BROWSING: Will 5G Change the World

Ed Cholerton, president of Nokia North America, discusses private network traction, the Open RAN landscape, the importance of closing the digital divide, and more.

Intel Corporate Vice President Dan Rodriguez, general manager of the Network Platforms Group, discusses the complementary relationship between 5G, AI, edge and cloud computing. Rodriguez also discusses the work Intel is doing with operator and enterprise partners to enable meaningful digital transformation at scale.

RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? Obinna Egonu, WWT (Ep. 37) Obinna Egonu of World Wide Technology discusses the intersection of 5G and cloud computing, what that means for delivering innovative new use cases and examines the transition service providers are making...

RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? Nan Chen, MEF (Ep. 36) In this episode of Will 5G Change the World?, MEF President Nan Chen discusses the role of network automation in delivering end-to-end slices across a 5G network and links that to...

RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? Sandro Tavares, Dell Technologies (Ep. 35) In this episode Dell Technologies' Sandro Tavares, director of telecom systems marketing, looks at the role of hyperscalers in delivering edge computing, discusses MEC-focused work with SK Telecom, and unpacks...

RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? Ivan Bykov, Ribbon Communications (Ep. 34) Ivan Bykov, head of Ribbon’s Mobile and Service Provider Solutions, discusses the evolving nature of 5G transport both as a function of capacity demands and service differentiation, as well as...

RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? Dean Brenner and Alice Tornquist, Qualcomm (Bonus Episode) In this episode, Dean Brenner and Alice Tornquist of Qualcomm Technologies Inc., come back to provide an update on how U.S. policymakers are working to address the digital...

RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? Jim Patterson, Patterson Advisory Group (Ep. 33) Industry analyst Jim Patterson recaps quarterly earnings from U.S. Tier 1 operators, explores opportunities for operators and cloud providers to sell 5G to enterprises, and predicts the score of...

Mavenir Chief Strategy Officer Bejoy Pankajakshan reviews the companies latest cloud-focused telecom portfolio expansion, updates on the integration of ip.access, and looks to the future of Open RAN.

RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? Marisa Viveros, IBM (Ep. 31) IBM's Marisa Viveros, vice president of strategy and offerings for telecom, media and entertainment, discusses the combination of 5G, network automation and mobile edge computing, and gives some insight into increasingly...

RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? Danny Cobb, Dell Technologies (Ep. 30) Danny Cobb, vice president of Dell Technologies' Telco Systems business, discusses the value 5G and other technologies like edge computing and real-time analytics can bring to enterprises. Stay updated on the...

RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? Phil Mottram, HPE (Ep. 29) This week Phil Mottram, HPE's vice president and general manager of the Communications Technology Group, discusses the future of network slicing, the role of edge computing in 5G monetization, emerging dynamics...

RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? Gheorghe Spiride, Ericsson (Ep. 28) Ericsson's Gheorghe Spiride discusses what 5G can do for rural communities as well as how smaller operators are exploring the technology, and he parses whether the impact of 5G will be...

RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? Asha Keddy, Intel (Ep. 27) Asha Keddy, Intel corporate vice president and 5G executive sponsor, discusses unsung heroes, the constant pursuit of improvement, technology standardization, 3GPP Release 16 and Release 17, and how to drive scaled,...

RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? Mike Murphy, Nokia Nokia's Mike Murphy, CTO of Americas, discusses 2020 5G milestones and looks ahead to 2021, talks Open RAN and the role of government in supply chain diversification, considers the potential for an East/West...

RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? Vish Nandlall, Dell Technologies (Ep. 25) Joseph Conrad, the innovator's dilemma, creative destruction, Carlota Perez, Canadian indie rock band The Rheostatics...it's all here. Dell Technologies' Vish Nandlall, vice president, Technology Strategy & Ecosystems, discusses the evolution...

RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? Jennifer Alvarez, Aurora Insight (Ep. 24) Aurora Insight Co-founder and CEO Jennifer Alvarez discusses the firm's spectrum and infrastructure mapping technology, separates 5G marketing from 5G reality, and talks through the what the U.S. can do...

RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? John Saw, T-Mobile (Ep. 23) T-Mobile's John Saw, executive vice president of advanced and emerging technologies, discusses the operator's latest 5G milestones; how T-Mo is investing in innovation via its T-Mobile Accelerator and the 5G Open...

This week we talk to Tareq Amin, Rakuten Mobile CTO and Group EVP and CAO of Rakuten, about his vision for (and reality of) a fully-virtualized, cloud-native network. Amin reflects on his time at Reliance Jio, discusses the future of Open RAN, and shares his motto--which doesn't easily translate to Japanese.

RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? Dan Rabinovitsj, Facebook Connectivity (Ep. 21 Facebook Connectivity Vice President Dan Rabinovitsj discusses the company's participation in Telecom Infra Project initiatives with an emphasis on Open RAN and how it fits into the larger 5G deployment...

RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? Glenn Lurie, Synchronoss (Ep. 20) Glenn Lurie, president and CEO of Synchronoss Technologies, discusses the pressure operators face to monetize 5G network investments and how they can accelerate time to revenue. He also looks at how...

RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? Christian Block, Qualcomm (Ep. 19) 5G brings a new level of complexity to smartphone designs. To help its OEM partners, Qualcomm has honed its focus on RF front-end technologies to create a modem-to-antenna solution that simplifies...

RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? Xiaoxia Zhang, Qualcomm (Ep. 18) Just as LAA made it possible for many operators to provide gigabit-class LTE, NR-U is poised to open the unlicensed 5 GHz and 6 GHz bands to mobile services in both...

RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? Michelle Engarto, Corning (Ep. 17) Corning's Michelle Engarto, vice president of wireless solutions and product line management, reflects on how the COVID-19 pandemic has brought the role of cellular into sharp focus. She discusses how 5G...