Robert Curran previews FutureNet World, London May 3-4th 2023 Next week, FutureNet World turns five. In an industry that likes to measure longevity in decades, this may not seem like much of a milestone. But given the focus of FutureNet, a fifth birthday should be a cause for celebration, because FutureNet World has consistently kept to an agenda that is all about automation in telecom. And that is a topic that has been gaining increasing relevance and priority every year since 2019. No-one needs reminding that 2019 was pre-pandemic, pre-war on the European continent. ONAP (opensource orchestration, a collaboration between AT&T, China Mobile with Huawei and ZTE as lead contributors) was on its second release (“Beijing”). The O-RAN Alliance was a year old, just beginning its challenge to decades of technical and commercial convention in telecom. Open.AI, creators of ChatGPT, were just pivoting from a research lab into a for-profit mode. In short, the context for telecom has altered radically and unexpectedly in just a few short years. Which is what makes the discussion at FutureNet World even more relevant. FutureNet World 2023 This year’s main event on May 3rd and 4th in London brings together speakers driving the pace of […]