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Interview with Terry Kramer, UCLA Anderson School of Management
With over 25 years in the wireless industry, and now a professor at UCLA Anderson School of Management, Terry Kramer sat down with us to share his thoughts on the outlooks up to and beyond 2020, as well as what he feels are the biggest challenges facing companies in the ecosystem today.
Interview with Brian Metzger, Nominum
At the 2016 Wireless Global Congress in San Jose, Brian Metzger, VP of Global Marketing at Nominum, sat down with us to talk about the role DNS plays in monetizing Wi-Fi and what 2017 has in store for the company.
Interview with Cedric Gonin, Orange
We caught up with WBA Board Member Cedric Gonin at the 2016 Wireless Global Congress in San Jose. Cedric shared his thoughts on Coexistence and Convergence, and discussed what Orange has in store for Congress attendees who visit the new Innovation Lounge.
The Unlicensed Road to 5G – WBA Industry Report 2016
The Unlicensed Road to 5G – Unlicensed spectrum technologies have come a long way from being the disruptive younger sibling of the licensed-band networks, to having an equal place at the table. Indeed, the WBA Annual Report in this year looks beyond unlicensed spectrum on its own, and towards the rising levels of convergence with licensed technologies, to enable new performance levels and flexibility for service providers of all kinds to paving the way to 5G. Download the report now and learn your way to 5G!
Roadmap for Coexistence and Convergence in 5G – Market Research
5G intends to enable a seamlessly connected society in the 2020 timeframe and beyond that brings together people along with things, data, applications, transport systems and cities in a smart networked communications environment.
Several industry bodies are currently defining and working on 5G related topics, such as ITU, ETSI, 3GPP, NMGM, among others.
This document reports on the Industry Perspective of the role that Wi-Fi and unlicensed technologies can play to enable the 5G framework, complemented with the vision of key industry technologists.
Unlicensed Spectrum LTE – Market Drivers and Roadmap
This paper is to examine and contrast LAA, LWA and LWIP proposals, from the point of view of the business cases, the implications for operator deployments and roadmap.
At this stage several strong market drivers for LTE in unlicensed spectrum were identified:
- Increased Data Capacity
- No Spectrum Expense
- Direct Incorporation of Unlicensed Spectrum into the MNO’s RAN and EPC
Technology and market landscape for LTE in unlicensed spectrum bands is continuing to evolve, and the usage scenarios and anticipated market impact are also only beginning to gel. You will learn the first phase view of how these technologies are progressing, and several further steps are recommended to continue to monitor and track how they mature. Especially, its interworking with Carrier Wi-Fi will unfold into several working streams in liaison with key industry forums.
Panel Discussion – City Leadership
Different cities, common problems. In this panel, we will be discussing global policy challenges of delivering connectivity in cities and regions. From the Wireless Global Congress, Liverpool, June 2016.
Panel Discussion – Policy Impacts on Wireless Innovation
What is the wireless landscape going to be in 2020? And how can policy makers, spectrum planning and industry work more closer together to support wireless innovation? From the Wireless Global Congress, Liverpool, 2016.
Panel Discussion – Creating City Partnerships
Several cities have already taken giant steps forward in their Connected City developments. Singapore is often cited as “taking the Smart City to the next Level”. New York City and their LinkNYC initiative are touted as a new benchmark for city wide Wi-Fi deployments. Representatives of these cities and their partners will discuss how they set their plans in motion. From the Wireless Global Congress, Liverpool, June 2016.
