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Mobile World Congress Americas Themes: ORAN, CBRS and Unlicsned
ORAN and CBRS were the main themes at Mobile World Congress Americas, held in Los Angeles. I have to say, though, that unlicensed was the third most important theme, though it will emerge to the main stage in future years. ORAN encompasses several topics woven together. ORAN is a set… Read More »Blog
HPE Aruba’s New CX6300/6400 Switches Usher in Next Generation Campus Networks
Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company’s new CX 6300/6400 switch launch was significant for the industry. The launch ushered in next-generation enterprise switches at the second-largest vendor in the world using its custom, 7th generation ASICs, along with updates to the operating system. HPE Aruba’s products are high-end, clearly targeting… Read More »Blog
5G Americas conference: unlicensed spectrum highlight
We attended the operator and vendor consortium of 5G Americas. The themes of the show were: 5G, spectrum, cell siting, Asia-Pacific operator progress. For the second time in the past couple weeks, we saw FCC Commissioner Michael O’Reilly present, and his key messages were similar both times, focusing on CBRS,… Read More »Blog
CBRS Alliance event marks the launch of OnGo and Initial Commercial Deployment
We attended the CBRS Alliance event in Washington DC today, and by our rough estimate, about 350-400 people were in attendance representing groups such as regulators, legislators, lawyers, technology vendors, property owners, service providers, investors, media and analysts. We were impressed with the widespread interest in the new shared spectrum… Read More »Blog
Juniper Networks – Reinvigorating the Enterprise
Juniper held its industry analyst day last week to present its strategy update to the market; the company wants to change networking for the cloud era. The company reiterated its commitment to three customer types: cloud provider, service provider, and enterprise. The company is making investments to take advantage of… Read More »Blog
Apple launches iPhones with Wi-Fi 6
For those of us who participate in the WLAN infrastructure industry, Apple’s product releases are important. Today, at the iPhone 11 product launch, we saw Apple place very little emphasis on WiFi capabilities of the new iPhones. But, based on a slide showing various new features about the new iPhones,… Read More »Blog