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.
October 12, 2023
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Todd R Weiss explore the growth and maturation of 5G underpins the debut of the Nokia DAC PW Compact solution, the Blackberry IoT business...
October 4, 2023
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Todd R Weiss explore the top takeaways from the MWC23 Las Vegas show, including Nokia’s Network as Code debut, the launch of T-Mobile SASE,...
September 20, 2023
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Todd R Weiss explore how major CSPs such as Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, and Verizon are conducting new tests and pushing the envelope across GenAI,...
September 13, 2023
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Steven Dickens explore recent developments by major cloud players including the debut of VMware Private Mobile Network, Azure for Operators expanding ISV collaboration, and...
September 6, 2023
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Olivier Blanchard explore how recent developments by Qualcomm, Ericsson, and Vodafone help position the 5G ecosystem to play a more integral role in advancing...
September 1, 2023
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Todd Weiss examine fiber’s vital role in 5G builds and innovation, including how Nokia, Ciena, and Calix fiber portfolio capabilities boost 5G deployments and...
August 30, 2023
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Olivier Blanchard look into the key developments across on-device AI, automobile zonal architectures, and SDV/EV innovations that recently impacted the 5G ecosystem....
August 17, 2023
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Todd Weiss assess the major developments across vRAN technology including Intel’s vRAN Boost innovation, Samsung committing to vRAN Boost, Ericsson using Intel 18A, and...
August 11, 2023
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Steven Dickens examine how the major 5G carriers are advancing their 5G sustainability and ESG goals with Vodafone, T-Mobile, Orange, and Telefonica shining....
August 4, 2023
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Todd Weiss examine the key developments across the communications service provider (CSP) market with a dive into 2023 and future CapEx trends, T-Mobile’s addition...
July 27, 2023
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Clint Wheelock examine the impact AI is having throughout the 5G ecosystem addressing Qualcomm’s view that the future of AI is hybrid with 5G...
July 18, 2023
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Clint Wheelock explore how chipmakers are powering innovation across the 5G ecosystem including Qualcomm advocacy of operators accelerating their 5G Standalone implementations to spur...
