022: 5G is Dead, Long Live 5G! w/ Nokia's Danial Mausoof

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this podcast, we are going to take another look at 5G. In our last episode, we discussed whether Telcos will be able to monetise their 5G investments. We were pretty harsh in our criticism of the 5G ecosystem, but that doesn’t mean that I don’t think 5G will be a game changer. Rather, I just think we need to reset our expectations of capabilities and benefits that 5G will bring to the market.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Yes, 5G will bring faster speeds, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, we sat down with</span> <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/danialm/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Danial Mausoof</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, Nokia’s Global Sales Head for Enterprise Services, to discuss what differentiates 5G from traditional networks - and and whether 5G will become the tech industry buzzword that FINALLY lives up to the HYPE. .</span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style= "color: #c0392b; text-decoration: underline;">Show Notes:</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">01:30 Danial’s career journey with Motorola Solutions &</span> <a href= "https://www.nokia.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Nokia</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">09:05 What differentiates 5G from the existing networks like 4G?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">12:40 Today’s 5G networks deliver faster speeds, but there is still more spectrum to be allocated that will support future 5G services (e.g. mission-critical services). How do you see 5G deployments evolving?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">17:00 Nokia recently released its “</span><a href= "https://www.nokia.com/networks/5g/readiness-report/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">5G Readiness Report</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">”, where it surveyed 1,628 global technology decision makers about “5G+ enabled dig