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You reckon it could get that bad dallo? Not sure how much resistance the Russians will see to be honest, there's no appetite from the U.K. or US to defend Ukraine militarily. Might just end up with a Crimea style 'annexing' with very little loss of life. Maybe I'm being naive, a bit like expecting some revenue forecasts or a contract update or 2..
Ethernity tweet
https://twitter.com/ethernityn/status/1491063354634342401?s=21
Interview with Ofir Zemer
https://www.rcrwireless.com/20220201/open_ran/whats-the-problem-with-open-ran-an-interview-with-cellwize-ceo
MALAGA, Spain, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Vodafone VOD.L has teamed up with Intel Corp INTC.O and other silicon vendors to design its own chip architecture for nascent OpenRAN network technology, aiming to weaken the grip of traditional telecoms equipment suppliers.
OpenRAN allows operators to mix and match suppliers in their radio networks, posing a challenge to the likes of Ericsson ERICb.ST, Huawei and Nokia NOKIA.HE that dominate the global telecoms equipment market with their proprietary technologies.
Development of OpenRAN has taken on greater prominence since some governments either banned or discouraged the use of China's Huawei in national networks.
Vodafone's initiative, based at its digital innovation and R&D centre in Malaga, will also contribute to the European Union's efforts to bolster its chip industry and double its share of global production to 20% after it lost ground to Asian and U.S. suppliers.
Vodafone's director of network architecture Santiago Tenorio told Reuters that OpenRAN would enable the mobile operator to quickly add new digital services and to optimise networks using artificial intelligence (AI).
"It will bring disruptive innovation back to the network," he said.
OpenRAN creates interoperability between the software and hardware components of the radio access network, widening the pool of suppliers and lowering the barrier of entry.
Vodafone switched on Britain's first 5G OpenRAN site carrying live customer traffic in Bath, western England, earlier this month, kicking off a deployment that will number 2,500 sites by 2027.
The R&D centre - the first dedicated to advancing OpenRAN chip architecture - will bring 50 people dedicated to OpenRAN together with 650 software engineers, architects and technicians in the Spanish city, where the British company is investing 225 million euros ($251 million) over five years. It opens on Monday.
Tenorio said Vodafone would design silicon for ARM and RISC-V instruction sets as well as Intel x86, although he added that Intel was up to three years ahead of rivals and had already played a key role in OpenRAN's development.
About 20 other vendors have joined the project, including Qualcomm QCOM.O, Broadcom AVGO.O, ARM and Lime Microsystems, with half of the total coming from Europe, the company said.
He is completely adrift from reality. He's also apparently sold at the top and bought back in much cheaper - it's very easy to do you know.. Listening to people like that is dangerous, he is apparently cruising the Med yet spends all day analysing the minute price movements and making up stories. He is the very reason why people write DYOR at the end of a comment!
Not sure if already posted -
https://www.eetasia.com/5g-predictions-for-2022/
This just popped up on my Bloomberg app -
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-25/biden-team-says-global-chip-shortage-to-stretch-through-2022
One of the issues I have is that things get mentioned and then we never hear of them again. Just off the top of my head - Techtronics .. WindRiver .. Southeast Asian telco .. field trials .. TietoEvry etc, seems a bit strange that these news items we once deemed very exciting are never really given any more attention? I'm probably getting a bit despondent at the lack of perceived progress on a number of projects.
Be good to get some news on Ethernity's DU soon, we seem to be waiting on quite a few product updates actually. Come on ENET, light us up..
https://www.lightreading.com/open-ran-for-private-5g-and-venue-networks-/a/d-id/774702
Everyone figured out it was total nonsense a long time ago ETH, no need to keep mentioning it.. Rather than read the works of fiction that were TL's posts I'd suggest radio 4's book at bedtime!
Another job posting up on Linkedin -
Experienced NPI engineer.
Build and document an effective transfer process from development to production of cards and electronic systems.;
Work with R&D engineers, provide input for Design for Test (DFT) and Design for Manufacturing (DFM);
Negotiate and close agreements with suppliers and Fabricators;
Manage the cards inventory
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/01/18/tech/airplane-5g-att/index.html
"A source familiar with the discussions tells CNN that right now talks are centering on establishing a buffer at key airports, allowing roughly 90% of 5G towers to be deployed."
Yes I agree dallo, Verizon and the rest aren;t going to spend $80bn on spectrum only for the FAA to scupper everything. Exclusion zones will also be a tiny percentage of the land area / population so it seems a bit overblown. Not sure about you but a bit of news from Ethernity wouldn't go amiss this month!
Yes he definitely won't want to be doing it when the SP is down here but placings are a process and aren't arranged overnight. There's only one major shareholder on the register other than Nigel so it's not like they can just stuff existing shareholders with more shares, they'll need to sound out private investors who will want a decent discount over the 3 month vwap or whatever benchmark they choose.