Rise of Web-Scale Companies
Let us continue to explore the trends that led to the formation of massive companies based on the disaggregation of services from the telecom operators. With the “Internet” being the new platform for services; the growing popularity of the Internet…
What I learned from Mr Atanu Dasgupta at Power Grid – Part 5
Continuing on my experiences with Mr. Dasgupta, in today’s blog, I will cover a related topic about being a good leader. Let us take a look at the next lesson. Give Credit Where Credit is Due All of us love…
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…