The 6G Podcast by Moor Insights & Strategy

In this episode of The G2 on 5G, Anshel and Will Cover: 1. T-Mobile 5G FWA rollout slated for 2021- can it help bridge the digital divide? 2. SK Telecom and Deutsche Telekom 5G Joint Venture 3. Dish announces its 5G deployment won’t happen until 2H 2021 - why it’s puzzling 4. Apple and Google join Next G Alliance for 6G 5. China launches 6G test satellite - does it kick off a new race to 6G? 6. Ch...

In this episode of The G2 on 5G, Anshel and Will Cover: 1. SK Telecom reports soaring profit and points to 5G as a catalyst 2. Qualcomm and T-Mobile Earnings - Huge 5G Momentum 3. Mavenir pulls the plug on its IPO - is there trouble in Open RAN paradise? 4. Smartphone Market Share Changes, Samsung #1, Huawei #2, Xiaomi #3 and Apple Slips to #4 5. Vodafone UK replacing Huawei with Open RAN for 5G -...

In this episode of The G2 on 5G, Anshel and Will Cover: 1. Recent Cisco 5G announcements with AT&T for IoT and Verizon for MEC propel gains in its service provider business 2. T-Mobile 5G Mid-Band Rollout - 400+ cities 3. Ericsson Cloud RAN portfolio and what it means for 5G deployments 4. US DoD Spectrum Sharing Announcement 5. FCC 5G Fund for Rural America - where will the ~$9B be spent? 6. NBA...

In this episode of The G2 on 5G, Anshel and Will Cover: 1. Nokia to deliver 5G on the moon? 2. Verizon, Ericsson & Qualcomm hit 5 Gbps in Lab/ Q3 Base Station deployment more than all of 2019 3. Qualcomm 5G RAN infrastructure announcement 4. China Mobile 44m New 5G Subscribers in Q3 5. 6G Symposium and possible technology platform enablers 6. T-Mobile 5G Venture Fund

In this episode of The G2 on 5G, Anshel and Will Cover: 1. Nokia predicts $8T in GDP generated by 2030 through 5G private networking; is that realistic? 2. Operators 5G Marketing leading Up to iPhone 12 Event 3. AT&T extends FirstNet to the U.S. Army; what’s the significance? 4. iPhone 12 5G AppleEvent - Carrier Promos Aggressive 5. Qualcomm 5G Summit next week; expectations of key announcements 6...

In this episode of The G2 on 5G, Anshel and Will Cover: 1. Cisco launches disruptive CDN edge enabled architecture with two partners - how could 5G supercharge the effort long term? 2. T-Mobile tests 5G carrier aggregation with LG, Ericsson and MediaTek 3. USPS wants to help deliver national 5G - could they really play a role? 4. Pixel 4a 5G and Pixel 5 5. Mavenir seeks $100M IPO timed to Open RAN...

In Standalone Edition Episode 23 of The G2 on 5G, Anshel and Will have T-Mobile’s Peter Linder, Head of 5G Marketing of North America and talk about: 1. 5G Use Cases 2. 5G Mid-Band opportunities and technologies 3. Private Networks and enterprise 5G use cases 4. The impact of Long Reach mmWave on 5G

In this episode of The G2 on 5G, Anshel and Will Cover: 1. MWC 21 moves to the summer of 2021- anticipated themes and 5G related announcements 2. Samsung, Verizon & Qualcomm Announce 5G Small Cells for Indoor 3. AT&T to deliver 5G and NaaS to three Air Force Bases in the U.S. 4. Amazon Luna Cloud Gaming + AWS Wavelength adds 3 more cities with Verizon (Atlanta, NYC and DC) 5. U.S. Dept of Defense...

In this episode of The G2 on 5G, Anshel, Will and Mark Cover: 1. MVNO World Congress & 5G opportunities including Fixed Wireless Access - FWA 2. Netgear Mobile 5G Router on AT&T 3. Qualcomm + US Cellular Hit 3 Miles at 200 Mbps with mmWave in Rural Wisconsin Settings 4. AT&T COVID-19 Silver Lining – Learning to Adapt to the Unexpected 5. Verizon buying Tracfone for $6B 6. Apple Event – Apple Watch...

In this episode of The G2 on 5G, Anshel and Will Cover: 1. Cisco’s rural broadband efforts - can Open RAN help? 2. Casa Systems AurusAI High-Power mmWave CPE for 5G 3. Samsung and Verizon partner on a $6.6B infrastructure deal to support next-generation 5G services 4. T-Mobile MU-MIMO 2.5 GHz 5G - 8 Users @ 700 Mbps, Peak throughput of 5.6 Gbps with a 16-layers of MU-MIMO (currently only 8 streams...

In this episode of The G2 on 5G, Anshel and Will Cover: 1. Cisco’s rural broadband efforts - can Open RAN help? 2. Casa Systems AurusAI High-Power mmWave CPE for 5G 3. Samsung and Verizon partner on a $6.6B infrastructure deal to support next-generation 5G services 4. T-Mobile MU-MIMO 2.5 GHz 5G - 8 Users @ 700 Mbps, Peak throughput of 5.6 Gbps with a 16-layers of MU-MIMO (currently only 8 streams...

In this episode of The G2 on 5G, Anshel and Will Cover: 1. Telefonica Germany partners with AWS for 5G core virtualization 2. Qualcomm IFA 2020 - Snapdragon 4 Series 5G, Acer 8CX 5G, Live Nation Partnership 3. The SoftBank fire sale continues 4. StarLink and OneWeb Developments 5. Verizon and Dish spend big bucks in recent PAL 3.5GHz auction to shore up 5G gaps 6. T-Mobile rolls out 2.5 GHz Mid-Ba...

