Joe Hogan | Source | Networks CTO at Amdocs
Joe Hogan
Joe is the Networks CTO at Amdocs. He has covered a range of other themes from satellite connectivity to network slicing and automation. Over the years, Joe has been privileged to be recognized with a number of industry accolades including the Ireland winner of EY Entrepreneur of the Year (2011), Techtour European Entrepreneur of the year (2013), IBEC Technology Person of the Year (2017) and DCU Alumni award for Innovation and Technology (2018).
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Amdocs (https://www.amdocs.com/)
Networks CTO
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Amdocs warns operators of the dangers of RAN vendor SMO and RIC - The Mobile Network
Amdocs says operators face a profound choice: RAN vendor SMO can be a new point of control, slowing down Open RAN progress. AT&T says it gives it the "best of both worlds" as it seeks network programmability.
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Do you want to let NEPs sell you the SMO and orchestration? If you do that’s one of the [most] profound decisions you’ve just made, very early, that will come back to haunt you later. The whole tenet of Open RAN evaporates, or is substantially threatened, if you go down that road.
