Every time someone picks up a 5G smartphone, a superhero springs into action. For Nokia’s Jitin Bhandari, it’s not the ‘faster than a speeding bullet’ radio access network. And it’s not the transport’s ability to leap tall silos in a single bound. It’s the mild mannered 5G core. But the... Read More
Like the rest of the world, Latin America is adopting 5G. Its roll-out may not be as fast as we’ve seen in Asia and Europe, but Omdia’s Wally Swain tells Michael Hainsworth, it’s accelerating the region’s evolution to Industry 4.0. Below is a transcript of this conversation. Some parts have... Read More
When I first went to a blind school in the early 1970s, the only technology available for visually impaired people was a braille machine and magnifying glasses. Fifty years later, we are on the brink of fully bridging the disability divide through the use of communications devices and general-purpose technology. ... Read More
The spotlight is still on 5G, but the network transformation that is underway is much wider in scope and goes deep into all parts of our connectivity infrastructure, in which wireless and wireline are now converged. But it is only by a well-concerted evolution of the entire network infrastructure and... Read More
Business as usual will have to take a back seat for some time. But how does the move to remote working and 5G present an opportunity for the telecommunications industry? EY’s Global Leader for Technology, Media, and Telecommunications, Greg Cudahy, says the future isn’t predictable but it will be brighter. ... Read More
Being able to switch between 4G and 5G while using the same spectrum band makes it possible for some operators to deploy 5G without having to wait for valuable mid-band spectrum to become available. Read More
to Florian Groene, a partner at PWC in New York, and business strategist Hans Geerdes from Nokia Software HQ in San Jose, the new normal offers opportunities for telecom providers to reinvent their relationships with their customers. Read More
As COVID-19 turned a local epidemic into a pandemic, the spotlight was trained on an industry known as a “dumb pipe”. But the global telecommunications industry proved quite smart thanks to its evolution towards 5G. Nokia President & CEO Rajeev Suri says that the lessons learned from the continued roll-out... Read More
Not surprisingly, video surveillance and analytics is the enterprise 5G use case that CSPs find most compelling. Read More
Making 5G a reality comes with some challenges along the way. Here are 5 that will figure prominently throughout the process. Read More
We’re turning to video games for both work meetings and staying in touch with family and friends. But after COVID-19, will any of it stick? Nokia’s trend scouter, Leslie Shannon, explains why she thinks the unexpected ways we’re using technology under quarantine signal a substantial shift in society. Below is... Read More
In the 2013 film Pacific Rim, humanity faces an apocalyptic scenario in which an inter-dimensional rift in the Pacific Ocean unleashes gigantic ‘Kaiju’ monsters that are hellbent on destruction. In response, they build massive mech warriors called Jaegers to fight the monsters with projectile weaponry, piston-powered punches, and high-energy laser... Read More
