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The Wireless Watch Podcast complements the Wireless Watch weekly strategy bulletin, as we dive deeper into the dynamic factors of the wireless market. We discuss the week’s key issues, while providing insight into our own research and forecasts to give clearer direction of where momentum is building through the industry. From 5G deployments, to Open RAN and the road to 6G, we’ll be keeping track of all the important developments in the global wireless communications market. Guests welcome for future episodes. Write to [email protected] for details.

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21 November 2024

Wireless Watch Weekly Wrap - Episode 5

Join Alex Davies for a blitz through the latest edition of Wireless Watch, our venerable industry newsletter that provides analysis of the most important events in the cellular industry. For more in-depth article discussions, subscribe to the Wireless Watch Podcast, and be sure to check out RAN Research for market forecasts, as well as as our free webinars. You can find this week’s stories here.

20 November 2024

The Wireless Watch Podcast - Episode 42: US DoD takes lead in private 5G, Broadcom jacks up prices, AI-RAN and the big bucks

Join Elly, Phil, and Alex as they discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry – as covered in Wireless Watch. 

1.  US military tilts towards Open RAN and public macro networks
2.  Broadcom leans on AI for telco expansion, jacks up prices
3.  Fujitsu’s role in SoftBank and Nvidia’s tantalizing AI-RAN offering

Read more from this week’s Wireless Watch ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠

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14 November 2024

The Wireless Watch Podcast - Episode 41: FYUZ 2024 shenanigans, UK banks adopt anti-fraud APIs, Helium shifts to WiFi

Join Elly, Phil, and Alex as they discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry – as covered in Wireless Watch.

1.  ⁠Telus shares promising brownfield Open RAN transition⁠
2.  ⁠UK banks fight push payment fraud with MNOs⁠
3.  ⁠So long CBRS – decentralized Helium shifts to WiFi ⁠

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13 November 2024

Wireless Watch Weekly Wrap - Episode 4

Join Alex Davies for a blitz through the latest edition of Wireless Watch, our venerable industry newsletter that provides analysis of the most important events in the cellular industry. For more in-depth article discussions, subscribe to the Wireless Watch Podcast, and be sure to check out RAN Research for market forecasts, as well as as our free webinars. You can find this week’s stories here.

7 November 2024

The Wireless Watch Podcast - Episode 40: The future of 5G Broadcast, Samsung Networks earnings disappoint

Join Elly and Phil as they discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry – as covered in Wireless Watch.

1. 5G Broadcast on course for commercialization in Europe
2. Samsung pins hope on Open RAN for improved network revenues

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30 October 2024

The Wireless Watch Podcast - Episode 39: 11x MEC growth, Qualcomm outlines vision of smartphone future, Arm serves 60-day Qualcomm-Nuvia notice

Join Alex and Phil as they discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry – as covered in Wireless Watch.

  1. Mobile Edge Compute (MEC) Market Forecast to 2031
  2. ⁠Qualcomm takes long view of smartphone at Snapdragon Summit
  3. Arm puts Qualcomm on notice, Nuvia license dispute opens RISC-V door
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30 October 2024

Wireless Watch Weekly Wrap - Episode 3

Join Alex Davies for a blitz through the latest edition of Wireless Watch, our venerable industry newsletter that provides analysis of the most important events in the cellular industry. For more in-depth article discussions, subscribe to the Wireless Watch Podcast, and be sure to check out RAN Research for market forecasts, as well as as our free webinars. You can find this week’s stories here https://www.rethinkresearch.biz/product/wireless-watch/

24 October 2024

The Wireless Watch Podcast - Episode 38: Revived talk of 5G monetization at Ericsson summit, US operators respond to hurricane fallout, AMD and Intel pal up for the x86 alliance  

Join Elly, Phil, and Alex live from Wireless Watch towers to discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry.

1. Ericsson’s OSS/BSS conference in Paris, operators are excited about slicing again

2. Mixed results for US disaster mitigation in hurricane wake

3. AMD, Intel form x86 alliance, brace for impact of newer architectures

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23 October 2024

Wireless Watch Weekly Wrap - Episode 2

Join Alex Davies for a blitz through the latest edition of Wireless Watch, our venerable industry newsletter that provides analysis of the most important events in the cellular industry. For more in-depth article discussions, subscribe to the Wireless Watch Podcast, and be sure to check out RAN Research for market forecasts, as well as as our free webinars. You can find this week’s stories here https://www.rethinkresearch.biz/product/wireless-watch/

21 October 2024

The Wireless Watch Podcast - Telent, Jo Gretton

Join Elly Whittaker for a special episode of the Wireless Watch podcast with Telent CEO Jo Gretton.

Telent provides network services for the rail, roads, private network, and CSP sectors in the UK and Ireland. Fixed networks are typically the bread-and-butter business but there is growing demand for wireless as a means to reduce built-out costs and access more advanced use cases. Telent has high hopes for the private network space where it sees a tipping point, as proof-of-concepts turn into material projects.

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