Is the platform important or services?
I hope you are enjoying this discussion on disaggregation with the twist I am putting on top of it. You may also say that may this is not the disaggregation that I had in my mind. I wish that you can…
What I learned from Mr Atanu Dasgupta at Power Grid – Part 4
Continuing on my experiences with Mr. Dasgupta, in today’s blog, I will cover another critical piece about being a good leader. Let us take a look at the next lesson. Commitment is bigger than feelings Many time during my career…
What has hotmail got to do with Disaggregation?
Last week I said that If anyone can overcome challenges and really make the transformations possible, it is the Telecom Operator. But I was wrong, Telecom Operators are not ready or willing or capable, well most of them. And disaggregation…
What I learned from Mr Atanu Dasgupta at Power Grid – Part 3
Continuing on my experiences with Mr Dasgupta, in today’s blog, I will cover another critical piece about being a good leader. Let us take a look at the next lesson. Confident Bosses Project their Teams Power Grid is a public…
Disaggregation – The challenges of a small supplier
Continuing with the same example of microwave antennas, let us examine now why the small suppliers like Andrew became a party to delaying the disaggregation and what business model led to their challenges. Let us examine their business model using the…
What I learned from Mr Atanu Dasgupta at Power Grid – Part 2
As shared in my previous blog post, Power Grid was in a way my first job and though I had been through one-year worth training including 4 months of on-job training, I was just like a fresh raw engineer. The…
Disaggregation – Large Vendors Have Vested Interests
Continuing with the same example of microwave antennas, let us examine now why the Large Vendors like Ericsson / Nokia tried to prevent the disaggregation and what did they do, apart from preying upon ignorance of the operators. Why Disaggregation…
What I learned from Mr Atanu Dasgupta at Power Grid – Part 1
I started my career at Power Grid Corporation of India Limited. After one year’s worth of training, I was able to secure the department of my choice. One with an odd name for a telecom engineer, A department called LD&C…
Disaggregation – The Telecom Operator is the key Roadblock
Last week in my article, I did highlight a use-case for buying passive elements like microwave antenna separately or disaggregating it from the purchase of microwave. And I also pointed out that it took a lot of time for them…