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Guy Daniels, TelecomTV (00:05):
I am joined now by Jyoti Sharma of Verizon. Jyoti. Thanks very much for joining us today and participating in telecom TV's coverage of the 5GAA week. And I'd like to ask you first of all about Verizon's interest and involvement in the connected mobility sector. What's Verizon's approach here and why do you participate within the 5Gaa?
Jyoti Sharma, Verizon (00:28):
Yeah, thanks so much for having me. I'm really excited to be here at the 5GAA Face-to-face in Berlin this week. And at Verizon we have a lot of enterprise customers, both public and private sector, and automotive is a huge vertical of interest for Verizon and for that we've been building up to this day with lot of technical enablers and technologies. So it's not only just 5G, but we've also been building our multi-access edge computing infrastructure, our hyper precise location positioning services, which is centimeter level accuracy, which is absolutely essential for connected and autonomous vehicle of tomorrow. So we've been working a lot in this space and working with the partners, auto OEMs, customers, ecosystem players, and our vendors to make sure that we can deliver on the promise of 5G to our mobility customers.
Guy Daniels, TelecomTV (01:25):
So as you say, it's not just 5G, there's a number of different technologies. They're all coming together to drive this sector, but what role does this 5G and the associate technologies, what role does it play today? What's possible today in this sector?
Jyoti Sharma, Verizon (01:39):
Yeah, there's a lot that's possible today, in fact, and with 5GAA, our role has been, we started with the general member and we quickly realized that we need to be really a contributor and participant in this organization and take a leadership role. So we took that thought leadership and we are working with all the ecosystem partners that are members of 5GAA to drive this next generation of vehicles and next generation of mobility services, which will be great for the consumer, for the society, and bring those safety, traffic efficiency benefits that we all want as consumers of mobility. So with 5GAA, I think this is a great platform where we bring telecom and automotive, two big industries together in one platform so that we can exchange ideas, build innovative solutions for the next generation vehicles. So it's not just 5G, it's many other technological enablers that are making it happen today.
Guy Daniels, TelecomTV (02:42):
Now we're still at relatively early days with 5G. 5G is still getting deployed, it's still getting upgraded, the specifications evolving. If we look five, six years ahead, when 5G is more mature, it's more ubiquitous. What's going to be possible then in terms of connected? What are some of the solutions and approaches that we're working on now to realize in the next decade?
Jyoti Sharma, Verizon (03:06):
Yeah, 5G is a game changer for automotive industry and as they are going through once in a century transformation, it's a digital transformation. They're going once in a lifetime transformation of their architecture. We are there to support them with building our networks, which will be able to support these connected and autonomous vehicles of tomorrow and today. These are like data center on wheels. Everybody knows that they're generating massive amount of data and with 5G's, high throughput, low latency and reliability, these vehicles can really benefit from those capabilities. But we don't stop there. We are not just providing SIM connectivity, but we are moving on to solutions with 5G. So we are building innovative solutions, whether it's V2X network based V2X communications or hyper precise location services that these vehicles can enjoy. As well as we are also building multi-access edge computing infrastructure with our ecosystem partners, cloud providers, such that we can bring this compute within our network and reduce the end-to-end latency for the latency critical applications. So in five to 10 years, you'll see some of the most innovative solutions coming into your vehicle as you drive and you'll be much more safer. You'll be not hitting that much traffic because you'll be alerted ahead of time and sky's the limit to the innovation. We can't wait to see what people build on 5G.
Guy Daniels, TelecomTV (04:35):
So in order for us to realize these ambitions, there's a lot of work still required and I'm sure there's many challenges that we need to face. What does the industry or the industries, what do we need to do? How do we need to collaborate to make sure we realize our ambitions?
Jyoti Sharma, Verizon (04:50):
Yeah, definitely. That's a great question. And I think it's not just the technology, but it's also regulatory aspects and business case behind these technologies that needs to be really clarified for the industry and the ecosystem. And that's where 5G here plays a crucial role in bringing all the stakeholders on one table where we sit across for a week, discuss the technology, the business aspects, the regulatory aspects, all under one umbrella for the entire week. And that's a great opportunity for us to come and innovate together, which we normally wouldn't get otherwise. So I think that's the future and that's where we see 5G playing a crucial role and solving some of these challenges that lie ahead.
Guy Daniels, TelecomTV (05:37):
One additional question I'd love to ask you, there's a lot of interest at the moment around non-terrestrial networks, satellite in particular. I'd imagine that's got a role to play with connected mobility too.
Jyoti Sharma, Verizon (05:48):
Yeah, this week I think satellite was a huge topic of discussion at 5G in Berlin and that provides augmented. So wherever there are white spaces, we'll be able to help our customers fill those gaps and provide connectivity. Cellular networks are going to be the main stake, but at the same time we can fill those gaps with our satcom partners and providers we'll bring in. And with 5G Release, 17 3GPP standards are now defining integrating those non-terrestrial network in a standard way to our terrestrial networks, which will allow us to drive lower costs and integrate them seamlessly. So those end customers would not even know that you are on a terrestrial network or a satellite network, but they'll benefit from being connected all the time everywhere. A ubiquitous connected world will be a better word.
Guy Daniels, TelecomTV (06:43):
Exciting times. Thank you very much indeed for joining us on telecomtv.
Jyoti Sharma, Verizon (06:46):
Thank you.
I am joined now by Jyoti Sharma of Verizon. Jyoti. Thanks very much for joining us today and participating in telecom TV's coverage of the 5GAA week. And I'd like to ask you first of all about Verizon's interest and involvement in the connected mobility sector. What's Verizon's approach here and why do you participate within the 5Gaa?
