Sudhakar Pandey

General Manager RAN & NPOD BU at Rakuten Mobile

Speaker

Sudhakar Pandey is the General Manager, RAN Business Unit at Rakuten Mobile, where he leads the strategic evolution of one of the world’s most advanced cloud-native Open RAN networks. With over two decades of global telecommunications leadership, he has driven large-scale network transformation, AI-powered automation, and next-generation mobile infrastructure. His expertise spans Open RAN, cloud-native architectures, network virtualization, and AI-driven operations. A recognized industry speaker, Sudhakar is passionate about shaping the future of intelligent, resilient, and sustainable networks through innovation, collaboration, and technology leadership, helping accelerate the evolution toward AI-native telecommunications.