One of the Best Ways to understand telecom
I’ve been covering the industry since 1999, always trying to get closer to the truth. I’ve learned from the best. If you’re trying to understand telecom, I’m always happy to exchange ideas without charge. Consulting rates are fair. Dave Burstein daveb@dslprime.com
Don’t Believe The Hype
- Nothing is a bigger scam than 5G. Latency is little improved from 4G. 5G: It still does nothing important. The 5G Emperor has no clothes.
- Open RAN will probably be a good thing, but sales will be modest for years. Still many challenges. Nokia & Ericsson blocking essential interop testing.
- Telco Edge Networks are minuscule outside Asia.
- 5G will not change life in India. The pundits and politicians have been scammed.
Maybe Believe: Ones to watch
- RISC-V chip designs are accelerating. The processor is open source and royalty-free.
- Michael Waring, possibly the most effective marketer in telecom, now CEO of Calix. The stock has tripled since Michael pivoted the company to systems that help its customers sell.
- Accelercomm Professor Rob Maunder improves wireless performance through better coding software
- Tarana Wireless Andrea Goldsmith tells me wireless has plenty of room for improvement. Tarana claims to have done it, with $100 million in sales to prove it.
- Positron Access G.hn works well. It’s a very fast and cheap way to use existing wires to connect fiber to the basement or wireless to the rooftop

Prof Eli Noam’s 1, 2, Many Internets
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Element: Customers love fiber
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India, France, US Partial Winners in US DOD Open Ran Tests
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Bringing Evidence to US Spectrum Policy
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Can America add 10M lines of fiber in 2023? Moffett says no.
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Network Slicing: So far, few will buy (Q)
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Ericsson & Verizon: Fiber not required for 5G
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Don’t Believe The Hype
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Hans Vestberg: Liar of the month for false latency claims
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According to @CounterPointTR, the contribution of exports in ‘Made in India’ smartphone shipments reached 20% and 30% in terms of volume and value in 2022, respectively.
https://www.fortuneindia.com/technology/made-in-india-smartphone-shipments-dip-3-yoy-in-2022/112092
#smartphones #smartphoneshipments #Mobile
There’s a mounting concern about #ChatGPT. Italy is the first country to temporarily ban it https://www.ft.com/content/3ce7ed9d-df95-4f5f-a3c7-ec8398ce9c50
ZTE: New record of 400G QPSK transmission without electric regenerators in existing network
https://www.zte.com.cn/global/about/news/china-mobile-and-zte-launch-the-worlds-first-pilot-of-400g-qpsk.html
Great article from @Reuters that show how India’s mobile phone market is witnessing a shift towards premium phones with richer features, and #Samsung is leading the pack, overtaking #Xiaomi as the top seller.
https://www.reuters.com/technology/xiaomis-slow-shift-india-premium-smartphones-helps-samsung-steal-its-crown-2023-03-16/
@Samsung @Xiaomi #technology #technews #India
the South Korean government recently announced an additional investment of US$51 million to promote South Korea’s Metaverse *** amsung, Pixel, And Vivo Users Are Advised To Turn Off VoLTE And Wi-Fi Calling
T-Mobile’s $1.2B purchase price for Mint values each customer around $450.
That’s more than the $300 Verizon paid for Tracfone but less than the $575 that GTCR spent when it purchased MVNO Consumer Cellular for around $2.3 billion in 2020. https://www.lightreading.com/5g-and-beyond/t-mobile-pays-premium-for-ryan-reynolds-mobile-customers/d/d-id/783836?
With 2.3M #5G base stations in #China, site density reached 15.7 per 10,000 people, http://C114.com reported, citing data from China Academy of Information and Communications Technology. Density in Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin and Zhejiang topped 20 sites per 10,000 people.
Bacteria replicate DNA at crazy speeds & accuracy. 💨
If DNA polymerase was a USPS truck, and each home was a single nucleotide:
This truck would deliver to every home in the U.S. in 65 hours. It would do this about 4 times without making a single mistake.
Learned a new term “single-threaded” meaning islands or regions that have only a single fibre connection, and are therefore vulnerable to cable breaks from earthquakes, trawlers etc
More effects being made to provide resilience with extra connections