Rethink Technology Research's Wireless Watch team, Alex Davies, Philip Hunter, and Elly Whittaker, are sitting down to discuss some of the week's developments in the wireless market.
Join Alex, Phil, and Elly, as they discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry – as covered in Wireless Watch.
Read more from this week’s Wireless Watch here
Join Alex Davies as he chats to Emir Aboulhosn, CEO of NetLync - a startup that provides Entitlements-as-a-Service.
This is a section of the operator-smartphone stack that gets little coverage, but which ties into the larger trend of cloudification and the squeeze on operator spending.
With heaps more devices coming online, and a boom in MVNO debuts, the eSIM and entitlements overlap is a strong opportunity for the likes of NetLync - as part of the broader upheaval in the operator workflows, brought about by the cloud.
Join Alex, Phil, and Elly, as they discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry – as covered in Wireless Watch.
Read more from this week’s Wireless Watch here
Join Alex, Phil, and Elly, as they discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry – as covered in Wireless Watch.
Read more from this week’s Wireless Watch here
Join Alex, Phil, and Elly, as they discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry – as covered in Wireless Watch.
Read more from this week’s Wireless Watch here
Join Alex Davies as he chats to Tiago Rodrigues, CEO of the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) - an industry organization that promotes technologies that enable WiFi collaboration convergence with cellular.
The conversation spans the journery from standalone networks to collaborative ones, and given the needs for cellular densification, WiFi plays a very important role in network offload. So, tune in to learn the challenges at play, and the future roadmap.
Join Alex, Phil, and Elly, as they discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry – as covered in Wireless Watch.
Read more from this week’s Wireless Watch here
Join Alex Davies as he chats to Fabian Kochem, Head of Global Product Strategy at 1NCE, an IoT MVNO with the backing of Deutsche Telekom and SoftBank.
Of particular note, you'll hear about IoT customer concerns and approaches, the challenges of upselling, the evolution of the IoT and its protocol suite, and how to crack Brazil.
Join Alex, Phil, and Elly, as they discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry – as covered in Wireless Watch.
Read more from this week’s Wireless Watch here
Join Alex, Phil, and Elly, as they discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry – as covered in Wireless Watch.
Read more from this week’s Wireless Watch here
Join Alex, Phil, and Elly, as they discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry – as covered in Wireless Watch.
Read more here: https://rethinkresearch.biz/product/wireless-watch/
Join Alex Davies as he chats to Upendra Pingle of CommScope, to discuss public and private networks, cellular and WiFi, and DAS and small cells - in the context of indoor vs. outdoor and convergence.
Of particular note, you'll hear how Open RAN is being 'brought indoors,' which is seeing a lot of new interest - with CommScope launching a bunch of new products to address this demand.
Learn more about CommScope here:
CommScope Intelligent Cellular Networks (DAS and small cell) products: In-building Cellular Solutions | CommScope
the sustainability benefits (with stats) of using digital DAS (CommScope ERA) – large public venues & specific example AT&T Stadium case history
CommScope RUCKUS WLAN and switching products: https://www.ruckusnetworks.com/
Join Alex and Phil as they discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry – as covered in Wireless Watch.
Read more from this week’s Wireless Watch here
Join Alex and Phil as they discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry – as covered in Wireless Watch.
Read more here: https://rethinkresearch.biz/product/wireless-watch/
Join Alex and Phil as they discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry – as covered in Wireless Watch.
Read more here: https://rethinkresearch.biz/product/wireless-watch/
Join Alex, Phil, and Elly, as they discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry – as covered in Wireless Watch.
Read more here: https://rethinkresearch.biz/product/wireless-watch/
Join Alex, Phil, and Elly, as they discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry – as covered in Wireless Watch.
Read more here: https://rethinkresearch.biz/product/wireless-watch/
Join Alex, Phil, and Elly, as they discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry – as covered in Wireless Watch.
Read more here: https://rethinkresearch.biz/product/wireless-watch/
Join Alex, Phil, and Elly, as they discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry – as covered in Wireless Watch.
