The Wireless Watch Podcast - Episode 48: UK's AI energy questions, Ericsson and Nokia lobby EU, 5G in the Siachen Glacier, and the first cross-border 5G network

Join Alex and Phil as they discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry – as covered by Wireless Watch Telcos must harness efficient, creative AI, to stem job losses SensorTower State of Mobile lays out $150bn smartphone platform value SK cuts wholesale rates, to create fourth MNO from MVNO pool Capex, opex rising, as US MNOs turn to broadband for growth

Join Alex Davies as he interviews the venerable John Baker, an Open RAN evangelist, lining up his next project. In the wake of the Trump inauguration and generally economic uncertainty, what advice and lessons are available for the MNOs?

Join Alex and Phil as they discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry – as covered by Wireless Watch Sidelink moves towards center stage under 5G Advanced SoftBank’s Son whips out checkbook, falls into Stargate AI drama Sequans drives Enhanced RedCap after buying Advanced Circuit Pursuit Google buys more HTC, hoping Android XR gets same Pixel phone lift

Join Alex and Phil as they discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry – as covered by Wireless Watch ⁠UK has tech but not cheap energy for Starmer’s grand AI Plan ⁠Ericsson, Nokia beg EU for action, as walls close in⁠⁠ Reliance Jio brings 5G into the cold, for Indian Army⁠⁠ Europe’s first cross-border 5G road goes live, DAS plays key role

Join Alex Davies as he speaks to the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) CEO Tiago Rodrigues. With a 6G Vision Paper hot off the shelves, the topic of standardization and convergence was inevitable. So, how should MNOs and cellular vendors be using WiFi to densify, and what lessons have been learned from the 5G cycle?

Join Alex and Phil as they discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry – as covered by Wireless Watch ⁠Calls to revise spectrum allocation gain steam, Qualcomm throws hat ⁠ ⁠Ligado’s loss is AST SpaceMobile’s gain, bankruptcy spectrum deal struck

Join Elly, Alex and Phil as they discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry – as covered in Wireless Watch. 1. Year of consolidation ahead for 5G with emergence of ambient IoT 2. Nvidia’s AI Factory to drive telcos from training to inferencing 3. Blu Wireless pitches low-detection military networks   Read more from this week’s Wireless Watch ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠

Join Elly, Alex and Phil as they discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry – as covered in Wireless Watch. 1. More “as a service” on cards, cybersecurity focus intensifies 2. Salt Typhoon rattles blowhard Senators, but impact is very real 3. Capex commitments are a ruse in Vodafone-Three merger Read more from this week’s Wireless Watch ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠

Join Alex and Phil as they discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry – as covered in Wireless Watch. 1. Digital Twins converge with AI and 5G to drive healthcare 2. Ericsson traffic analysis still headscratcher, 5G to hit 6.3bn by 2030 3. Nokia catches a break with DT’s Open RAN deal 4. AWS Greengrass resurfaces, in edge prpl LCM operator gambit   Read more from this week’s Wireless Watch ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠

Join Elly, Phil, and Alex as they discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry – as covered in Wireless Watch. 1. China Mobile leads differentiated service offering to raise ARPUs 2. Can kicked to April, as DoJ proposes Google monopoly remedies 3. New direction for RIC development between TIP, Ericsson   Read more from this week’s Wireless Watch ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