Telco Magazine August/September 2025 | Page 98
TELCO CLOUD AND VIRTUALISATION
BLUEPRINT CONNECTE
ST Engineering iDirect’ s Sridhar Kuppanna on how collaboration and 3GPP standards are merging satellite and 5G to create one seamless global network
WRITTEN BY: STELLA NOLAN
98 August 2025
Telco Magazine August/September 2025 | Page 97
Telco Magazine August/September 2025 | Page 99
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