Regularly hosted by Ron Westfall, The 5G Factor covers the latest news in communications networks to help you navigate the landscape of mobile and cloud technologies, edge networking, data networking, CSP networks, orchestration, and more.
January 16, 2024
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Steven Dickens review why HPE’s game changing $14 billion acquisition of Juniper represents an important inflection point in the industry that can redefine how...
January 12, 2024
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Todd R Weiss review the 5G ecosystem winners of 2023 and investigate key 2024 trends including Open RAN moves by Vodafone, Adobe identifying smartphones...
December 19, 2023
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Todd R Weiss review major new Open RAN developments including the massive $14 billion Ericsson AT&T Open RAN Deal, Nokia’s return to Deutsche Telekom,...
December 12, 2023
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Olivier Blanchard review key 5G-related AI and PC developments including HP Q4 hints at PC market recovery, T-Mobile’s secure 5G laptop push, and Qualcomm’s...
December 6, 2023
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Todd R Weiss review key 5G FWA developments including the T-Mobile Verizon 5G FWA horse race, Nokia’s new FastMile FWA products, and Ericsson’s recommendations...
November 28, 2023
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Todd R Weiss review key telco GenAI developments such as Netcracker’s introduction of its GenAI Telco solution, the Amdocs NVIDIA GenAI partnership, and SKT...
November 21, 2023
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Todd R Weiss review Rogers Business using IoT and smart energy proposition, AT&T Connected Climate Initiative, and Orange launching the Sophie Germain vessel to...
November 13, 2023
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Qualcomm’s Durga Malladi discuss why 5G is making massive strides worldwide today and the critical steps such as 5G Advanced preparedness, 5G SA acceleration,...
November 8, 2023
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Todd R Weiss assess key 5G-IoT ecosystem developments including Nokia’s new Global Traffic 2030 report and Technology Strategy 2030 vision, Juniper’s O-RAN SMO and...
November 1, 2023
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Olivier Blanchard assess the 5G innovation breakthroughs coming out of Snapdragon Summit and Lenovo Tech World including the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and Snapdragon...
October 31, 2023
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Todd R Weiss examine how major CSPs are demonstrating their 5G prowess with AT&T delivering solid Q3 results, Vodadone and Snam advancing 5G hybrid...
October 20, 2023
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Olivier Blanchard examine major 5G ecosystem developments including the debut of new Google Pixel products, Intel’s entry into the AI PC space with Core...
