The Need for a 5G Reset (with John Smee, Qualcomm)

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In a recent social post, Leonard Lee, Executive Analyst of neXt Curve, suggested a reset of the 5G discussion to address over-shooting disillusionment and forgoing of potentially transformative 5G opportunities. The post was well received and prompted neXt Curve to reach out one of Qualcomm’s key 5G thought leaders, John Smee, SVP of Engineering and Wireless Research, for a coffee talk at Philz Coffee in San Diego to have an unscripted (John had no idea what we were going to talk about) discussion what is need to give 5G a reset onto a slope of enlightenment and toward a path of transformational value for consumers, enterprises, and industries.
This is what Leonard and John touched on in their impromptu, unedited chat on resetting 5G:
* John "Mr. 5G" Smee (00:29)
* We need a 5G reset! (01:00)
* John's Take: The 5G Backstory to the present (02:32)
* John's Take: The continuous wave of 5G technologies, devices, and use cases (03:40)
* John's Take: The industrial 5G learning curve (04:26)
* John's Take: The post-pandemic reevaluation (04:46)
* John's Take: The halfway point of the 5G technology roadmap (05:05)
* John's Take: New 5G opportunities and use cases (05:36)
* John's Take: The 5G evolution of mobile computing (07:02)
* John's Take: The consumer and enterprise 5G learning curve (07:24)
* Leonard's Take: 5G is an evolution before the revolution (08:03)
* Leonard's Take: The essentiality of tuning into the 5G evolution and roadmap (08:55)
* Leonard's Take: The Connected Intelligent Edge (CIE) - Reinventing mobile computing with 5G (09:33)
* John's Take: The 5G-driven rethinking of distribute/mobile computing in an era of AI (10:22)
* John's Take: Hybrid AI = Cloud AI + On-Device AI (12:16)
* Leonard's Take: Emerging technology trends - Hybrid AI + Hybrid Cloud + Edge AI (13:37)
* Leonard's Take: The 5G reset will require looking beyond connectivity (14:14)
* Leonard's Take: Innovation driven by the fusion of new 5G features (15:35)
* John's Take: 5G magic at the confluence of compute and connectivity platforms (16:40)
* Leonard's Take: System-of-systems level innovation enabled by 5G feature fusion (17:50)
* John's Take: 5G infrastructures will be intelligent and perceptive/sensory networks (19:37)
* Leonard's Take: 5G innovation can't happen without an understanding of the technology (21:48)
* John's Take: The long 5G cycle of invention, investment, and innovation (22:24)
* John's Take: 5G is an evolution of an ecosystem of many parts and parties (23:18)
* It's a wrap! (25:19)
Click here to watch Leonard’s interview with John Smee at Qualcomm's 5G Summit 2022 where they talk about 5G Advanced and the future of mobile wireless: https://youtu.be/hHq0-rcDG9k
You can also check out the series of interviews with Qualcomm executives on the topics of Open RAN, robotics, Arm-based PCs, 5G, 6G and more from our Qualcomm 5G Summit 2022 playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP3dYO9cW115fGGji2z65HIy9lp4vTK36
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