Recent analyst studies show that “Content Providers” are steadily taking control of the global communications infrastructure. This will have profound impacts on many industries, and the changes are still in early days.
Fox in the Hen House Re-match: Open RAN – Intel vs. Qualcomm Rematch – Intel is building up a software ecosystem in telecom equipment which may be their first success in 20 years of trying to break into the industry.
Our Heart is in Catalonia – Qualcomm has some interesting new products out there – promoting software and networking in ways that are new for the company.
More fun with acronyms: SD-WAN and SASE – An interesting corner of networking that could (maybe) become very important.
The Private Parts Networking – we like the technology behind private networks, it’s the business model that leaves us with a lot of questions.
The Gaming Internet – Why so Laggy? Early (hard to reverse) engineering choices and basic geography often underpin poor game networking conditions.
Gaming Internet – Networking may seem like a sideshow for developers, but it can have real financial impacts.
The Death Throes of Telecom – Boingo, Syniverse and MobiTV are being forced marched into the future. They will not be the last telecom networking companies to encounter this fate.
What we need is another standard – O-RAN is very interesting but is burdened by all the complexities of the telecom ecosystem, with the added baggage of US politics.
Choose Your Fighter – Networking is a growing pain point for the gaming industry, but solving the problem will be hard across gaming’s diversified ecosystem.