Source | rakuten.today
Sagiv Draznin has a message for the telco world: In the age of 5G, virtualization and automation, operators are the new engineers.
The title engineer has something of an illustrious ring to it for those technically-minded people pursuing a career in telecommunications. However, Draznin argues that the virtualized nature of Rakuten’s revolutionary mobile network ― and all the networks that will follow in its footsteps ― means that the role of operators has become more important than ever.
After all, the name says it all, he quips. “We’re MNOs. Mobile Network Operators. That’s what we do. We operate.”
As senior vice president of Rakuten Mobile’s operations department, it isn’t too surprising that Draznin would make such a bold claim. But it’s a claim that Draznin is in a good position to make, having come from an engineering background himself. Originally from Israel, he majored in electrical engineering, before working at Cisco, Verizon, and other companies in the telecommunications industry for the better part of two decades.
