A handful of high-profile communications service providers (CSPs) are deploying NFV/SDN-based virtual networks, but many CSPs are taking a “wait-and-watch” approach. In 2016, even the most aggressive CSPs moved cautiously on operationalizing virtual networks, which Read more…
The bar for what counts as artificial intelligence is continually rising. Technologies should lose their AI status when they become routine (optical character recognition is no longer recognized as an example of AI for this reason). However, for Read more…
New topics, such as virtual reality (VR) and artificial intelligence (AI), have gained traction in the past couple of years at MWC, but the Internet of Things continues to be a key theme of the industry’s Read more…
As everyone recovers from this year’s Mobile World Congress, I am still trying to comprehend the potential impact of three announcements there on low power WANs (LPWANs). Taken in isolation, these announcements are interesting. But Read more…
If MWC17 is anything to go by, the telecoms sector is getting suckered by virtual reality hype. Forget that virtual crap and come back to the real world I came away from Barcelona this year Read more…
In a show driven by senseless hype, Niantic CEO John Hanke shockingly spent his MWC keynote talking about sensible, boring, direct carrier billing A consensus seems to be forming that the recent MWC17 in Barcelona was Read more…
Every year MWC hard-sells its vision of a 5G Panacea for the benefit of humanity, but educating consumers on that vision should be a dialogue, not a monologue MWC17 has come and gone. And if Read more…
In a surprise twist, digital transformation took the top spot at this year’s Mobile World Congress. The usual suspects (i.e. the big handset vendors) just couldn’t make an impact this year. With Samsung still reeling, Read more…
Nokia has through nostalgia created some excitement in the mobile phone industry but elsewhere the signs of maturity at MWC17 were everywhere. The notable fallout coming from Microsoft, Blackberry, Huawei among others who have substantially Read more…
Weekly Wrap 12 features John Tanner and Tony Poulos discussing the news highlights from the week that was. For the week ending March 3: MWC17 has come and gone, and John and Tony discuss highlights Read more…
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