RAKUTEN SYMPHONY
and everybody was resistant initially , but then they realised , ‘ Hey , wait a minute , it ' s secure , it ' s highly available and it ' s cheaper '.”
Back in telecom ' s heyday , every company used to invest in their own traditional data centre with custom-built hardware . Similarly , in the telco world , “ the radio network is typically the most expensive asset ” because you have to deploy thousands of sites , provide coverage , and place antennas near to customers . Just 20 years ago , the radio access network came from 10-15 vendors ; now , only a handful of the original number exists . Thus , as the industry ’ s radio vendors continue to shrink in number , it is coming to resemble “ more of an oligopoly with little transparency ”.
By moving to software , Dabboussi states a belief that Rakuten Symphony can “ leverage the industry ’ s innovation in compute and
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42 March 2023