Tantra’s Mantra Podcast – Episode 66

00:00 – Intro

00:35 – Guest intro (Neil Shah, Leonard Lee)

01:10 – MWC attendance

02:23 – Major themes of the event – #5GAdvanced, #AI, #GenAI, #AutonomousNetworks & #6G

07:00 – AI Ops for operators (AI for Telco) – #CustomerCare, #Marketing, #Billing, HR, #NetworkManagement, etc. IBM claims ~20% efficiency improvement

14:43 – AI for Network Ops – Challenges,(data for AI) opportunities, progress so far

17:38 – Autonomous Networks – Chinese operators at Level-4 (in pockets), others at Level-2/2.5

21:30 – Current status of AI – Myth busting by Samsung Networks executives

23:14 – Challenges of extending Autonomous Networks beyond China (by Chinese vendors), need for monetization opportunities

25:56 – Can the 5G Advanced monetization use cases, successful in China, work in the US/Europe?

29:42 – RAN for AI, feasibility of #GPU at Base stations, & challenges (power, weight, space)

33:29 – 6G – Qualcomm #sensing demos, Ericsson /Apple – #5G/6G spectrum sharing (MRS) demo, uplink, need for monetization going beyond wireless services

41:25 – Are operators better positioned to offer #Sovereign AI #DataCenters – Deutsche Telekom Cloud Services’s strategy, similar approach by Middle East /Korea, Is #sovereignty about data or also includes models?

50:50 – Did #MWC26 move the needle for operators?

52:35 – Closing

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