Track: Programmable Real-Time Networks Keynote |
| A new approach to telecom:The benefits of operating a service provider more like an IT company |
| Rakuten Mobile deployed the world’s first commercial Open RAN and cloud native 4G mobile network in April 2020 and followed it up with the launch of its 5G network just six months later. This radical approach to building a telco network came with risks, but also with the potential for great rewards including massive automation, programmable infrastructure and incredible cost savings that are passed on to customers. While 5G promises to facilitate the transformation of countless verticals, the telecom industry can massively benefit from its own transformation. In this talk Azita Arvani, General Manager, Rakuten Symphony, will present a way to operate a telco differently. She will describe, among other things, how to minimize a telco footprint while optimizing service, how to move traditional telco functions to the cloud, and how the world’s first cloud native Open RAN-based mobile network quickly became a global leader in network speeds and experience. The talk will illustrate the fact that Rakuten Mobile has more in common with an IT company than with a traditional telco. |
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