Read more here: https://rethinkresearch.biz/product/wireless-watch/
Join Alex, Phil, and Elly, live from the gap between the Intel and Cisco stages, at MWC 2024, at the end of day two. Just how burnt out and jaded is Alex? How much #quantum fluff has Phil dispelled? Just what does this tradeshow look like to Elly's fresh new eyes?
Join Alex, Phil, and Elly, as they discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry – as covered in Wireless Watch.
Read more here: https://rethinkresearch.biz/product/wireless-watch/
Join Alex, Phil, and Elly, as they discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry – as covered in Wireless Watch.
Read more here: https://rethinkresearch.biz/product/wireless-watch/
Join Alex, Phil, and Elly, as they discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry - as covered in Wireless Watch.
Read more here: https://rethinkresearch.biz/product/wireless-watch/
Join Alex, Phil, and Elly, as they discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry – as covered in Wireless Watch.
This week:
Read more here: https://rethinkresearch.biz/product/wireless-watch/
Join Alex, Phil, and Elly, as they discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry - as covered in Wireless Watch.
This week:
Read more here: https://rethinkresearch.biz/product/wireless-watch/
Hello! Welcome back to the relaunched Wireless Watch podcast.
Hopefully, we shall be a weekly companion, providing a brief take on the cellular and wireless world in a digestable manner.
To subscribe to the full Wireless Watch news service, head to https://rethinkresearch.biz/product/wireless-watch/
In this episode of Rethink Wireless, Rethink Technology Research CEO Peter White and product manager John Constant quiz the Wireless Watch team, editor Phil Hunter and analyst Luc Braun, on the EU's overhaul of its patent system (01:30 - 11:58), HAPS companies Sceye and HAPSMobile (11:58 - 23:58), the recently announced merger between legacy satellite operators SES and Intelsat (23:58 - 30:50), and shorts on Chinese IoT connection numbers and Alibaba Group's breakup (30:50 - 41:30).
Hosted by Peter White.
The Wireless Watch articles discussed can be found on our website here:
For more analyses, check out our Wireless Watch weekly publication, and in-depth research reports on our website:
https://rethinkresearch.biz/product/wireless-watch/
To request a trial and for other enquiries, contact John Constant here: john@rethinkresearch.biz
In this episode of Rethink Wireless, Rethink Technology Research principal analysts Caroline Gabriel and Phil discuss the Open RAN vendor Mavenir, and the job cuts in the technology and telecommunications space.
Caroline (00:30 - 19:40) takes the occasion of Mavenir's RAN intelligent controller (RIC) launch to look at the Open RAN vendor, its product suite, and some of its growth targets and strategy.
Phil (19:40 - 34:30) delves into job cuts at Dell and the wider tech and network operator and vendor community.
Hosted by Luc Braun.
The Wireless Watch articles discussed can be found on our website here:
For more analyses, check out our Wireless Watch weekly publication, and in-depth research reports on our website:
https://rethinkresearch.biz/product/wireless-watch/
To request a trial and for other enquiries, contact John Constant here: john@rethinkresearch.biz
In this episode of Rethink Wireless, principal analysts Caroline Gabriel and Phil Hunter discuss the open source movement in the RAN market and some 5G network performance reports from around the world.
Caroline (00:35 - 19:05) discusses some of the arguments around open source technology and components for the RAN market. Caroline discusses some of the main proponents, challenges and opportunities, before rounding this off with an assessment of the overall prospects for the movement.
Phil (19:05 - 35:20) takes a look at the result of various 5G network performances, highlighting American and English networks in particular. Popular metrics, global trends and standout countries are discussed as well.
Hosted by Luc Braun.
The Wireless Watch articles discussed can be found on our website here:
For more analyses, check out our Wireless Watch weekly publication, and in-depth research reports on our website:
https://rethinkresearch.biz/product/wireless-watch/
To request a trial and for other enquiries, contact John Constant here: john@rethinkresearch.biz
In this episode of Rethink Wireless, principal analysts Caroline Gabriel and Phil Hunter discuss Nokia's FY2022 report and the state of cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) connectivity.
