Top Insights from Mobile World Congress 2024 (with Earl Lum and Marc Pous)

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Welcome to the neXt Curve reThink series that focuses on the state of Open RAN and the future of open standards and technologies in mobile wireless infrastructure - The Radio to the RIC.
In this installment of the Radio to the RIC series, Leonard and Earl and special guest, Marc Pous of balena.io provide their full recap of their puts and takes from Mobile World Congress 2024 held in Barcelona. The trio just finished grueling week of analyst briefings, interviews, dinners, and receptions settling at Denassus, a wonderful tapas bar in Poble Sec to enjoy good food and drink while synthesizing thoughts on the key takes and insights from #mwc2024
The trio talk about:
* (1:33) Present first!
* (2:12) Open RAN - Is it really open or just conveniently kinda open?
* (5:03) Is IoT truly dead or on its way to resurrection?
* (7:59) Non-terrestrial networks - viable or a lesson unlearned?
* (10:50) What happened to metaverse?
* (11:05) Did generative AI have an impact beyond hype?
* (14:45) Private 5G networks - is it its time?
* (18:45) 6G is still an open question searching for a purpose
* (19:40) The EU Cyber Resilience Act of 2024 - a business opportunity?
* (20:50) 5G's time is arriving and we may ignore it to detriment
* (24:04) It's a wrap!
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