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TelecomTV: Rakuten Mobile CTO targets self-driving network within two years

At the Digital Transformation World Series, Rakuten Mobile's CTO Tareq Amin discusses his company’s mobile network architecture, and how he believes it can achieve “Level 4” automation (can operate without, but enables, human intervention) two years from now.

TelecomTV: Rakuten Mobile CTO targets self-driving network within two years

TelecomTV is the official news partner of TM Forum’s Digital Transformation World Series (DTWS), which runs from October 7 to November 12. In addition to our own coverage of the event on Inform, we will feature videos and article excerpts from TelecomTV journalists on Inform and in our Stay Informed weekly newsletter.

Rakuten Mobile CTO targets self-driving network within two years

• Rakuten Mobile CTO Tareq Amin is set on network automation


• Japanese operator’s 5G network constructed around automation principles


• Tells Digital Transformation World audience that Level 4 automation possible in two years

Outspoken Rakuten Mobile CTO Tareq Amin believes his company’s mobile network architecture can achieve “Level 4” automation (can operate without, but enables, human intervention) two years from now.
Talking during a Digital Transformation World keynote presentation, ‘Making autonomous networks a reality,’ the CTO explained how his company’s greenfield 5G network, launched just weeks ago, had been designed and constructed form the ground up to be fully automated and that deploying a cloud native network with Open RAN technology is a key part of that strategy.
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