/continuingstudies/taxonomy/term/1557/all en /continuingstudies/article/preparing-5g-brave-new-world <p>The foregoing discussion (re: Parts 1 to 3 of this blog series) has attempted to demystify the fascinatingly complex and dynamic story of the global launch of 5G and associated opportunities and challenges. A key theme in this discussion is that 5G is fundamentally <i>different</i> from previous generations of mobile technology.</p> Fri, 09 Oct 2020 14:55:32 +0000 John Nikolopoulos 9948 at /continuingstudies /continuingstudies/article/inconvenient-elephants-room-5gs-potential-impacts-health-and-environment <p>The 5G geopolitics discussed previously (re: Part 2 of my blog) have also spilled into the health arena as well. Early reports of the spread of the coronavirus in China <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-conspiracy-5g-masts-fire-2020-4#according-to-uk-fact-checking-website-full-fact-the-theory-had-evolved-to-draw-in-coronavirus-by-january-2020-3">suggested connections with some of the early 5G deployments</a> in the country and voilà – a new conspiracy theory was born!</p> Fri, 09 Oct 2020 14:46:45 +0000 John Nikolopoulos 9947 at /continuingstudies /continuingstudies/article/5g-unleashing-massive-market-opportunity-and-innovation <p>In my mind, 5G fundamentally changes the game by enabling, for the first time, <i>innovation at scale</i> <i>and speed</i>. And this innovation is anchored across a number of new capabilities, or what some in the industry are increasingly referring to as “currencies” – <a href="https://www.verizonwireless.com/business/articles/business/5g-network-performance-attributes/">Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg refers to a total of <b>8</b> that are in play</a>!</p> Fri, 09 Oct 2020 15:13:00 +0000 John Nikolopoulos 9946 at /continuingstudies /continuingstudies/article/mobile-history-standards-and-dramatic-launch-5g <p>For some, 5G, as in “fifth generation”, might sound as something familiar following the “standard” approximate <a href="https://www.verizon.com/about/our-company/5g/difference-between-3g-4g-5g">10 year cycle upgrades in mobile technology</a> that the market has witnessed through the 1G to 4G generations over the last 35 – 40 years. With each generation, the first question that always seems to arise is, “So what is the killer app?” The first generation, or 1G, was launched in the 1980s and focused on basic voice connectivity.</p> Fri, 09 Oct 2020 14:40:00 +0000 John Nikolopoulos 9945 at /continuingstudies /continuingstudies/article/understanding-and-preparing-coming-mobile-5g-tsunami <p>What do COVID-19, self-driving transport, smart cities, cloud gaming,<a name="_Hlk45579086" id="_Hlk45579086">the </a><a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-inside-the-final-hours-that-led-to-the-arrest-of-huawei-executive-meng/">Canadian arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou in 2018</a>, President Trump signing the <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/893/text">“Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act</a>” in March 2020, various <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/11360676/coronavirus-5g-conspiracy-theories-celebrities-politicians-influencers-woody-harre</body></html>"></a></p> Fri, 09 Oct 2020 15:08:35 +0000 John Nikolopoulos 9949 at /continuingstudies