Jyoti Sharma, Verizon (00:28):
Yeah, thanks so much for having me. I'm really excited to be here at the 5GAA Face-to-face in Berlin this week. And at Verizon we have a lot of enterprise customers, both public and private sector, and automotive is a huge vertical of interest for Verizon and for that we've been building up to this day with lot of technical enablers and technologies. So it's not only just 5G, but we've also been building our multi-access edge computing infrastructure, our hyper precise location positioning services, which is centimeter level accuracy, which is absolutely essential for connected and autonomous vehicle of tomorrow. So we've been working a lot in this space and working with the partners, auto OEMs, customers, ecosystem players, and our vendors to make sure that we can deliver on the promise of 5G to our mobility customers.
Guy Daniels, TelecomTV (01:25):
So as you say, it's not just 5G, there's a number of different technologies. They're all coming together to drive this sector, but what role does this 5G and the associate technologies, what role does it play today? What's possible today in this sector?
Jyoti Sharma, Verizon (01:39):
Yeah, there's a lot that's possible today, in fact, and with 5GAA, our role has been, we started with the general member and we quickly realized that we need to be really a contributor and participant in this organization and take a leadership role. So we took that thought leadership and we are working with all the ecosystem partners that are members of 5GAA to drive this next generation of vehicles and next generation of mobility services, which will be great for the consumer, for the society, and bring those safety, traffic efficiency benefits that we all want as consumers of mobility. So with 5GAA, I think this is a great platform where we bring telecom and automotive, two big industries together in one platform so that we can exchange ideas, build innovative solutions for the next generation vehicles. So it's not just 5G, it's many other technological enablers that are making it happen today.
Guy Daniels, TelecomTV (02:42):
Now we're still at relatively early days with 5G. 5G is still getting deployed, it's still getting upgraded, the specifications evolving. If we look five, six years ahead, when 5G is more mature, it's more ubiquitous. What's going to be possible then in terms of connected? What are some of the solutions and approaches that we're working on now to realize in the next decade?
Jyoti Sharma, Verizon (03:06):
Yeah, 5G is a game changer for automotive industry and as they are going through once in a century transformation, it's a digital transformation. They're going once in a lifetime transformation of their architecture. We are there to support them with building our networks, which will be able to support these connected and autonomous vehicles of tomorrow and today. These are like data center on wheels. Everybody knows that they're generating massive amount of data and with 5G's, high throughput, low latency and reliability, these vehicles can really benefit from those capabilities. But we don't stop there. We are not just providing SIM connectivity, but we are moving on to solutions with 5G. So we are building innovative solutions, whether it's V2X network based V2X communications or hyper precise location services that these vehicles can enjoy. As well as we are also building multi-access edge computing infrastructure with our ecosystem partners, cloud providers, such that we can bring this compute within our network and reduce the end-to-end latency for the latency critical applications. So in five to 10 years, you'll see some of the most innovative solutions coming into your vehicle as you drive and you'll be much more safer. You'll be not hitting that much traffic because you'll be alerted ahead of time and sky's the limit to the innovation. We can't wait to see what people build on 5G.
Guy Daniels, TelecomTV (04:35):
So in order for us to realize these ambitions, there's a lot of work still required and I'm sure there's many challenges that we need to face. What does the industry or the industries, what do we need to do? How do we need to collaborate to make sure we realize our ambitions?
Jyoti Sharma, Verizon (04:50):
Yeah, definitely. That's a great question. And I think it's not just the technology, but it's also regulatory aspects and business case behind these technologies that needs to be really clarified for the industry and the ecosystem. And that's where 5G here plays a crucial role in bringing all the stakeholders on one table where we sit across for a week, discuss the technology, the business aspects, the regulatory aspects, all under one umbrella for the entire week. And that's a great opportunity for us to come and innovate together, which we normally wouldn't get otherwise. So I think that's the future and that's where we see 5G playing a crucial role and solving some of these challenges that lie ahead.
Guy Daniels, TelecomTV (05:37):
One additional question I'd love to ask you, there's a lot of interest at the moment around non-terrestrial networks, satellite in particular. I'd imagine that's got a role to play with connected mobility too.
Jyoti Sharma, Verizon (05:48):
Yeah, this week I think satellite was a huge topic of discussion at 5G in Berlin and that provides augmented. So wherever there are white spaces, we'll be able to help our customers fill those gaps and provide connectivity. Cellular networks are going to be the main stake, but at the same time we can fill those gaps with our satcom partners and providers we'll bring in. And with 5G Release, 17 3GPP standards are now defining integrating those non-terrestrial network in a standard way to our terrestrial networks, which will allow us to drive lower costs and integrate them seamlessly. So those end customers would not even know that you are on a terrestrial network or a satellite network, but they'll benefit from being connected all the time everywhere. A ubiquitous connected world will be a better word.
Guy Daniels, TelecomTV (06:43):
Exciting times. Thank you very much indeed for joining us on telecomtv.
Jyoti Sharma, Verizon (06:46):
Thank you.
Please note that video transcripts are provided for reference only – content may vary from the published video or contain inaccuracies.
Jyoti Sharma, Associate Director - Network Planning, Global Networks & Technology, Verizon
Jyoti Sharma discusses Verizon’s pivotal role in the connected mobility sector and its involvement with the 5GAA. She highlights the potential of 5G for the automotive industry, such as the integration of advanced technologies like multi-access edge computing (MEC) and hyper-precise location services. She also outlines future opportunities for connected and autonomous vehicles, the importance of collaboration across industries, and the role of non-terrestrial networks in enhancing connectivity.
Recorded October 2024
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