Caroline (00:30 - 15:15) takes a look at Nokia's recent Q4 and FY2022 report, contrasting it with Ericsson's performance over the same period. She also gives an outlook for 2023 and beyond in terms of opportunities for the respective vendors.
Phil (15:15 - 31:30) gives a rundown of V2X communications developments over the past decade, in particular how these developments became intertwined with autonomous driving. Issues with V2X SideLink, or Direct Mode, are also discussed.
Hosted by Luc Braun.
The Wireless Watch articles discussed can be found on our website here:
For more analyses, check out our Wireless Watch weekly publication, and in-depth research reports on our website:
https://rethinkresearch.biz/product/wireless-watch/
To request a trial and for other enquiries, contact John Constant here: john@rethinkresearch.biz
In this Episode of Rethink Wireless, principal analysts Caroline Gabriel and Phil Hunter discuss some issues around 5G monetization.
Caroline (00:25 - 17:30) takes a look at the state of 5G SA deployments, and illuminates some of the concerns network operators in the UK, Germany and US have voiced with regard to revenues.
Phil (17:30 - 35:40) meanwhile talks about alternative monetization models, stressing the need to move away from traditional, mobile data centric strategies.
Hosted by Luc Braun
The articles discussed can be found on our website here:
https://rethinkresearch.biz/articles/mnos-struggle-with-5g-sa-case-as-vodafone-calls-for-government-help/
https://rethinkresearch.biz/articles/german-mnos-call-for-600-mhz-to-be-freed-up-for-5g-but-not-via-auction/
https://rethinkresearch.biz/articles/5g-monetization-requires-shift-from-crude-data-pricing-to-slas-and-use-cases/
For more analyses, check out our Wireless Watch weekly publication, and in-depth research reports on our website:
https://rethinkresearch.biz/product/wireless-watch/
To request a trial and for other enquiries, contact John Constant here: john@rethinkresearch.biz
In this Episode of Rethink Wireless, principal analysts Caroline Gabriel and Phil Hunter discuss Cellnex's new growth strategy and 5G gaming at CES and beyond.
Caroline (00:30 - 16:00) takes a look at towerco Cellnex's diversified growth model following the announcement of the departure of its highly successful long-term CEO and founder, Tobias Martinez.
Phil (16:00 - 26:50) discusses some impressions on gaming at 5G, and falling latencies in 5G networks around the world, and potential implications live betting.
Hosted by Luc Braun.
The articles discussed can be found on our website here:
https://rethinkresearch.biz/articles/cellnex-will-embark-on-its-radical-new-growth-strategy-without-its-ceo/
https://rethinkresearch.biz/articles/gaming-gains-appeal-beyond-dedicated-users-as-5g-cuts-latency/
For more analyses, check out our Wireless Watch weekly publication, and in-depth research reports on our website:
https://rethinkresearch.biz/product/wireless-watch/
To request a trial and for other enquiries, contact John Constant here: john@rethinkresearch.biz
In this Episode of Rethink Wireless, principal analysts Caroline Gabriel and Phil Hunter discuss reduced CAPEX for US network operators and iSIMs.
Caroline (00:38 - 16:20) takes a look at some of the reasons behind CAPEX cuts recently announced by TMO US, Verizon and AT&T, but also how these decisions will impact the wider RAN market.
Phil (16:20 - 30:00) discusses iSIMs, some recent developments, and gives a prediction for when they will hit the mobile and handheld markets.
Hosted by Luc Braun.
The articles discussed can be found on our website here:
https://rethinkresearch.biz/articles/usas-5g-capex-bubble-will-burst-this-year-as-three-main-operators-cut-back/
https://rethinkresearch.biz/articles/isim-gaining-in-small-iot-devices-will-take-longer-to-displace-esim-elsewhere/
For more analyses, check out our Wireless Watch weekly publication, and in-depth research reports on our website:
https://rethinkresearch.biz/product/wireless-watch/
To request a trial and for other enquiries, contact John Constant here: john@rethinkresearch.biz
In this episode of Rethink Wireless, principal analysts Caroline Gabriel and Phil Hunter discuss a recently announced cooperation agreement between Bharti Airtel and Meta, and some developments in the Fixed Wireless Access space, driven by Qualcomm and Swisscom.
