Mobile & Wireless Roundup #68
Welcome to the 68th edition of this newsletter. Some of you may be old enough to remember when IMT-2000, more popularly known as 3G, was rolled out, the main motivation was video calls. I remember vividly that in the beginning operators would not officially sell any 3G mobile unless there was a front and back camera. Now one has to remember that these cameras were something like 0.1 MP resolution.
The camera modules were also expensive for the device manufacturers. Some handset makers overcame the issue of putting multiple cameras by creating a rotating camera (examples being LG K8000 and Samsung SCH-X590). Then Nokia came up with Nokia 7600, a unique radical design with only a single camera.
By this time the operators had started to realise that users don’t care much video calling but love to use their phones as cameras and video recorders. Over the years the cameras and video recording functionality of the phones have steadily improved. They have gotten so good that unless you are a professional photographer or videographer you don’t care about carrying an additional gadget. The connectivity is an added bonus to be able to upload your memories or any other thing that you think is important, instantaneously.
Back in the 1980’s, as a young person I used to read a magazine called ‘2001’. The magazine predicted a lot of nonsense like we will have flying cars by the year 2000, we will power them with water, we would have started solving all the issues plaguing us, we would be safer, cleverer, etc. When I look at how things are going today, in 2023, it still seems as problematic as ?the 1980’s, only that we have a lot more technology and gadgets.
One of the things that makes me proud as someone directly involved with the mobile technology is that we were able to create the whole ecosystem to be able to bring the latest information to people at an amazing speed. The fact that you can record high-resolution images and videos and share it with people is allowing us to not just record good memories but also the ugly side, the war crimes and anything else that shouldn’t be happening. I say we give ourselves a pat on the back for being enablers of truth, happiness and justice for what we have achieved. Our task isn’t done though, lot of challenges still need to be overcome. Maybe we will revisit this topic once we know what 6G will look like.
For those of you who don’t know me, I am a technologist with over 24 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 others news that caught my attention since the last newsletter.
? 6G
? 5G
? 2G/3G
? Open & Disaggregated Networks (including Open RAN, vRAN, etc.)
? Spectrum
? Private Networks
? Telecoms Infrastructure, Small Cells, Antennas & others
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? IoT / M2M / Smart Homes
? Virtualization, Cloud & Edge
? Security & Privacy
? Smartphones, Devices, Wearables & Gadgets
? AI, ML & Automation
? Satellites, HAPS, Drones, UAVs & Space
? Wi-Fi
? Sustainability
? Other News and Technology Stuff
? Picture of the week: Today’s picture is one shared by Jamie Hayes on LinkedIn here. A Nokia small cell at London Kings Cross. As the post says, the download speed has improved from 40-50 Mbps to 200-240 Mbps.
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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1 年Hello. Thanks for creating this content and your YouTube channel. They are great content and very educational.
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1 年I truly enjoy reading your newsletter!
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1 年This newsletter has been compiled with contributions from Jinsung Choi, Toon Norp, Eugina Jordan, James Crawshaw, Dean Bubley, Roberto Kompany, Jamie Hayes and Paul Rhodes. Thanks as always for sharing stuff on LinkedIn & Twitter ??!