A rock and a hard place – how NB-IoT finally escaped the long shadow of 5G (and LTE-M, and 2G) – IoT Insights
Could the 6G Business Case Stumble on Deployment & Operational Support?
As well as scheduled 6GSymposium conference sessions, additional material includes this talk from Spirent’s Stephen Douglas. While much conversation focusses on the air interface, spectrum or security, the telecoms environment has historically struggled with monetisation. These depend on critical operational areas that turn a technology into a business. Are we learning the lessons from previous […]
Video Interview: 6G Academy, Skills & the Future of Work
In a conversation recorded for 6GSymposium this week, 6GWorld talks with the founder of 5G Courses Piotr Pietrzyk about his new venture, 6G Academy, and what pressures on the workforce lie behind it.
Putting the Human into Data-Driven Economies
Advertising-driven “attention economy” services reinforce an overused, but pithy, quotation that “If you’re not paying for the product, you are not the customer; you are the product being sold”. Regardless of the contested truth of that statement, the popularity of the sentiment reflects a public perception that the relationship between consumers and those using their data is in some way broken.
Is it possible to reformulate the relationship between data-oriented companies and public bodies and the customers whose data they use? According to a recent collaboration between the WEF and the City of Helsinki, yes.
CxO Interview: Disruption and Regulation in Global Mobile Payments
Digital economies function using at least three critical elements: The easy movement of information; the easy movement of money; and the rigorous management of identity. Founded in 2009, Boku is no newcomer to the world of mobile payments and has expertise in at least two of those three areas. So, when the opportunity arose to speak with Mark Stannard, Boku’s Chief Business Officer, 6GWorld™ leapt at the chance.
