
Analysis - Leadership (SDx Central Home)

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80% of leaders to integrate ESG-tracking workplace tools, says Gartner
A majority (80%) of business leaders will integrate environmental, social and governance management into their digital workplace tools by 2027. -
Return-to-office mandates make top IT workers flight risks
Organizations that don’t recognize the continued benefits of remote/hybrid work — and their employees’ feelings about it — will only suffer, experts say. -
3 ways new CIOs can build credibility with the C-suite
Gartner offers advice new CIOs can leverage in their first 100 days to accelerate their credibility with the executive leadership team. -
Tech companies ditch degree requirements, focus on skills
Skills-based hiring is gaining traction with companies such as Deloitte, Google, Apple, IBM, Accenture and others eliminating degree requirements for some jobs. -
IT spending to reach $5 trillion in 2024, despite CIO fatigue
In 2024 organizations will invest in planning for genAI, but IT spending will be driven by traditional forces, such as profitability and labor and will be dragged down by -
Why tech companies should consider fractional executives
Hiring fractional executives —someone who is responsible for a major business function such as marketing, sales, operations, finance or IT on a part-time basis — is garnering more attention -
Where is the open RAN market headed?
Mobile Experts' Joe Madden sees a gap between single and multivendor performance and that future growth will rely on spectrum availability. -
Telecom operators remain fixated on 5G FWA
“I love that 5G use case,” Verizon's Joe Russo said. -
Enterprises are (finally) embracing diversity in tech hiring practices
Key takeaways of the new report 2023 Tech Hiring Trends show enterprises are adapting their hiring practices and standards to embrace diversity. -
Huawei rides ‘new normal’ to operational equilibrium
“When you've got people disagreeing, when you've got a toxic political environment, it makes it really challenging,” Huawei CSO Andy Purdy said.
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Will the Dish-Echostar merger strengthen the struggling telecom companies?
“Combining will strengthen our capital structure to position the company for sustainable growth moving forward,” Echostar CEO Hamid Akhaven said. -
T-Mobile looks for creative ways to boost 5G FWA growth
The carrier is looking at different spectrum models to power a “nonstandard-based solution” or multi-dwelling unit strategies.
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T-Mobile US aggregates spectrum to create data superhighway and advance FWA
CEO Mike Sievert: "For the market we’re trying to serve, [FWA is a] profitable, accretive, incremental business with little to no capital allocated."
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Open RAN growth slows to a crawl
“This journey of ‘re-shaping’ the [radio access network] was never expected to be smooth and many challenges remain," Dell'Oro Group notes. -
How Ericsson is tackling the private network market
CEO Börje Ekholm recently told investors the vendor was “starting to see some very interesting use cases for our dedicated networks in manufacturing.” -
How the industry can kickstart 5G open RAN adoption
“The reality is that there is just a couple of large operators right now that are driving the market," Dell'Oro Group's Stefan Pongratz said. -
Is T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert the biggest 5G financial cheerleader?
“Overall … this industry is delivering the dividends on 5G that we promised,” Sievert told attendees at an investor conference this week.
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How Nokia squeezed RAN market growth from Ericsson and Samsung
Dell'Oro Group's Stefan Pongratz noted the Finnish vendor “recorded the highest growth rate among the top five suppliers." -
Why HPE rolled out sustainability education to its sales teams
Sales leaders represent "the frontline" for discussing sustainability with customers, HPE Chief Sustainability Officer Monica Batchelder said. -
Nokia nabs early 2023 momentum, but the rest of the year looks uncertain
CEO Pekka Lundmark did admit the vendor was “starting to see signs of the economic environment impacting customer spend.” -
FCC states U.S. 5G global leadership tied to its spectrum authority
The lapsed authority is needed to "compete in a global economy, counter Chinese technology leadership ambitions and safeguard our national security." -
Ericsson, Nokia, Huawei brace for flat 2023 capex
Operators have expressed plans to cut their overall capex, which is coming off all-time highs tied to their initial 5G deployments. -
T-Mobile US pleads with FCC for spectrum access to boost 5G coverage
The carrier paid more than $300 million for licenses that the Federal Communications Commission now can't release.
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T-Mobile US Open to Open RAN
"[Open radio access network] timing didn't align with what we did. But going forward, we'll see where we go," President of Technology Neville Ray said.