Mid-band spectrum shortages in the US was the main thrust of the 5G Americas sponsors. The idea is that the rest of the world has lots of mid-band spectrum available and service providers in countries that could be considered economic leaders (Japan, Korea, China, Western European countries) have plenty of… Read More »5G Americas Update on Mid-Band, CBRS, 5G C0re
We attended Mobile World Congress Americas (MWCa) in Los Angeles, CA this week, as well as the AT&T Spark event in San Francisco. Since 5G is launching first the US, these two events became the public events where significant 5G-related announcements happened. Verizon. Will launch 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA)… Read More »Mobile World Congress Americas (MWCa) And AT&T Spark – All About 5G
Mavenir held a ‘virtual’ analyst meeting – essentially a webinar – that conveyed the company’s efforts on several new initiatives: (a) SMB UCaaS – small business unified communications, (b) Messaging as a Platform (MaaP), (c) Monetization of messaging, (d) Security Solutions (relating to toll fraud, for instance), and (d) xRAN/Open… Read More »Mavenir Analyst Briefing – UCaaS, RCS Monetization, xRAN & 5G markets
Arris held its annual investor day late last week on March 28, 2018. It was interesting: the company said “Everything is going wireless,” which is an interesting admission for a company that, until about a year ago, was essentially a pureplay on wired broadband. To be sure, the company has… Read More »Arris Analyst Meeting Takeaways
