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Author Archives: Jens Zander
Fiber Access changes gears
You may not have noticed, but broadband internet access in Sweden has reached “critical mass”. At some point, during the last year or so, this feature in homes went from a luxury item for a selected few, to a sanitary … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Rural Communication, Systems, User behavior
Tagged Broadband Access, business model, FTTH, Policy
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“Professional” WiFi on the move
Stephen Rayment, Head of Technology for Wi-Fi Products at Ericsson, (former CTO of Belair Networks) gave an interesting exposé at the Johannesberg Summit of what is going on in the “professional” (“carrier”) WiFi scene and what developments to expect. Have … Continue reading
Posted in Spectrum, Systems
Tagged Johannesberg Summit, Ultra-Dense Deployment, WiFi
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What IS actually 5G – and what is the need for it?
On a “5G event” like the Johannesberg Summit, the above question may actually sound like blasphemy, but seen over the two days this was one of the key discussion items. Ralf Irmer’s (Vodafone) presentation illustrates some of the key issues: … Continue reading
5G – A new wireless network or computational paradigm?
The second day of the Johannesberg Summit was kicked-off by Jan Rabaey, UC Berkeley. Jan gave an interesting talk with a vision that we should see all devices around us not as passive sensors, but actually as computation and communication … Continue reading
Spectrum for 5G – where is the watershed for national licensing?
An interesting panel debate on “what’s next” in Spectrum was held at the Johannesberg Summit. The was a rather striking discrepancy between the long and short term views. On hand we had the cellular industry debating strategies to get more … Continue reading
5G and other key trends in Wireless and Mobile ICT – live webcast
Free, live webcast from the 2014 Johannesberg Summit live May 12-13, 2014! The Johannesberg Summit is THE meeting place for research leaders in Wireless and Mobile ICT. The summit is an annual forum to discuss trends and the long-term future. Interesting talks from industry … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Conferences, Spectrum, Systems, User behavior
Tagged 5G, business model, future wireless systems, Johannesberg Summit, spectrum shortage, trends, user behavior
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5 Disruptive Ideas on 5G
Reading the latest edition of the IEEE Communications Magazine, my eyes fell on an interesting article entitled “Five Disruptive Technology Directions for 5G” where the authors (Boccardi, Heath, Lozano, Marzetta and Popovski) probe five “hot” technologies that they consider have … Continue reading
Limiting traffic .. the way to manage the data tsunami?
In the January 2014 edition of IEEE Communication Magazine, in an article entitled “User-in-the-loop: spatial and temporal demand shaping for sustainable wireless networks“, Rainer Schoenen and Halim Yanikomeroglu, discuss the possibility to use “Demand shaping”, i.e. using traffic dependent charging to … Continue reading
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Jens Zander on the 5G revenue gap for telecom operators
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The “5G Hype” is (already) here…
Last Monday Samsung made an announcement regarding their new “5G technology that promises download of movies in a few seconds. “Samsung served up such a sumptuous treat to the media who seem fascinated by technology”, commented Nigam Arora at … Continue reading
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