Ladan Pickering
Professional Services Technical Lead
Ladan Pickering is a professional services 5G Engagement Lead at Fujitsu Network Communications. Her areas of focus are cloud-native ORAN test automation, N-RT RIC (Near Real time RAN Intelligent Controller), and xAPPs to improve operation efficiency, in addition to enterprise APPs. During her career, she has held a variety of positions at Fujitsu and other communications network companies, including software strategist, system engineer, technical lead, and technology specialist. Her area of expertise is 5G-enabled applications that drive network services, ORAN N-RT RIC, and smart cities. She has collaborated with global teams and ecosystem partners to build and deploy 5G-enabled software solutions during the past four years. She has a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of North Texas, and a master’s degree in computer architecture from SMU. She holds two patents.
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As 5G networks continue to experience steady growth worldwide, a range of compelling use cases are offering communications service providers (CSPs) significant opportunity for new revenue streams. Yet, for 5G technology to reach its true potential, increased innovation and competition are needed to reduce costs, speed deployment, simplify operations, and ensure security. This requires greater
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Day by day, adoption of ‘smart’ technology continues to grow, particularly among city governments. In fact, it’s now estimated that the smart city market in North America will reach $5.6 billion by 2025, according to Harbor Research data and analysis by Fujitsu. But for many municipalities, there is a long way to go and many
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As the COVID-19 pandemic cut its destructive path across the globe, it left no area of our lives and livelihoods untouched. From seemingly trivial everyday details to macro-scale policies, everyone is affected by its consequences: not just from the risk of infection itself, but from the restrictions imposed by prevention. Social distancing and a widespread