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Dell

Executive perspectives from Dell across NextGenInfra's event and research showcases.

7 video interviews · 2023–2026

2026 MWC Barcelona Dell

Building AI-Ready Networks for the Service Providers

  • Dell's XR9700 is the industry's first outdoor-capable server, running cloud RAN and edge AI on Intel Xeon 6
  • It closes the performance gap between traditional and cloud-based radio systems
  • Dell expects significant cloud RAN deployments as architectures go cloud-native for AI
Full summary
Sandro Tavares, Director, Telecom Systems Marketing at Dell, presents the company’s breakthrough XR9700 server, the industry’s first outdoor-capable system that eliminates the performance gap between traditional and cloud-based radio systems while running cloud RAN and edge AI applications with Intel Xeon 6 processors. Dell is engaged in productive customer discussions and expects significant cloud RAN deployments as network architecture evolves toward cloud-native environments for AI and next-generation networks.
2025 MWC Barcelona Dell

The AI Services Revolution

  • Service providers are applying AI to customer care and network optimization.
  • Realizing AI value requires infrastructure and operational changes.
  • Telcos' data access advantages position them to become AI service providers.
Full summary
Sandro Tavares, Director, Telecom Systems Marketing at Dell, discusses how service providers are adopting AI for customer care and network optimization while noting the need for infrastructure and operational changes. He outlines how telecom providers can become AI service providers given their data access advantages.
2024 MWC Showcase Dell

AI Impact 3 Key Domains for CSPs

  • Dell's Sandro Tavares sees AI transforming telecoms across network optimization, customer care operations, and revenue generation.
Full summary
Sandro Tavares, Director of Marketing, Dell Telecom Systems Business, highlights the transformative value of AI in telecoms, particularly in network optimization, customer care network operations, and revenue generation.
2024 MWC Showcase Dell

Standardizing the Telco Cloud Stack

  • Dell's Sandro Tavares urges cloud transformation in networking to break operational silos in telecoms.
  • Standardizing the stack requires shifts in architecture, processes, and mindset to share resources and unlock new revenue.
Full summary
Sandro Tavares, Director of Marketing, Dell Telecom Systems Business, stresses the need for cloud transformation in the telecommunications industry, particularly in networking, to break down operational silos and fully leverage the benefits of cloud technology. Tavares advocates for a shift in architecture, processes, and industry mindset to standardize the stack, share resources, and generate new revenue opportunities.
2023 Mobile World Congress Showcase Dell

Action continues with O-RAN

  • Dell's Sandro Tavares updates O-RAN and vRAN progress, including Intel on-chip acceleration and Layer 1 strategies.
Full summary
What’s really happening with O-RAN and v RAN? Dell’s Sandro Tavares gives an update from Mobile World Congress on technical and market progress with O-RAN, including on-chip acceleration from Intel and other Layer 1 strategies.
2023 Mobile World Congress Showcase Dell

Private mobility as a growth driver for industry

  • Dell's Aaron Chaisson frames private mobility as a growth driver as industries digitize operations.
  • Digitizing industries want better, more secure, seamless connectivity.
Full summary
Everything depends on connectivity. As industries continue to digitize their operations, they are looking for better, more secure, seamless connectivity. Here is a #MWC23 perspective from Aaron Chaisson VP of Telecom and Edge Solutions Marketing
2023 Private 5G Wireless Dell

Solving the Private 5G Equation

  • Dell's Sandro Tavares urges a holistic approach to private 5G focused on the business proposition, not just technology.
  • Dell is building an open telecom ecosystem, collaborating with partners to validate private 5G solutions.
Full summary
Sandro Tavares, Director of Telecom Systems Marketing at Dell, emphasized the need for a holistic approach to private 5G, focusing on the business proposition and benefits for end users, and not just the technology. He highlighted the importance of vendors offering a comprehensive package that includes the necessary components to deliver the desired outcome for enterprises, and mentioned Dell's efforts to create an open ecosystem for telecom solutions, collaborating with partners to build and validate solutions in areas like private 5G