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Industrial Transformation in the Asia-Pacific region is accelerating

Mar 19, 2024 | mandalainsights.com | Shiv Putcha

We recently had the opportunity to attend the Industrial Transformation Asia-Pacific 2022 trade show held in Singapore. ITAP2022 is a sister event to the much larger Hannover Messe trade show, held annually in Hannover, Germany. Despite ITAP2022’s relatively smaller size, there was a lot on offer on the show floor, with multiple country pavilions interspersed with technology vendor booths, as well as regional distributors.
Asia’s rapidly changing political economy is a big driver for the Digital Agenda

Mar 19, 2024 | mandalainsights.com | Shiv Putcha

Singapore is in many ways the perfect location for such an event. Not only is it the regional hub for ASEAN for business and trade, it is also in many ways akin to the “Switzerland” of the East, wedged tightly between larger, more populous ASEAN countries and occupying the strategic space between Asia’s two behemoths in China and India.
Google Cloud continues its momentum in India

Mar 19, 2024 | mandalainsights.com | Shiv Putcha

Recently, we had the opportunity to attend Google Next 2022. To be more specific, we had the chance to catch up with Google Cloud execs at an analyst summit organized on the sidelines of an Innovators Hive event focused on developers in Bengaluru, India. The Innovators Hive events were held as part of Google Next 2022.
Mobile World Congress 2023 Part 1: The Telco “burning platform”

Mar 19, 2024 | mandalainsights.com | Shiv Putcha

MWC23 has just ended after a busy week interspersed with chilly weather, countless meetings, both planned and impromptu, and several surprises, some pleasant and others not so much. Unlike previous years, this post will not be super long but the first of a series, with the major themes of MWC23 likely to be the subject of sustained debate throughout the year.
India’s Telecom Market and its Janus moment

Mar 19, 2024 | mandalainsights.com | Shiv Putcha

In ancient Roman mythology, Janus was depicted as the God of “transitions and dualities” and symbolic of new beginnings. Janus was typically depicted as being two-faced, not in the colloquial connotation of being deceitful, but rather more emblematic of the many moments where we find ourselves caught in a moment of pause, of hesitation, of transition from one moment or phase to another. Janus’ two faces were believed to face both the past and the future.
2023 Predictions or Things we are looking out for - part 2

Mar 19, 2024 | mandalainsights.com | Shiv Putcha

Recently, we took the opportunity to highlight some of the key trends that we will be tracking through the coming year. However, as soon as the button was clicked to “publish”, remorse set in with the realization that the list of trends presented was not exhaustive. So, this follow-up post will be an attempt to flesh out the themes we will be tracking in 2023.
2023 Predictions or Things we are looking out for

Mar 19, 2024 | mandalainsights.com | Shiv Putcha

Right at the outset, here’s wishing everyone a happy and wonderful 2023 to come. As the world of tech and telecom churns endlessly, there will be a lot to cover in 2023 as the telecoms industry continues to innovate and evolve. For analysts everywhere, it is customary and near mandatory to go crystal ball gazing at the start of the year. In short, another year and another inaugural post with predictions. No pressure of course! There is another reason to write this inaugural post for 2023.
Satellite connectivity is the final frontier

Mar 19, 2024 | mandalainsights.com | Shiv Putcha

We have covered the momentum behind low earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations over the last year, with an initial post digging into the key drivers behind LEO momentum. There have been plenty of headlines and soundbites for nearly a decade, devoted to the Next Billion, Connecting the Unconnected, Bridging the Digital Divide and so on. There seems to be a 70:30 rule, yes, not even 80:20, when it comes to terrestrial coverage deployments by mobile operators.
India sets the pace with 5G deployment

Mar 19, 2024 | mandalainsights.com | Shiv Putcha

We had the opportunity to attend a conference recently in New Delhi, the 5G India Congress, hosted by the Economic Times. It was well attended with plenty of high-profile attendees ranging from the Minister of State for Communications, the Secretary of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Bharti Airtel’s CEO, Reliance Jio’s CTO and other senior delegates. While there were several themes discussed during the event, there were a few key takeaways.
Mobile World Congress 2023 Part 3: Private 5G and the Zulu charge

Mar 19, 2024 | mandalainsights.com | Shiv Putcha

In the first two parts of our roundup of MWC 2023, we spent a fair bit of time highlighting the key issues facing the telco community around the world. We posited the burning platform theory in part 1, the Gordian Knot bedevilling telco infrastructure in part 2 and the common theme was the many challenges, strategic and even existential, that are staring telcos in the face. In this post, we shall explore the topic of private 5G as it is a core coverage area.