5G for Absolute Beginners

Zahid Ghadialy was a part of the team responsible for the first 3G network rollout in Japan and Europe. Since then he has embarked on a mission to make technology accessible to everyone. He is widely recognized as an evangelist for new and innovative technologies, often talking about them in various industry fora, conferences and blogs.

Throughout his career, he has been involved with both innovative start-ups and established industry leaders; working with chipset and handset manufacturers, network equipment vendors, test and measurement (T&M) companies, small cells and Wi-Fi companies, research organizations, analyst firms and consulting companies.

Until recently, Zahid was a Senior Director looking at Technology & Innovation Strategy in Parallel Wireless. As a brand ambassador, he represented the company in various Open RAN discussions and also created tutorials on Open RAN and O-RAN which are being used as reference for new starters on the topic.

In addition, he is very active with Cambridge Wireless (CW) and UK5G looking at future devices, future technologies, 5G and Security.

His 3G4G blogs are well known for explaining technology, roadmap, use cases and innovations in a simplified fashion. You can reach out to him on LinkedIn and Twitter.