Saurabh Kumar Sahu, Managing Director and Lead – Communications, Media and Technology, Accenture in India
Narrowing the hole between digitalisation and community capability would require extra funding in community modernisation such that the community itself turns into a aggressive benefit, mentioned Saurabh Kumar Sahu, Managing Director and Lead – Communications, Media and Technology, Accenture in India on community modernization, generative AI, and the ability of 5G, on the sidelines of the India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2023.
For occasion, digitalisation has elevated a staggering 162 occasions whereas community capability has grown solely 43 occasions and innovation spend on the community has grown simply two-fold up to now 15 years, he mentioned quoting business estimates.
“As data continues to grow and generative AI becomes more pervasive, it will put further strain on current networks. To thrive in a world driven by a volatile macro environment and accelerated innovation enabled by next-gen technologies such as cloud, edge, 5G, data and AI, telcos must commit to continuous, dynamic reinvention,” he emphasised.
The community of the longer term have to be a contemporary one, an enabler of future applied sciences and innovation, not a value heart, he insisted.
On generative AI, Mr. Sahu mentioned Gen AI may drive efficiencies, liberating up time and sources vital for telcos to innovate their community and rework their companies to be extra agile and resilient. While conventional AI may ship worth in optimising deployment orchestration, planning and provide chain, new advantages enabled by generative AI may design and automate community web site configurations, permitting engineers to simply validate or superb tune tasks, due to this fact lowering time-to-market, he acknowledged.
“However, to harness the advantages of generative AI requires equal consideration on folks and coaching because it does on know-how. While there are enormous alternatives forward for telcos utilizing generative AI, it must be evaluated fastidiously from a technical, authorized and governance perspective,’‘ the Accenture executive added.
