President & Chief Executive Officer, Mavenir
Search every verified Pardeep Kohli interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. In February 2017, Pardeep Kohli discussed the formation of a "new Mavenir," created through the combination of three companies—Ranzure, Mitel Mobile, and Mavenir—over a six-month period. Kohli stated that the combined entity offers a complete end-to-end wireless network portfolio based on software-only, virtualized solutions, positioning it for 5G deployment. He described the company as having about 2,500 people and $400 million in revenue, and characterized it as "number one" among companies focused purely on open software for the full portfolio, while noting that larger vendors like Ericsson, Nokia, Huawei, and ZTE remain focused on proprietary, hardware-centric solutions. Kohli also addressed industry trends, saying that operators face cost pressure from data growth without corresponding revenue increases. He argued that operators must adopt approaches similar to those used by IT companies like Google and Facebook, including open-source software and data center-based architectures, to avoid a potential "meltdown." In a 2015 overview, Kohli described Mavenir's focus on enabling operators to migrate voice, SMS, and MMS services to IP-based LTE networks, and to compete with over-the-top players like WhatsApp and Skype by providing technologies such as Rich Communication Services (RCS) for messaging, video calling, and file sharing.
“both ericon and noia now have come out and said that they will support uh you know the open R and their areas will be able to work with other people's basan and YY versa so this is a good good development for the industry um you know as you know MAV has been a champion in this cause we have been promoting it for quite...”
“the network has to be flexible the billing systems have to be flexible and I should be able to create my own slice by simply going placing few clicks and and I should be able to get a bill which is for that event and not just tied to my regular monthly event you know monthly bill which comes from right so these are the...”
“when you buy a proprietary system you have to buy it for the peak capacity whether you use it or not right typically you know like for example you know I come from India and there's like a cricket match and it happens in UK other places too and everybody's got eyes on it everybody's eyes on it and doing the cricket mat...”
“there's a lot of talk about 5G and what are the use cases 5G will bring in but there are really not many clean examples shown in working on an end-to-end basis so if you go to a museum let's say go to Washington DC go to Smithsonian Museum but the moment you get the air via device the network guarantees you a fixed you...”
“The Telco Network is the only thing which today is actually not Cloud native right it's still running on proprietary systems it does not adopt the cloud technology so what Mavenir is actually doing is taking the whole end-to-end software for the Telco environment and make it Cloud native so that it can actually run as...”
“When you buy a proprietary system you have to buy it for the peak capacity whether you use it or not right... so what we are actually enabling is to be able to scale in and out and without involving humans right so this is where the whole concept of artificial intelligence and the full Cloud tools which helps in scalin...”
“the phone is more intelligent than the network and this is the first time it has happened in the wireless industry... now when the phone is like a big computer you can pretty much do everything you can do on a computer on the phone but that means now is that the network has to catch up with the phone rather than you kn...”
“with the NFP and Sdn technologies what operators are trying to do is bring their own networks to be able to do things without using proprietary systems and they'll be using the concept of virtualization and software-defined networking separate our software from hardware and not rely on proprietary hardware and to be ab...”
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At first glance the concept of 5G might seem like merely the next evolution of wireless technology and networks, but thanks to cloud-first software-based solutions that run on standard computer hardware and open architectures that bring greater flexibility, reliability, and scalability to wireless networks, there are transformational leaps happening every day. In this interview, Pardeep Kohli talks about Mavenir’s role in building the future of mobile networks and pioneering advanced technology, making the promise of an artificial intelligence-driven, connected-everything-world a reality for…
Mavenir is reinventing the architecture of telecom infrastructure. Beyond Innovation's Anthony Lacavera asks Mavenir's President and CEO, Pardeep Kohli, how carriers can keep up with the growing demand for capacity for optimized mobile traffic, including examples of the potential of 5G. #interview Subscribe for more content on the most exciting technologies in development around the globe. Learn more about the program at www.beyondinnovation.tv.
'Innovation is the key to make sure we are on the right path at all times': Pardeep Kohli, President & CEO at MAVENIR.
In a brief discussion at MWC 2017, Heavy Reading analyst Adi Kishore talks to Pardeep Kohli, CEO, Mavenir Systems about the creation of the 'new Mavenir' and some of the key challenges facing operators in today's market. A key theme of the discussion centers around operator need for software-only, virtualized solutions and how they will need to adapt to capitalize on the benefits of IoT and 5G.
President and CEO of Mavenir Systems, Pardeep Kohli, gives an overview of the company.
CEO Pardeep Kohli explains how Mavenir is helping operators transition to an all-IP experience to deliver highly reliable unified communications
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