Was there ever a tech movement more-hyped than IoT? Maybe; maybe not. But for all its world-changing promise, it has proved harder to justify IoT deployments – and importantly, to scale IoT deployments – than it was supposed to be. At the same time,...
Asset tracking is a seminal use case for the IoT market. It is one of the key applications – together with asset monitoring – that underpins the whole IoT movement as it congregates around the supply-chain sector. But the logistics market is deeply entrenched...
This report, a companion to the 5G Manufacturing Forum, aggregates, analyzes and contextualizes the wide-ranging discussions from expert speakers, including technology buyers, sellers, policy makers and innovators on the cutting edge of bringing the power of 5G to bear on the manufacturing vertical.
When Wi-Fi 6 Extended, which refers to the ability to operate Wi-Fi in the 6 GHz band, was announced, the industry rejoiced for it was the first time in 20 years that Wi-Fi technology was allocated additional spectrum. Users are still in the process...
This report, a companion to the Private Networks Forum, Europe will connect key stakeholders to discuss - are private networks the key to driving enterprises into the Industry 4.0 era? We will examine the latest private network deployments, European spectrum liberalization and management, and...
This report, a companion to the Open RAN Forum, aggregates, analyzes and contextualizes the wide-ranging discussions from expert speakers, including technology buyers, sellers, policy makers and innovators driving capital and operational efficiencies from disaggregated radio systems while also charting the course to cloud-based RAN...
C-Band deployment delays over interference concerns. Shared CBRS spectrum. Significant coordination zones for 3.45-3.55 GHz. Spectrum is a finite resource, and while regulators continue to make additional airwaves available, it's often not free and clear. What does this mean for the cost and utility...
Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) is foundational to 5G services to drive the next wave of innovation in enterprise and manufacturing: low-latency, massive device density, and more. Optimizing the telco cloud to deliver these new services starts at the 5G Core and goes to the...
Although 5G is still very much a work-in-progress with a good deal of continued evolution ahead of it, a range of stakeholders are already discussing and testing components and systems that very well could be included in what comes next--6G.
At a high-level, there's a...
The why and how of Open RAN, capex/opex savings and through honest collaboration, have been pretty well sorted. Now it’s time to leverage the capabilities of virtualized, open, multi-vendor solutions to deliver innovation.
For operators, hosting radio workloads in cloud environments can facilitate a host...
Standalone (SA) 5G gives operators new agility and scale, unlocking the full range of 5G services. Challenges abound ranging from technical to operational. But operators globally have been slow to deploy 5G SA networks - they remain very much the exception, not the rule.
Going...
While there are clear challenges associated with the propagation characteristics and cost of densely deploying 5G using millimeter wave frequencies, the high-band spectrum offers unique advantageous. In addition to providing multi-Gbps user experiences, 5G mmWave allows operators to add huge amounts of capacity in...
This report, a companion to the Private Networks Forum, aggregates, analyzes and contextualizes the wide-ranging discussions from expert speakers, including technology buyers, sellers, policy makers and innovators tuning private networks to the unique needs of the vertical industries around the world.
This report, a companion to the Test & Measurement Forum, aggregates, analyzes and contextualizes the wide-ranging discussions from expert speakers, including technology buyers, sellers, policy makers and innovators working to ensure 5G lives up to its potential by increasingly automated the products and processes...
Industrial 5G, capable of meeting the exacting performance requirements of mission- and business-critical applications, is continuing to evolve as relevant international organizations finalize standards for important features. As these standards are memorialized and then integrated into commercial products, what's the outlook for industrial 5G adoption,...
Some say the pandemic hindered 5G progress; some say it accelerated its rollout. More than two years into COVID-19 where does 5G stand globally? This report explores how different regulations, spectrum availability and customer demands impact the deployment and adoption of next-generation cellular services around...
This report, a companion to the Telco Cloud Forum, aggregates, analyzes and contextualizes the wide-ranging discussions from expert speakers, including technology buyers, sellers, policy makers and innovators bringing the scale, economics and operational practices of the hyperscale world into the telecoms sector, which is...
This report, a companion to the 5G Monetization Forum, aggregates, analyzes and contextualizes the wide-ranging discussions from expert speakers, including technology buyers, sellers, policy makers and innovators developing the solutions that will deliver meaningful change for enterprises and, in turn, create new revenue opportunities...
In this Q&A report series, Enterprise IoT Insights talks with select industry leaders about how digital systems – including 5G, AI, IoT, and edge, plus other key technologies – are transforming vital global industries. This report maps the vision, signs the obstacles, and charts a...
Low latency, ultra-reliability, fast speeds -- 5G networks promise it all. How do operators and vendors make sure that they're truly delivering, particularly when it comes to serving enterprises? What changes are necessary to optimize and monitor 5G networks when you're using them to...
The cloud is already everywhere in telecom. CSPs and hyperscalers are finding more ways to work together and grow the future of 5G. Whether it’s the public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, the telco cloud convergence is happening.From cloud-native 5G Standalone (SA) Core...
As more and more customers seek out cloud services, we are entering an 'Everything as a Service' or XaaS era, in which the traditional cloud service models are giving way to a growing trend of new and vast products and tools related to cloud...
5G monetization hinges on partners, ecosystem, and delivering business outcomes
For a deep dive into 5G monetization strategies and considerations, access the 5G Monetization Forum on-demand.
Operators have invested billions in designing and deploying 5G networks but, to date, meaningful new service revenues have proved...
Operators can deploy 5G more sustainably than 4G, and use the combo of 5G and IoT to help enterprises become more sustainable
Download the report "The green credentials of 5G and IoT" here.
In many ways, 5G and IoT were made for one another. The...
