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May 7
6 min

Hannover Messe 2021: The Factory of the Future and Industrial 5G

Hannover Messe, the world’s premier tradeshow for the manufacturing industry returned this year from April 12-16, but in a digital format...

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Shiv Putcha

Mar 11
6 min

To be or not to be: India’s post-auction roadmap

On March 1st, India concluded its first spectrum auction of 2021, evoking a “best of times, worst of times” Dickensian image of the state...

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Shiv Putcha

Feb 9
4 min

5 predictions for private networks in 2021

As we head into 2021, there is a growing chorus of industry voices drawing attention to private networks having a big year. 2021 will see...

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Shiv Putcha

Oct 14, 2020
4 min

Broadband to the Fore: Notes from Nokia's Fixed Networks Analyst Day

At a recent virtual analyst event, Nokia shared updates from its Fixed Networks business unit (BU) with the industry analyst community....

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Shiv Putcha

Oct 5, 2020
2 min

Unpacking Ericsson's acquisition of Cradlepoint

On September 18th, 2020, Ericsson, the Swedish mobile communications networking giant, announced plans to acquire Cradlepoint for a...

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Shiv Putcha

Jul 10, 2020
8 min

Notes on India, 5G and ORAN…

India, in recent weeks, has had a lot of news flow. After nearly three months of Covid19 induced lockdown, the country is taking its...

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Shiv Putcha

Apr 22, 2020
8 min

Unpacking Facebook’s Deal with Reliance Jio Platforms

The day opened with the news of Facebook’s mega-investment into Jio Platforms, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited...

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The impact of Covid19 on an emerging market, Crocodile Dundee and other musings

Shiv Putcha

Apr 21, 2020
9 min

The impact of Covid19 on an emerging market, Crocodile Dundee and other musings

By now, pretty much anyone reading this, regardless of your location, has been under some form of lockdown. Partial. Total. Local. The...

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A sneak peek into emerging tech in Finland — Varjo

Shiv Putcha

Nov 29, 2019
10 min

A sneak peek into emerging tech in Finland — Varjo

This piece, a slightly longer read than usual, captures my observations about Varjo.

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A sneak peek into Finnish emerging tech — Hatch

Shiv Putcha

Nov 28, 2019
6 min

A sneak peek into Finnish emerging tech — Hatch

Recently, I had the opportunity to be in Finland to attend Nokia’s Global Analyst Forum. For those interested, my reflections on that...

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Shiv Putcha

Nov 26, 2019
7 min

Nokia Sticks to the "Plan"

Recently, I had the opportunity to visit Finland to spend three days with Nokia at their Global Analyst Forum. It was an eventful few...

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Shiv Putcha

Oct 15, 2019
5 min

Fixed Wireless Access gets a massive boost from Qualcomm

Fixed wireless access (FWA) is definitely hot again!!! FWA has already had a couple of adoption cycles in the past but it is now being...

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Shiv Putcha

Oct 6, 2019
6 min

The New Cloudera and the emerging data analytics story

Recently, I attended the Cloudera Global Analyst Event in New York. The event, held near Hudson Yards, was well attended with analysts...

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The week that was: notes on Mobile World Congress Shanghai, China and more…

Shiv Putcha

Jul 7, 2019
8 min

The week that was: notes on Mobile World Congress Shanghai, China and more…

During the last week of June 2019, we attended a couple of events in Shanghai, China. First up was a Nokia Analyst Day summit for mostly...

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Shiv Putcha

Apr 25, 2019
1 min

The Case for 5G in India

A conversation with Rao Yallapragada, Director, Advanced Technologies, Intel by Shiv Putcha, Mandala Insights 5G is here. 2019 has seen...

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Shiv Putcha

Apr 23, 2019
10 min

Do emerging markets like India need 5G? Absolutely…

2018 has seen several murmurings from communication service providers (CoSPs) and the vendor community about the rapidly accelerating...

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Mobile World Congress 2019 Roundup: #5G is Here

Shiv Putcha

Mar 7, 2019
8 min

Mobile World Congress 2019 Roundup: #5G is Here

Another year, another roundup from the crazy whirlwind that is Mobile World Congress. The show continues to impress, with nearly 110,000...

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Shiv Putcha

Feb 4, 2019
6 min

Huawei doubles down on 5G ahead of Mobile World Congress

One of the perks of being an industry analyst covering the tech and telecommunications industries is that we get to visit multiple...

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Shiv Putcha

Mar 16, 2018
8 min

Mobile World Congress 2018 roundup

It’s been two weeks after the annual mayhem of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The hectic pace of the event, coupled with the...

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Shiv Putcha

Feb 15, 2018
5 min

Mobile World Congress 2018 — themes and what to expect

It’s that time of year again. A veritable who’s who of the industry will again converge on (some would say invade) the sylvan shores of...

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