RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change The World? Bobby Napiltonia, NEXT Trucking (Ep. 3)
5G as enabler of smarter, more connected transportation systems
Bobby Napiltonia, chief revenue officer of NEXT Trucking, examines 5G through the perspective of an end user, in this case a specialist...
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The number of mobile customers are fairly fixed. And they will all pay roughly the same amount per month for service.
If you’re a carrier wanting to recover the cost of implementing 5G, you’ll want to get smart about the opportunities...
RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change The World? Kelly Hill, RCR Wireless News (Bonus Episode)
Separating 5G hype from reality with the benefit of hindsight
Kelly Hill, executive editor at RCR Wireless News, discusses Dorothy's heroics in L. Frank Baum's classic novel series, tempers 5G...
RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change The World? Steve Douglas, Spirent (Ep. 2)
5G as a driver of industrial efficiency, sustainability
Steve Douglas, head of 5G strategy for Spirent, answers questions from Marcel Proust's famous questionnaire; differentiates between delivering network capabilities and network experiences; and...
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Most companies recognize the importance of diversity and inclusion (D&I). But they may find themselves short of their goals when it comes to implementation.
This week’s guests are from a Top 100 Certified Minority Business. It has a nearly equal balance...
RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change The World? Peter Linder, Ericsson (Ep. 1)
Linder tracks the move from non-standalone 5G to standalone 5G
Welcome to the inaugural episode of "Will 5G Change the World?" a weekly podcast where I engage with a wide variety of...
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When companies shift to remote work, they usually do it gradually, with a plan in place. But over the past few weeks, many companies have gone from little remote work to almost 100 percent remote.
Our guest this week is Stephan...
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The past few weeks have been uncertain and scary. In our industry, essential personnel are out there working to keep us connected, which is both worrying and inspiring.
In spite of this reality, our worries and concerns haven’t dampened the hope...
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Our guest this week is Will Townsend, Senior Analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy. He travels the world spending time with enterprise infrastructure providers and operators. So, he understands the technology and the services that get layered over it.
And he’s...
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If you’re in vertical telecom, you’re familiar with permitting delays and workforce shortages. Your counterparts in horizontal deployments face similar challenges: more applications than governments can handle; uncertainty with regulation, and not enough workforce to install the conduit.
But fiber faces...
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Finding and retaining talent are twin challenges facing our industry. Add in rapid company growth, and those challenges get more critical and severe.
And yet Leaf Communications isn’t struggling, in spite of impressive growth. In fact, candidates actively seek positions within...
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We know the shortage of tower climbers is slowing the 5G deployment. But there’s another shortage that’s equally detrimental, though it sometimes gets less visibility.
Perhaps because much of the time, it’s actually less visible.
We’re talking about the fiber network. And...
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It’s a slow climb to train enough tower technicians. FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr says the U.S. 5G rollout requires 20,000 of them. Unfortunately, that many technicians simply do not exist today. As a result, rollouts are stalling.
This week’s guest, Todd...
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The future of telecom is much more than an advance from 4G to 5G. The entire industry is being upgraded. It’s no longer just a vehicle for voice and data. There’s a new space for telecoms and businesses to collaborate...
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Culture, Diversity, and Workforce Development. They sound like corporate buzz-speak. And it’s true that some companies only pay them lip service. But for the workplaces that understand, embrace, and implement them, they form the foundation of a strong, stable, and...
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What does employee engagement really mean? Our guest this week, Rick Gallegos, CEO of Dale Carnegie Tampa Bay, describes it as “discretionary effort.” An engaged employee goes beyond the bare requirements of their job. Unfortunately for most companies, less than...
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Have you heard that tower climbers will jump to a company for even the smallest increase in pay? It’s not necessarily true.
What is true is companies are under a lot of pressure to get antennas installed. It’s also true...
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Saying “Okay to Boomers” instead of “Okay, Boomer”
Do you have a talent shortfall? Open spots that you just can’t fill?
The workforce shortage and its impact on the race to 5G is a regular discussion topic in the industry.
If you’re...
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What would you know if your job was to understand market trends in technology? Guest Stephanie Atkinson, CEO and Founder of Compass Intelligence, will tell you. It’s her business to help technology companies understand their markets better. In this...
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The fear that AI will take away a significant number of jobs is somewhat exaggerated, says Rana Gujral. Gujral is the CEO of Behavioral Signals and an expert on AI. Behavioral Signals creates software that introduces emotional intelligence into speech...
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Every company has a culture, but not every company has a winning culture. One that attracts and keeps talent. With a workforce shortage throughout the wireless industry, though, many companies are wondering what they can do to improve theirs. Every...
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Robots and AI are poised to make life a lot easier for us. But that reality is causing a lot of people to lose sleep. Workers will be displaced, industries will be disrupted, and our workplaces will be changing.
Guest Alexandra...
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By 2020—just a few short months away—millennials will make up over 50% of the workforce. If you don’t understand your company’s average millennial retention rate (not your overall retention rate), it could be costing you a lot.
The average millennial stays...
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Talk about 5G is everywhere. But usually the conversation is about the challenges of building the network. Or it’s about the faster speeds, lower latency, and better devices. But thinking about 5G as “just another access technology” is a mistake.
As...
