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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

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Want to know what 5G would look like?

If you want to get a hint on what 5G would look like, the recently held Johannesberg Summit is the right place to visit. Don’t worry if you missed the event because all the talks, except panel discussions, can be … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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TMT Forum in London – consolidation is driving change and finance to telecoms

Consolidation is on the agenda for the telecom industry. The EU Commission is currently scrutinizing Telefonica’s acquisition of E-plus in Germany, Hutchison’s bid for Telefonica’s mobile operation in Ireland. It was therefore no surprise that TMT M&A Forum in London earlier … Continue reading

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NFC technology: Latest achievements

The NFC (Near Field Communication) Symposium took place 22–24 January, 2014 in Stockholm, Sweden. Despite the fact that this year a big attention was payed to retail industry, other participants of payment ecosystem representing banks, TSMs, mobile operators, NFC service providers, and … Continue reading

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Newsflash from Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) 2013

Well, I say newsflash… The actual workshop took place on Dec 9th. Forgive the late-ish update, as the new year vacation came in between. Executive summary Some observations based on cellular networks today:  Number of subscribers, number of devices are … Continue reading

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Globecom 2013

Globecom 2013 took place in Atlanta, GA between Dec 9 and 13 2013. As the biggest conference in wireless communications, many experts from both industry and academia attended the conference. Several highlights in the conference are: Industry forums were very informative and … Continue reading

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“Oil of 21st Century: Big Data” and Energy Efficiency in M2M Communications

The 1st International Workshop on GReen Optimized Wireless Networks (GROWN’13) was held at the end of fall 2013 in Lyon, France in conjunction with The 9th IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob 2013) It was interesting … Continue reading

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