MNOs are generally most concerned with the air interface between their RAN and their customers’ devices. They tend not to pay much attention to the fixed-line front haul infrastructure that pipes data to the RAN. But in the 5G era, with a growing amount of traffic that needs to be backhauled from user devices at the edge, the burden of video traffic is becoming a pain point. Thankfully, there was no shortage of video specialists in Barcelona at MWC, but again, nomenclature has caused a headache. Despite having ‘5G’ in the name, 5G Broadcast is essentially a rebadged LTE Broadcast (eMBMS), which itself was an ‘evolved’ version of the MBMS that was available (but essentially unused) in 3G. The specification…