Amol Phadke | Tech Mahindra

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Amol Phadke

Chief Transformation Officer, Tech Mahindra

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Amol is the Chief Transformation Officer at Tech Mahindra. With over 25 years of global telecom Industry experience, Amol is a technology and business leader specializing across domains of AI, cloud, software networks and IT, Big Tech. He is known for spearheading enterprise strategy, execution of large-scale engineering and innovation development/delivery units, with deep rooted expertise in leading global multi-discipline teams, especially in the telecommunications industry.

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I remember, a few years ago, as an industry we were super excited about 5G monetization, the benefits it would bring for customers, and the revenue uplift that it would create for equipment vendors and telecom service providers. You already know how that story unfolded. In most markets, the promised improvement of ARPU did not show up as expected. But, on the brighter side, we learnt an important albeit expensive lesson about who should set the agenda for a major transformation like this one.