Update: Recent Posts & Themes
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I have a couple of other deep-dive themes cued up for articles in coming weeks, but I wanted to put out a quick newsletter update covering a few recent themes, posts and events that have been occupying me.
The last month has featured a lot of thinking, speaking & client engagements on private 5G, infrastructure-sharing and neutral-host business models, network slicing and capability/API exposure, Wi-Fi 6E & 6GHz, Open RAN and the interaction of cellular & other wireless technologies.
Some recent short-form posts that you may have missed:
- Telecom operators (and their partners & regulators) should be giving as much consideration to *buying* APIs and capabilities as selling them — LINK
- Thoughts on the Ericsson / Vonage acquisition — LINK
- Should we be thinking more about “micro-churn” incidents, where subscribers temporarily switch between operators, using technologies such as eSIM? — LINK
- Want me to speak at, or moderate your 2022 event? Or present at an internal workshop or offsite? — LINK
- RCS messaging is still a purposeless zombie technology, continuing to eat brains after 13 years. Google’s involvement hasn’t changed much — LINK
- The telecoms industry still hasn’t gone beyond telephony, to think more broadly about “voice” services & applications — LINK
I’ve been to a couple of recent “verticals” events, about networking in ports and for railways. There’s a lot of interest in private cellular — but also a huge amount of emphasis on Wi-Fi, including specialised versions with 60GHz or unique forms of QoS intended for industrial or trackside use.
I also presented on a webinar recently on behalf of iBwave, about the scope for Private 4G/5G networks for utilities and energy companies (LINK to view on-demand). Watch out for an upcoming eBook on the same topic. Another webinar on the competiton/convergence between Wi-Fi6 and 5G was for Spirent (LINK)
Scott and Iain at Telecoms.com invited me onto their weekly podcast for a (rather irreverent) chat about the current trends and news from the industry, over a couple of beers. We took aim at 5G, the Metaverse, Open RAN & a lot more. YouTube link embedded above!
In addition, I moderated a panel on Infrastructure Sharing for the 5G Techritory event. I’m not sure if an archived version will be put online, but keep a watch out for it here.
And on a personal note, I also took part in my first improv comedy performance. If you book me to speak at one of your events, I can’t promise to wear the same shirt as in the picture, but I will certainly be happy to make things up on the spot spontaneously, or deal with any hecklers ruthlessly!
#5G #WiFi #verticals #PrivateLTE #Private5G #mobile #telecoms #spectrum #voice #messaging #networkslicing #neutralhost #regulation
Originally published at https://disruptivewireless.blogspot.com.
