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LTEWS: Cellwize CTO on 2G, M2M and 'garbage collectors'

Daniel Dribinski, founder and CTO of Cellwize, spoke with RCR Wireless News on the company’s transition from 2G/3G to more of a focus on machine-to-machine and the “Internet of Things.”
Dribinski said that 2G has become a so-called “garbage collector” for network traffic, and mM2M traffic may end up on 2G networks, but increased efficiency is needed in order to free up 2G networks for M2M traffic rather than mobile data. Operators, Dribinski said, are not maintaining 2G networks as well as they used to, and are shifting their resources – both network resources and people – to 3G and 4G networks.
Dribinksi also discusses the value-driven self-optimizing network offerings Cellwize offers its customers and how it differs from its competitors.
 

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Kelly Hill
Kelly Hill
Kelly reports on network test and measurement, as well as the use of big data and analytics. She first covered the wireless industry for RCR Wireless News in 2005, focusing on carriers and mobile virtual network operators, then took a few years’ hiatus and returned to RCR Wireless News to write about heterogeneous networks and network infrastructure. Kelly is an Ohio native with a masters degree in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley, where she focused on science writing and multimedia. She has written for the San Francisco Chronicle, The Oregonian and The Canton Repository. Follow her on Twitter: @khillrcr