Saul Friedner, Author at Real Wireless

Real Wireless plays crucial role on spectrum requirements for 5G in European Commission 5G report

by Saul Friedner | Mar 11, 2016 | 5G, Real Wireless blog, Uncategorised

At a workshop in Brussels this week, the final results of our eagerly-awaited study on the socioeconomic impact of 5G in Europe, were presented to the European Commission and interested stakeholders. The in-depth report has been produced by experts and academics from...

The evolution of regulation for telecoms by 2020

by Saul Friedner | Dec 11, 2015 | Real Wireless blog, Uncategorised

Telecoms regulation needs to evolve to cope with a rapidly changing industry — the traditional mechanisms are no longer working. With mergers and new entrants complicating the marketplace, regulators must find a way to balance competition with encouraging investment...

Future of the mobile industry: network operators must increase capacity without irritating customers with higher prices and data caps

by Saul Friedner | Nov 30, 2015 | Real Wireless blog, Uncategorised

At the end of October, Real Wireless hosted a breakfast meeting with Bloomberg to discuss what the future holds for the mobile industry. Around 40 Bloomberg subscribers from across a number of sectors, including financial institutions, telecom vendors, analysts and...

MoD spectrum auction — business as usual or time for new entrants?

by Saul Friedner | Nov 13, 2015 | Real Wireless blog, Uncategorised

The recently announced MoD spectrum auction is the culmination of 10 years’ work, numerous reports and even more consultations — some of which I’ve been fortunate enough to be involved with. It’s taken a lot of effort to get to this point and, as one of the first...

Industry verticals can see the benefit of 5G — but trust is still an issue

by Saul Friedner | Oct 27, 2015 | 5G, Real Wireless blog, Uncategorised

Last week in Brussels, Real Wireless helped deliver the second and final workshop of the “5G Socioeconomic” study for the European Commission. The event saw attendees from four vertical sectors — automotive, healthcare, transport and utilities — each with their own...

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C-RAN – all still up in the air?

by Simon Fletcher | Aug 27, 2020

C-RAN seems to have been a long time coming. I first started exploring the potential of C-RAN back in 2007. Since then there’s been a great deal of industry talk and thousands of pages of standards describing dozens of C-RAN architectures. And I’m still waiting. Cloud...

Can Satcoms at sea improve operations on land?

by Mike Walsh | Aug 27, 2020

We write a lot about the needs of industry and how LTE, Wi-Fi, DAS and 5G, incorporated into a private network, could improve logistics and security and underpin just-in-time operations for airports, sea-ports, factories, stadiums, malls or local government. But what...

Connected vehicles: The long and winding road

The automotive industry’s goal was for every new vehicle to be connected by 2022. Now, less than 18 months out, things are more or less on track. But on track for what? M2M vehicle connectivity is already widely available. This enables a vehicle to be connected to an...

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