Jio, Airtel CTOs see autonomous networks as major tech trend in 5G world

NEW DELHI: The chief technology officers (CTO) of the country’s top telecom operators Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel see the uses of machine learning and automation to optimise their fifth–generation or 5G networks on the fly, and drive some 5G use cases for various industry verticals.

“We are talking about edge data centers, demand one on the fly, deep connectivity, indoor and outdoor connectivity, and hundreds of megahertz of spectrum. All of this will need super heavy infrastructure, both from a space perspective and a power perspective,” said Shyam Mardikar, President and Group CTO Mobility, Reliance Jio Infocomm.