Caroline (00:30 - 14:00) takes a look at the different aspects, Open RAN, subsea cables, and communications platform-as-a-service, of a recent cooperation announcement between Bharti Airtel and Meta.
Phil (14:00 - 25:30) discusses the state of FWA around the world, taking Swisscom's commencement of its FWA service offerings, and a newly released Qualcomm FWA radio as inspiration.
Hosted by Luc Braun.
The articles discussed can be found on our website here:
https://rethinkresearch.biz/articles/meta-expands-indian-influence-with-far-reaching-airtel-alliance/
https://rethinkresearch.biz/articles/swisscom-unveils-enterprise-fwa-service-amid-spate-european-launches/
https://rethinkresearch.biz/articles/qualcomm-ups-fwa-ante-with-compact-5g-ran-platform/
For more analyses, check out our Wireless Watch weekly publication, and in-depth research reports on our website:
https://rethinkresearch.biz/product/wireless-watch/
To request a trial and for other enquiries, contact John Constant here: john@rethinkresearch.biz
In this episode of Rethink Wireless, principal analysts Caroline Gabriel and Phil Hunter discuss the consequences of an increasingly de-globalized world for the wireless industry, and a decision by the South Korean government to revoke mmWave spectrum licenses.
Hosted by Luc Braun.
The articles discussed can be found on our website here:
https://rethinkresearch.biz/articles/mobile-industry-will-be-reshaped-by-decline-of-globalization/
https://rethinkresearch.biz/articles/south-korea-cancels-28-ghz-licences-amid-frustration-over-slow-progress/
For more analyses, check out our Wireless Watch weekly publication, and in-depth research reports on our website:
https://rethinkresearch.biz/product/wireless-watch/
To request a trial and for other enquiries, contact John Constant here: john@rethinkresearch.biz
In this episode of Rethink Wireless, principal analysts Caroline Gabriel and Phil Hunter discuss an ongoing conflict around the US’ CBRS spectrum sharing project, and Sierra Wireless’ vision for 5G/WiFi combined use cases.
Caroline (0:35 – 17:00) takes a look at the arguments for and against an expansion of the US’ CBRS shared spectrum project to include new spectrum bands.
Phil (17:00 – 32:00) meanwhile returns to one of his favourite topics, WiFi standards evolution and 5G coexistence. Sierra Wireless’ new dual-use modem promises the arrival of WiFi and cellular for use in law enforcement, emergency services, retail and public transport.
Hosted by Luc Braun.
The articles discussed can be found on our website here:
https://rethinkresearch.biz/articles/disputes-rage-around-cbrs-as-supporters-lobby-to-expand-the-scheme/
https://rethinkresearch.biz/articles/sierra-wireless-promotes-wifi-5g-coexistence-for-new-use-cases/
For more analyses, check out our Wireless Watch weekly publication, and in-depth research reports on our website:
https://rethinkresearch.biz/product/wireless-watch/
To request a trial and for other enquiries, contact John Constant here: john@rethinkresearch.biz
For this episode of the Rethink Wireless Podcast, principal analysts Caroline Gabriel and Phil Hunter discuss the recent FYUZ summit and a report on projected adoption rates of WiFi 7 by the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA).
Caroline gives both her overall impressions from FYUZ (00:45 - 06:25), and goes into depth on Vodafone's search for macro Open RAN partners (06:25 - 21:26), mainly Nokia, and what implications this might have for the wider Open RAN ecosystem.
Phil (21:40 - 35:40) on the other hand shares some insights and opinions regarding the WiFi vs 5G cellular rivalry in the context of a freshly released report by the WBA.
Hosted by Luc Braun.
