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Back for day 2 at #Fyuz22 - breakout session on TIP work on fixed broadband, optical & transport
10 TIP sub-groups on fixed broadband

Various commercial devices (more quant detail later in the keynote sessions)
Now FBB group doing disaggregated BNg & whitebox OLT
Lot of focus in fixed side of @TelecomInfraP is for mobile backhaul / fronthaul transport

OOPT doing disagg cell site gateways, routers, also planning tools & simulation

#Fyuz22
Just noticed “metaverse ready transport” in that chart.

Sigh.
… although I guess as long as it’s not as awful a vision as the #F5G nonsense I saw last week from WBBA I can deal with the hype-driven name
Disagg router & SDN being tested

KDDI & Turkcell done early tests
This is the Metaverse-ready MANTRA group at TIP

Focus on IPoWDM, so right down in the real source of value

No idea what “their party alien wavelengths” are!

Pluggable tranceivers, and combined transponder + router chassis

Exploratory stage. PoC in 2023
Hadn’t really heard of @IPInfusion before

Interesting to see reference to @netomnia in UK FTTX network
Now up, @MarvellTech talking about 5G fronthaul transport via Ethernet

Unclear to me that most FTTX providers are following this closely. Some talk about small cell backhaul. But limited mention of xHaul
This venue - IFEMA Palacio Municipal - has some great architecture, but it also has absolutely ludicrous “safety” theatre

It has a pre-session video longer than an aircraft safety demo, and the utterly stupid badge-scanning 100x a day at multiple points in the building
The mic for the keynote didn’t work. Ooops.

Guess they spent the audiovisual budget on the badge-scanning gadgets (which use veeeeery slow NFC) & army of human monitors wielding them
Definitely looks like TIP moving towards a pre-integrated “system” model for #OpenRAN

Makes sense to me - basically reference designs IMO

Supply diversification = more systems integrators
Cringey-but-understandable (as it’s media friendly)

“Metaverse ready”

Curious to see if in the literature it gets a capital M or not. If it’s Metaverse rather than metaverse then it’ll be a major category error
Good to hear recognition from @meta @Meta_Cx panellist that most AR/VR in medium term will be delivered on home WiFi

TIP metaverse group aiming to foster understanding of QoS, interop, measurements etc - may read across to the mobile domain

Sees TIP as "primary community"

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More from @disruptivedean

Oct 30
In Riga, Latvia for this year’s @5GTechritory event… where I’m moderating a panel tomorrow on future #6G policy and industry structure

#5Gtechritory #6Greset Image
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Kicking off with Latvia’s Prime Minister addressing the 7th edition of #5GTechritory

Refs innovation in 5G & 6G - plus emphasis on 5G for defence and military use-cases

Also highlights Latvia’s innovation in quantum tech Image
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Next up @BERECeuropaeu vice-chair Mourik

Pointing to eventful 2025 ahead

Refs DMA & DSA already enacted, plus NIS2 on cybersecurity in force. Notes issue of network resilience importance in era of Russian aggression (big focus in Baltics) Image
Read 12 tweets
Sep 12
New Secretary of State (minister) for telecoms & tech @RhonddaBryant about to take stage at #ConnectedBritain

Curious to hear about:

- any changes to current broadband policies
- views on spectrum
- views on competition, esp we BT/OR
- alignment / divergence with EU
- planning
First speech on telecoms “fairly comprehensive”

UK has “great potential” but struggles eg GDP/capita

“Fix the foundations” is the current govt trope overall

“Help us achieve ambition of ‘only connect’”

Investment needs to be driven by competition. Want to support to invest
Talking about light touch but maybe “enforced standards” and evidence-based

Rollout of “digital” infra…

… made progress on gigabit, 4G, 5G, SRN etc

“Ambitions have not changed, if anything they’ve grown”

Refs 5G SA for support of police video (everywhere). Hmm
Read 13 tweets
Jul 6
New UK @SciTechgovuk Secretary of State is @peterkyle

Some recommendations for telecoms & innovation:

- Don’t get hung up on specific network techs like 5G or fibre. There’s a wide range & a mix is good
- Be wary of numerical targets that are easy but not meaningful
- … 🧵
- AI it’s important & shiny but don’t ignore connectivity & semiconductors
- Don’t just listen to big companies or their lobby groups. Tech diversity of size & specialism is key
- Infra sharing everywhere - wholesale networks for mobile & fibre, spectrum-sharing, datacentres etc
- ignore calls to try to tax Internet traffic, regulate interconnect or emulate the worst elements of the EU’s DMA or recent white paper
- liaise closely with colleagues involved with planning, electricity / transport infra to optimise network deployment & synergies
Read 9 tweets
Oct 27, 2022
Back at #Fyuz22 for the #metaverse connectivity session

Curious to see the balance of “the metaverse” vs “a metaverse” in discussion and presentations
(A bit of history - I wrote one of the first ever market research reports on #VR #VirtualReality in about 1995, when I was working at UK analyst firm Datamonitor. It was published by FT Managerment Reports. Wish I could find a copy to look at my predictions again)
Speakers talking about metaverse use-cases

Accenture sees MV as a “deep stack”, not just an app layer. Referencing creator economy, customer engagement for brands etc

Vodafone panellist talking about “exploration” and travel uses
Read 58 tweets
Oct 26, 2022
Interesting to see sessions with infrastructure & tower companies at #Fyuz22

Here @DBRG_Group which owns all sorts of relevant assets like @freshwavegroup @boingo & @ZayoGroup

Talking about investment angle on OpenRAN etc Image
Big footprint now

Aiming for more in Asia in future as well

@AtlasEdgeDC is a JV with @libertyglobal ImageImage
Looking at the details on @boingo & @AtlasEdgeDC I can join the dots between Digital Bridge and #OpenRAN / #OpenWiFi ImageImage
Read 12 tweets
Oct 26, 2022
In the satellite / HAPS session at #FYUZ22

Panellist from @InmarsatGlobal @omnispace @midokura @AalyriaTech

Omnispace working via roaming using 3GPP standards

Sony unit midokura does sensing units (using any connectivity, wireless or fixed)
Interesting from Inmarsat talking about fit of O-RAN or possibly @SmallCell_Forum nFAPI with LEO satellites

Could put bits of RU/DU in space

RIC could have an NTN-specific xApp - very different problems for RF & spectrum management in space domain, eg moving satellites
Open RAN framework eg O-RAN could make it easier for multiple satellite providers to avoid reinventing the wheel for cellular connectivity
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