Mobile World Congress coming to Barcelona end of February 2024
Wireless has been with us as an industry for decades. During that time, it has always been an industry in transition. Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is coming at the end of February, and it...
Once again, wireless is going through massive changes. Today, we are in the middle of the 5G rollout, while preparing for 6G and beyond. Other new areas include private wireless, FWA, 5G Home Internet and technologies like AI, Chatbot, IoT the cloud and more....
Debating the good, the bad and the ugly about AI at Davos
There is an important topic being discussed at the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland. It’s about AI. This year, government officials, company executives, the media, investors and individuals are all seeing the...
Last week at CES 2024 we learned quite a bit about what’s new, what’s coming next and what technologies will be in focus going forward. It is important that every investor, worker, customer, regulator and the media understand what is happening now and what’s...
Cable TV and telephone broadband challenged by new technology
Traditional broadband is being threatened by new competitors and changing technology. It’s out with the old, and in with the new. This is both a real challenge and a new growth opportunity. FWA and satellite technologies...
Being developed for the US military, could TM solve spectrum data crunch
We use more wireless data every year, but the spectrum we use to carry that data remains limited. So, wireless spectrum shortage is a real and growing problem the industry wrestles with every...
Holiday greetings from Colorado, Kansas, and Missouri (picture is from the top of the Cranmer trail run at the Winter Park ski resort). We hope each of you have had an excellent Holiday season so far, and that your football team wins.
After a full...
Holiday greetings from the Midwest, where we recently finished up a very productive trip through St Louis and several other towns. Pictured are a few folks from the LB Networks team celebrating a terrific 2023 while Jim was in St Louis last Thursday.
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Being found over noise and chaos at CES, MWC and the larger marketplace
It is important that both large and small companies along with their products or services rise above the chaos to get seen and heard in a noisy marketplace. How do they accomplish...
Private wireless, 5G-A, FWA, 5G home =internet, conversational AI
In 2023, we were blown away with breakthrough chatbot technology like ChatGPT. Today, we wonder what the top technologies will be in 2024. CES 2024 is coming in a few weeks, and we may get a...
To ignite rapid growth, private wireless confusion must be cleared up
Private wireless is so much better for companies and the enterprise than the traditional 5G wireless and Wi-Fi it uses today. It offers more security, more control, better quality, can seamlessly blend voice and...
CES 2024 shows how Generative AI collects data using wireless
Artificial Intelligence is on a rapid growth track and Generative AI is the next step in its evolution. This technology is moving forward at the speed of light. Chatbot technology like ChatGPT from OpenAI is...
Various forms of Artificial Intelligence (AI) are pivotal for an upcoming surge in mobile ecosystem development and revenue growth over the next couple of years. New applications, services and network efficiency enhancements will escalate demand for AI workload processing in cloud data centers, mobile-edge...
Huawei held its signature Connect event in Paris just before the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. Despite intense sales restriction pressure globally amid concerns related to the security of its mobile networking solutions, the company continues to defy the odds. I liken Huawei’s resilience to that...
Greetings from Missouri, where the Pattersons celebrated the Thanksgiving holiday with nearly 40 friends and family. It was a fun and festive time for us, and we hope that yours was equally as filling.
We have a very full Brief this week. After a shorter than normal...
Wireless and AI fuel autonomous self-driving revolution at #CES2024
Racing is exciting. Cheering the drivers taking their race cars around the track at breakneck speeds. But what if there were no drivers? That’s right. Autonomous self-driving race cars are here, and they are being showcased...
Traditional 5G investment slowed in 2023 creating these technology sectors
At CES 2024 there will be plenty on hot new wireless technologies including private wireless, 5G-A, fixed wireless access (FWA) and 5G home internet. We have watched the growth and transformation of the wireless industry...
The recent Huawei Connect 2023 event in Paris showed how as wireless, telecom and data networks continue to grow, they will ultimately connect everyone and everything. The theme of this year-end event was “Accelerating Digital and Green Transition Together" and shows what was accomplished...
The technological advances being shaped by 5G across Europe are so profound, the era is being identified as Europe’s digital decade. There are multiple technology milestones being realized throughout Europe and these achievements are seen as pivotal moments where vision becomes a reality right...
Connected mobility uses smartphone and automotive tech to bring help
When an automobile accident happens, time is of the essence to save lives. It’s the same with any emergency. Connected Mobility is how emergency services are being modernized with new technology to provide assistance more...
Private wireless is a relatively new space in the wireless industry. It is very different from public wireless, which is what we are familiar with. This has been with us for a few years, but both interest from various enterprise customers and increased vendor...
Greetings from Missouri, Texas, and Louisiana. Pictured is the state capitol building for the Bayou State (full history here). This week’s Brief will focus on a wide-ranging interview with Liberty Media’s John Malone. Rather than dive into earnings results, we thought that John’s insights (especially given the...
CES 2024 and MWC 2024 are busy, loud, chaotic, making it hard to be found
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) of 2024 is two months away and I am already getting requests for briefings from large and small competitors who want to get on my...
Wireless is the future. That does not mean that it’s an easy business. There have been many ups and downs over time. The past decade has been rough for both AT&T and Verizon. Now, suddenly this quarter they finally both reported strong performance along...