The articles discussed can be found on our website here:
https://rethinkresearch.biz/articles/vodafone-endorses-nokia-as-most-advanced-european-o-ran-vendor/
https://rethinkresearch.biz/articles/wba-prepares-for-wifi-7-marketing-onslaught-ahead-of-2024-deployments/
For more analyses, check out our Wireless Watch weekly publication, and in-depth research reports on our website:
https://rethinkresearch.biz/product/wireless-watch/
To request a trial and for other enquiries, contact John Constant here: john@rethinkresearch.biz
In this episode, principal analysts Caroline Gabriel and Phil Hunter talk about the upcoming 3GPP Release 18 standards and satellite convergence at MWC Las Vegas. Caroline (00:58 - 14:40) takes a look at how the traditional RAN equipment vendors, Nokia and Ericsson, but also Huawei, may take advantage of advanced use cases emerging out of the 5G Advanced standards releases (Rel. 18 - 20). Phil (14:40 - 23:25) on the other hand discusses the topic of satellite-cellular convergence at MWC Las Vegas, highlighting some key partnerships and collaborations coming out of the convention. Hosted by Luc Braun.
The articles discussed can be found on our website here:
https://rethinkresearch.biz/articles/neps-will-retain-power-if-they-can-make-5g-release-18-truly-meaningful/
https://rethinkresearch.biz/articles/mwc-las-vegas-satellite-convergence-fwa-and-o-ran-top-the-bill/
For more analyses, check out our Wireless Watch weekly publication, and in-depth research reports on our website:
https://rethinkresearch.biz/product/wireless-watch/
To request a trial and for other enquiries, contact John Constant here: john@rethinkresearch.biz
In this episode of the Rethink Wireless Podcast, Rethink Technology Research's analysts, Caroline Gabriel, Phil Hunter, and Luc Braun talk about some changes coming to the wireless communications market.
Caroline uses a potential Dish Network plan to divest its Boost MVNO assets, to explore new network ownership and business models.
Phil delves further into the world of automotive chips, this time taking a look at changes to automotive chip supply chains and logistics.
The articles discussed can be found on our website here:
https://rethinkresearch.biz/articles/dish-may-divest-boost-which-would-strengthen-its-5g-business-case/
https://rethinkresearch.biz/articles/hyundai-develops-5g-module-as-auto-industry-reshapes-supply-chain/
For more analyses, check out our Wireless Watch weekly publication, and in-depth research reports on our website:
https://rethinkresearch.biz/product/wireless-watch/
To request a trial and for other enquiries, contact John Constant here: john@rethinkresearch.biz
In this episode of the Rethink Wireless Podcast, wireless analysts Luc Braun and Phil Hunter talk about Phil's recent Wireless Watch piece, where he explores some issues around the telco cloud following a recent statement on the matter by Orange CTO Laurent Lebucher.
Hosted by Luc Braun with Phil Hunter.
The discussed article can be found on our website:
https://rethinkresearch.biz/articles/telco-cloud-struggles-to-deliver-on-early-promise-amid-recreation-of-silos/
For more analyses, see our Wireless Watch weekly publication, and in-depth research reports on our website:
https://rethinkresearch.biz/product/wireless-watch/
To request a trial and for other enquiries, contact John Constant here: john@rethinkresearch.biz
In this episode, principal analysts Caroline Gabriel and Phil Hunter talk about Qualcomm's adventures in this week's news cycle. Phil explores Qualcomm's involvements in the automotive chip market (00:00 - 13:00), while Caroline goes into detail about Qualcomm's new suite of chips and accelerators for Open RAN (13:00 - 32:38). Hosted by Luc Braun.
The articles discussed can be found on our website:
**https://rethinkresearch.biz/articles/qualcomm-talks-up-automotive-connectivity-as-sectors-chip-shortage-eases/
https://rethinkresearch.biz/articles/qualcomm-gears-up-to-drive-scale-into-macro-o-ran-with-ran-platform/**
For more analyses, check out our Wireless Watch weekly publication, and in-depth research reports on our website:
https://rethinkresearch.biz/product/wireless-watch/
To request a trial and for other enquiries, contact John Constant here: john@rethinkresearch.biz