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Sandeep Sharma
Vice President, Head of Emerging Technologies, Network Services, Tech Mahindra
Sandeep Sharma is a seasoned telecom leader with over 20 years of experience driving innovation across 5G, O-RAN, AI-powered networks, and the emerging realm of 6G. As Vice President & Global Head of Emerging Technologies – Network Services at Tech Mahindra, he leads strategic innovation, forges global partnerships, and plays a pivotal role in shaping industry standards that are redefining the future of connectivity.
A recognized thought leader, Sandeep is a frequent speaker at global industry forums and the author of influential whitepapers advancing the 6G vision. With deep expertise in tech incubation, product strategy, network planning, and ecosystem development, he is known for building high-performing teams and delivering transformative outcomes that drive growth, agility, and leadership across the global telecom landscape.
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Embracing a Multi-Waveform Future: The Path to 6G
As we begin the journey towards 3GPP standards-based 6G, the conversation about which waveform will power this next generation of wireless technology is already in full swing. Some argue that #OFDM still hold promise. In contrast, others believe we need to look forward more disruptive solutions like OTFS (Orthogonal Time Frequency Space) and other modified forms of OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing).
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Tech Mahindra and AWS Collaborate to Accelerate Open Radio Access Network Deployments with Amazon EKS Anywhere, Leveraging Tech Mahindra’s netOps.ai Platform
Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN or Open RAN) is revolutionizing the telecom landscape by offering flexibility, innovation, and intelligence through an open and disaggregated architecture. The cloudification of RAN functions introduces stringent requirements to meet real-time processing, time synchronization across the nodes, and optimal networking to achieve desired performance. The O-DU (O-RAN distributed unit) function is the most computationally intensive and time-critical component in an O-RAN system, requiring deployment closer to the radio cell site. This necessity drives the need to manage Kubernetes clusters on-premises or at the far edge. The Amazon EKS Anywhere provides a far-edge on-premises platform to meet the real-time processing requirements of O-RAN workloads.
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Evolution Beyond 5G
We have witnessed and experienced an exponential rise in expectations from wireless technologies over the last decade. 5G shows great potential in terms of its technical capabilities and possibilities for telecom service operators, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), consumers, and vertical industries. The advent of virtualization on Radio Access Network (RAN) nodes and standardized open interfaces via O-RAN bring the next level of flexibility and innovation in telecom networks. The innovations happening in the adjacent industries, such as cloud and artificial intelligence (AI), provide complementary opportunities for us to learn from the experience of 5G and define the 6G baseline.
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