Mobile & Wireless Roundup #91

Welcome to the 91st edition of this newsletter. I am fortunate enough to be recommended by a few colleagues on LinkedIn. One of my recommendations starts off with, “Zahid is a time magician. It is hard to believe his days only have 24 hours…”. Someone recently reminded me of this one as I was complaining that I keep running out of time to do things 😁.

So the way I approach time is to divide it into 30 minutes chunks and plan things around them. Lunch would be a chunk, going for a walk round the block is another chunk. Even if I was watching some TV, it would be two or three chunks. I have been doing this for a very long time so I have sort of perfected it for myself. Surely you would have to work out what works best for you.

I also searched on Google and found there is actually something called “time chunking” and there are, as you would expect, even books written on it recently. One of the articles that kept appearing in all my searches (SEO 🤔) said:

“Because you plan your work by dividing time into segments and devoting each segment of time to specific tasks, you're more likely to complete each one intentionally. You'll avoid reacting to a huge to-do list and constant multiple interruptions all at once. And you will likely do it all better.

By breaking up your time into dedicated chunks, you'll get much more accomplished throughout the day. This even works for less demanding to-dos like responding to emails, making phone calls, or scheduling meetings. Simply batch smaller tasks like these together into their own chunk of dedicated time.”

How do you manage your time? I would be interested to find out….

For those of you who don’t know me, I am a technologist with over 25 years’ experience in mobile wireless technology, currently working as an independent advisor, analyst, consultant and a trainer. This newsletter is a summary of my posts and other news that caught my attention since the last newsletter.

⦿ 6G

• Free 6G Training: ATIS' Next G Alliance and 6G Forum Korea Joint Workshop (link)

⦿ 5G

• Connectivity Technology Blog: How is Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) deployed? (link)

• NTT Technical Review: Standardization Trends of Northbound APIs in 3GPP (link)
• Rakuten Symphony on LinkedIn - The real slicing opportunity: a live discussion (link) – A related article, “What is the market for network slicing?” (link)

⦿ 4G/LTE

• RCR Wireless - BSNL launches indigenous 4G site in Kolkata: Report (link)

⦿ 2G/3G

• Developing Telecoms: Banglalink shuts off 3G network to focus on 4G expansion (link)

⦿ Open & Disaggregated Networks (including Open RAN, vRAN, etc.)

• Jinsung (Alex) Choi on LinkedIn: Introducing O-RAN Y1 Near Real-Time RIC open interface (link)

• Earl Lum on LinkedIn: "Ericsson's Q1 2024 quarterly information brief had a guest speaker today, Adam Loddeke from AT&T who talked about AT&T's strategy for Open RAN…" (link)
• Jinsung (Alex) Choi on LinkedIn: 'HER'-Aware O-RAN (link)
• Light Reading: Let's stop pretending open RAN is in good health (link)
• Jinsung (Alex) Choi on LinkedIn - Mastering O-RAN RIC: Key Considerations for AI/ML Model Selection (link)
• Jinsung (Alex) Choi on LinkedIn: Platform Engineering, Standardization, and Best Practices for AI/ML in Telecom RAN (link)

⦿ Private Networks

• Private Networks Technology Blog: Advancing Digitalization and Sustainability for a Smarter and Greener Port (link)

⦿ Telecoms Infrastructure, Small Cells, Antennas & others

• Could transparent antennas resolve the mobile wireless densification challenges plaguing the cities? (link)
• Paul Rhodes on LinkedIn - Tuesday Thoughts: Multipurpose Infrastructure Part 3, a Quiet Revolution! (link)
• Paul Rhodes on LinkedIn - Friday Thoughts: Are Mobile Lattice Sites (in a forest that nobody sees) Ugly? (link)
• Telecoms Infrastructure Blog: KDDI's Power Backup Solutions (link)

⦿ IoT / M2M / Smart Homes

• MWL: Cellular IoT connections to reach 7.5B by end-2033 (link)
• RCR Wireless: Sigfox selected for smart water metering in Greece (link)
• LoRa Alliance: Evolution of LoRaWAN Standard Roadmap (link)

⦿ Virtualization, Cloud & Edge

• Jinsung (Alex) Choi on LinkedIn: Telco Edge AI and AI Model Delivery Network (MDN) (link)
• Light Reading: Telefónica Germany turns to AWS, Nokia in cloud core threat to Ericsson (link)
• Jinsung (Alex) Choi on LinkedIn: Key Insights from Telco Network Cloudification Whitepapers (link)
• Alok Tripathi on LinkedIn: Recordings of Network Transformation demos by Amazon Web Services (AWS) featuring network cloudification journey including CloudRAN optimization, smart-scaling of 5G Core and IMS resiliency etc (link)

⦿ AI, ML & Automation

• ETSI Artificial Intelligence (AI) Conference: Status, Implementation and Way Forward of AI Standardization (link)

• Jinsung (Alex) Choi on LinkedIn - From Spectrum to BSS: Unleashing GenAI’s Potential in Telecom (link)
• FutureNet World Insights - Fireside Chat: AIOps and automation driving network evolution and service innovation (link)
• Jinsung (Alex) Choi on LinkedIn - Navigating the Data Deluge: Smart Collection Strategies for Network AI/ML Applications (link)
• IEEE Comsoc Tech Blog - Unleashing Network Potentials: Current State and Future Possibilities with AI/ML (link)
• Jinsung (Alex) Choi on LinkedIn: "The comprehensive use of AI/ML technology in O-RAN is a key focus and will play a crucial role in advancing to 5G-Advanced and 6G, representing a significant milestone in the evolution of cellular networks…" (link)

⦿ Satellites, HAPS, Drones, UAVs & Space

• BT: Delivering a multi-orbital and multi-constellation space strategy (link)

⦿ Other News and Technology Stuff

• DOCOMO to Launch "NTT DOCOMO GLOBAL" for Global Expansion (link) – Discussion by analyst Dean Bubley here.
• Rudolf van der Berg on LinkedIn: "Meta lost to Deutsche Telekom in a court case about whether it could terminate its transit contract, but still let the traffic flow and call it peering…" (link)
• FutureNet World Insights - Panel: Network centric to service centric operating models: The model for growth? (link)

⦿ Picture of the week: This week I wrote about KDDI’s bendable solar cells that they are installing on the towers. My blog post here and KDDI’s announcement here.

Happy to hear your thoughts. Feel free let me know what worked, what didn’t, how I can make this better, etc. Get in touch over LinkedIn!

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