After a successful 2022, the i14y Lab is now working hard to make testing more efficient and effective. This is a key requirement for Network Disaggregation to become a reality with readily available, market ready components. The i14y Lab is in a good position to make progress towards this goal in 2023. Why and how will be discussed in this panel with Andreas Gladisch | Deutsche Telekom, Carsten Rossenhövel | EANTC, Alexander Pabst | Rohde & Schwarz and Lorcan Burke | VMware.

i14y Lab: How to test efficiently to make disaggregation a reality?

In his current role, he is responsible for driving the strategic direction of the wireless technology product range at Rohde & Schwarz. Before that he was Vice President of the systems group within the test & measurement division, launching a full range of 5G over-the-air test solutions. Alexander has more than 25 years of experience in the wireless industry. He holds a degree in Physics from the University of Bonn.

Alexander Pabst 2023

Alexander Pabst

Alexander Pabst, Vice President Market Segment Wireless Communications, Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co.KG

Carsten Rossenhövel is Co-Founder and CTO of EANTC AG (European Advanced Networking Test Center), an independent test lab for telecommunication technologies offering vendor-neutral network testing and consultancy services for vendors, service providers, and enterprises. Carsten's technical areas of expertise include validation of 5G, Open RAN, and transport technologies.

Carsten Rossenhövel 2023

Carsten Rossenhövel

Andreas Gladisch is VP of “Emerging Technologies“ at Group Technology, Deutsche Telekom and as such currently the consortium lead of the i14y Lab. He was previously in charge of "Convergent Networks” at Deutsche Telekom Innovation Laboratories, which concentrated on fixed mobile convergence and on convergence of IT and networks. Now his work is concentrated on making network disaggregation a reality.

Andreas Gladisch 2023

Andreas Gladisch

Vice President Emerging Technologies, Group Technology, Deutsche Telekom AG

Lorcan helps CSPs develop their digitization strategies as they transform to cloud-smart operating models that increase operational and energy efficiency, address sustainability targets and increase customer value of delivered services. Prior to VMware, Lorcan held senior mobile solutions and services roles at Cisco Systems, Ericsson and Nokia as well as advisory roles to a number of private and public organisations.

Lorcan Burke 2023

Lorcan Burke

Global Field CTO for VMware Telco Cloud, VMware Inc.

Open ecosystem evangelist Katja Henke is an experienced innovation manager at Deutsche Telekom, group Technology in Berlin working on transforming technological innovations into successful positioning and business. As such she is currently a driving force at the i14y Lab. 

Katja Henke 2023

Katja Henke

Senior Innnovation Project Manager, Deutsche Telekom AG

Lorcan Burke

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i14y Lab: How to test efficiently to make disaggregation a reality?