and UDM for 5G, and the infrastructure and software capabilities required to support these deployments. The interview, held in conjunction with MWC 2021, also covers Summa Networks’ showcase at the event, and discusses the immediate benefits operators can expect to see from the deployment of its advanced, feature-rich, unified subscriber management platform.

For more information on Summa Networks, please visit https://www.summanetworks.com/.

In conjunction with the recently concluded MWC2021, The Fast Mode spoke to Bertrand Pourcelot, Managing Director of Enreach for Service Providers on Unified Communications (UC) and how the pandemic is rapidly redefining Enterprise communication needs. The onslaught of COVID-19 is seeing Enterprises enhancing their communication suites to cater for remote access using mobile devices. In this interview, Bertrand discusses the trends around UC, the factors driving the mobile-first approach and the importance of Cloud in delivering scalability for enterprise communications. He also covers the evolution of fixed mobile convergence (FMC) technologies in supporting the seamless transitioning between fixed and mobile communications.

For more information on Enreach, visit www.enreach.com/en/for-service-providers.

In the run-up to Asia Tech X Singapore event taking place from the 14th to 16th of July, The Fast Mode spoke to NTT Advanced Technology Corp (NTT AT) on the company's showcase at the event and some of their solution highlights in the optical transport space for both operator and data center networks.  

In addressing the management of optical networks post pandemic, Yuki Low, Deputy Senior Manager at NTT AT discussed how its ROME (Robotic Optical Management Engine) delivers remote management and automation of networks to increase reliability, minimize human error and enhance network security. In this interview, Yuki also examined the technologies needed to ensure network resiliency and sustainability.

Kanika Bhutani, Deputy Senior Manager, Global Pre-Sales at NTT AT meanwhile explored its Innovative Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN) concept. The concept which is slated for implementation by 2030, was introduced to support the increasing traffic on fiber, driven partly by the growth in IoT. Kanika also discussed the transport network's readiness to take on traffic from 5G and the technologies that will be required to support this.

For more information on NTT Advanced Technology Corp, visit www.ntt-at.com

For more information on NTT AT's ROME, visit www.ntt-at.com/product/rome

In a recent interview with Nokia, The Fast Mode spoke to Jim Guillet, Senior Director, Product Marketing, Nokia on the impact of COVID-19 on network operators. Watch the full interview which discusses on how the value proposition of network operators has changed in the recent months and how operators continue to manage their networks amidst movement restrictions and lockdowns. The interview also touches on the new requirements from Operators as traffic continues to surge following the shift of traditional social and economic activities to online channels and digital interfaces.

In the run up to MWC 2021, Igor Filatov, CEO of Cloudike spoke to The Fast Mode on personal cloud storage services and how operators levarage Cloudike's solutions to incorporate these into their telco core offerings. This interview also looks at the trends in content consumption and how these are pushing the demand for personal cloud storage, and assesses operator readiness to offer the service.

For more information on Cloudike, please visit www.cloudike.com

In the run up to MWC 2021, Guavus CEO, Alexander Shevchenko spoke to The Fast Mode on how AI/ML-driven analytics are shaping the future of telecoms and 5G, and how Guavus's AI-based analytics products, providing real-time subscriber and operations intelligence across the 5G network edge-to-core-to-cloud, enable this. The interview focuses on operator 5G monetization opportunities arising from AI/ML-driven analytics, including new customized vertical services, as well as the impact of analytics on customer experience management and network operations automation and efficiency. Alexander also shares his views on how Guavus, via its Guavus-IQ products, is driving the adoption of AI/ML to deliver these and many other new innovations. The interview also discusses the role of the 3GPP Network Data Analytics Function (NWDAF) standard and Guavus’s new 5G-IQ NWDAF product in enabling operators to overcome the challenges of operating complex, multivendor 5G networks at scale and to deliver new 5G services.

To find out more about Guavus, here are the links:

Guavus-IQ Analytics Product Portfolio - www.guavus.com/guavus-iq/

New Guavus 5G-IQ NWDAF - www.guavus.com/guavus-iq/5g-iq-nwdaf/

NWDAF Use Cases - https://www.guavus.com/communications-service-providers/nwdaf-use-cases/

Contact Guavus - www.guavus.com/contact-guavus-team

Website - www.guavus.com

With the MWC 2021 unfolding in full swing, The Fast Mode caught up with Özer Dondurmacıoğlu, VP of Marketing at Celona on Citizen Broadband Radio Service (CBRS). Celona, a provider of enterprise 5G solutions, is introducing some key breakthroughs in the CBRS market, a segment that is expected to see strong growth over the coming years, driven by the demand for 5G applications and services.

In this interview, Özer shares some of the major use cases for CBRS and how it enhances the offerings of telecom and cable operators. The interview also looks at how enterprises leverage CBRS for their own private LTE and 5G networks. Özer also touches on operators' IT readiness to support the deployment of CBRS-enabled wireless services.

To learn more about Celona, please visit celona.io.

As MWC 2021 drew to a close, Eugina Jordan, VP of Marketing, Parallel Wireless spoke to The Fast Mode on the unfolding of the much awaited event, and its key highlights, including discussions on Open RAN. Parallel Wireless, a pioneer of ALL G (2G, 3G, 4G and 5G) software-​enabled Open RAN solutions, has been instrumental in driving the Open RAN idea and in her interview, Eugina shares the progress being made in this space and how the ecosystem supporting its deployment is expanding rapidly with increasing participation from major industry players. The interview also looks at how Open RAN will drive 5G, and vice versa, and assesses some of the challenges in its implementation.

For more information on Parallel Wireless, visit www.parallelwireless.com.