In this episode of The G2 on 5G, Anshel and Will Cover: 1. CBRS PAL auction recap 2. Qualcomm & Ericsson 5G SA CA Interoperability test @ 2.5 GHz hits 2.5 Gbps 3. British Telecom braces for takeover defense 4. Open signal shows that the US has some of the slowest 5G in the world 5. Dish teases with dynamic pricing models for 5G - does it make sense? 6. Verizon will stream NASCAR in 360 over 5G fro...

In Standalone Episode 17 of The G2 on 5G, Anshel and Will have T-Mobile’s John Saw, EVP of Advanced and Emerging Technology and talk about: 1. Vision for compelling 5G use cases 2. How does your Sprint experience benefit the new T-mobile from an enterprise services perspective (talk to Will’s Forbes contributions highlighting this point) 3. How do the recent SA announcement and broad-spectrum foot...

In this episode of The G2 on 5G, Anshel and Will Cover: 1. White House Orders Freeing of 100 MHz of mid-band spectrum for 5G 2. White House Orders Freeing of 100 MHz of mid-band spectrum for 5G Cont’d 3. Rakuten 2Q financials and insights into its 5G deployment journey 4. Ericsson hits 100 5G deals 5. Huawei feels the effects of the semiconductor blockade with TSMC and will cease production on a k...

In this episode of The G2 on 5G, Anshel and Will Cover: 1. T-Mobile earnings recap and SA announcement; preview of John Saw debut on the SA Edition on Friday, Aug 21st 2. South Korean Average 5G Download is 656.6 Mbps which is 4x faster than Typical Korean LTE speeds, SKT 788.97 and KT at 652.1 and LG U+ at 528.6 3. Intel and VMware vRAN announcement T-Mobile 5G Analyst Call About 2.5 GHz and Stan...

In this episode of The G2 on 5G, Anshel and Will Cover: Deutsche Telekom 5G deployment progress Qualcomm & Apple Earnings & 5G iPhone Delays CBRS PAL auction update and what it means for enabling future 5G private networking use cases T-Mobile 5G Analyst Call About 2.5 GHz and Standalone 5G Low orbit satellite “space race” involving OneWeb rescue plans and what it means for 5G backhaul OpenXR Mome...

In the latest episode of The G2 on 5G, Anshel and Will Cover: 1. The Chinese government is mulling sanctions against Nokia & Ericsson - is it rational despite the ongoing pressure by the United States? Across the pond the United Kingdom is exploring 5G assistance from Japan given the Huawei void - but are NEC and Fujitsu capable? 2. T-Mo 5G Update, Standalone 5G in Q3 and Adding 2.5 in Houston, Ch...

In the latest episode of The G2 on 5G, Anshel and Will Cover: 1. Samsung lays out its vision and initial plans for 6G - key takeaways from its recently published white paper 2. Verizon stops using certain 5G ads that were found to be inaccurate based on Verizon's actual coverge 3. Deconstructing the impact of Open RAN - Will’s Forbes article this week 4. UK Bans Huawei 5G Infrastructure Nationwide...

In this episode, Anshel and Will Cover: 1. Nokia ORAN announcement and promise of a complete solution in 2021 2. 3GPP Release 16 Released, Quick Recap, Will Cover Deeper in next Podcast. 3. AWS Telco Symposium - impressions and insights 4. GSA Reports there are now 317 5G devices, up from 112 in May (135 phones (95 unveiled) plus 85 CPE, 49 modules, 22 hotspots, 5 laptops and 21 other devices. 76%...

In this episode, Anshel and Will Cover: 1. FCC immediately cuts off Universal Service Fund for US rural operator maintenance of Chinese cellular infrastructure - is it too abrupt? 2. T-Mobile 60-Mile 5G Connection, Deactivates Sprint’s 2.5 GHz 5G and closes sale of Boost to Dish 3. Dish embraces ORAN but picks puzzling partners including Fujitsu - and a shoutout to Mavenir! 4. South Korea has almo...

In Episode 9 of The G2 on 5G, Anshel Sag and Will Townsend Cover: 1. New Nokia CEO to take helm one month early and my recommendations for his initial priorities 2. GSA Report - 97 Operators in 17 countries hold mmWave spectrum for 5G with 24-29 GHz being the most commonly held bands 3. HPE Discover and HPE Edge Orchestrator announcement - what it means for operators deploying 5G networks and edge...

In Episode 8 of The G2 on 5G, Anshel Sag and Will Townsend Cover: T-Mobile outage and FCC Chairman response - why he is dead wrong! Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 and RB5 launch, bringing 5G to new segments AND Verizon adds Lenovo 5G PC to lineup GSMA cancellation of MWC Americas and why a virtual event could have finally cemented its relevance Nokia taps Broadcom for 5G chipsets US moves to subsidize Br...

In this episode of The G2 on 5G, Anshel And Will cover a broad array of topics including: 1. China Unicom operates 130,000 5G base stations nationwide, one report states, another states China may end the year with 600,000 5G base stations among all carriers; China Unicom Americas appears to become first restricted foreign entity in US 2. Finland 5G Operators all get 800 MHz in mmWave in 25 GHz to...

A special episode for recent events including: Public Safety Crowd-Sourced Journalism Live Streaming over 5G Mixed Reality Experiences