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dcawrey
6/17/2016 4:32:01 PM
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Apps
I'm sure 5G will benefit companies.
That being said, it's going to take the technology maturing for the proper apps to be implemented. This is especially true in a business sense. It's going to be exciting and possibly game-changing tech, but I don't think anyone knows how it will all work out yet.
DHagar
6/17/2016 8:05:18 PM
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Re: Apps
@dcawrey, well said. The application of the 5G and the expanded networks will generate the interest.
I believe this survey is correct in that many executives still do not understand the overarching change in technology architecture so end up developing strategies around the applications, rather than truly designing new networks, business models, and value-added services.
Great opportunity for those that do understand - like Huawei!
clrmoney
6/18/2016 10:38:17 AM
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5G Data
That's great that they have 5 gigabytes data sppeds for mobile and internet use etc. I thinnk they should educate who they are trying to pitch it to so they can better understand and eventually be used for us.
afwriter
6/18/2016 5:32:37 PM
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Scary Numbers
That is scary that execs really don't know about this stuff. We live in a technological society and technology is a driving factor in business.
vnewman
6/24/2016 7:38:43 PM
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Re: Scary Numbers
@afwriter - i think this illustrates the disconnect between the executives and the folks that make the technology decisions. My guess would be the CIOs would have a better idea of what their 5G plans may be than the CEOs and asking them may yield better results.
freehe
6/29/2016 12:16:24 AM
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Re: Scary Numbers
afwriter, you are right, it is scary but unfortunately this is a reality at most companies, executives are unaware of what happens in their companies or just don't care.
freehe
6/29/2016 12:19:29 AM
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Businesses and 5G
5G technology sounds great but it seems as thought the cost to implement and time and resources required to implement the technology will cause a delay in implementation.
However, the technology will transform the way companies do business and will provide a better experience for customers.
Executives who never heard of 5G are out of the office on a yacht talking about their company perks and salaries. It is unacceptable that executives do not keep up with the latest technologies or at least the major ones like 5G.
dlr5288
6/29/2016 9:31:56 PM
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Re: Businesses and 5G
I agree.
I do think that the time, energy and money spent to make 5G might cause some delays on the project. However it's exciting to see what will happen with 5G and what it'll be like!
JohnBarnes
6/20/2016 7:28:13 AM
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Takewawy: Europeans are still too optimistic about planning and foresight
The best way for business networks to move to 5G sometime in the next decade will depend on the specific environment in which each specific business finds itself -- which will in turn depend on what its competitors, customers, distributors, and suppliers are doing with 5G, along with what new uses for 5G are being found by consumers logged in on the other side of the market. That's an enormous amount of indeterminacy. The about 40+% of N.American and Asian execs willing to say "Beats me, I don't know" is healthy and just a matter of not crossing bridges before you come to them. The reason for European confidence is unfortunately mostly their strange custom of putting a bunch of well-trained people from prestigious institutions into a room to decide what will happen in the future and writing a plan to fit that. That's a great thing to do a year or two before you take action -- but European economic enterprise, public and private, is up to its eyeballs in 5, 10, and even 20 and 50 year forecasts with plans in place for them.
The time to buy groceries for a Saturday picnic is about Thursday; it probably doesn't hurt to say "keep Saturday open, we'll picnic if the weather's nice" on the previous Sunday. But "picnic on July 17, here's what we'll have and where we'll buy the supplies ...", if you are doing your planning on April 1, requires several large asterisks.
Ariella
6/21/2016 12:19:36 PM
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Re: Takewawy: Europeans are still too optimistic about planning and foresight
< but European economic enterprise, public and private, is up to its eyeballs in 5, 10, and even 20 and 50 year forecasts with plans in place for them.>
@johnbasrnes I don't even know how anyone can forcast as far in advance as 20 years, never mind 50. The world will likely look quite different in half a century.
dcawrey
6/21/2016 3:20:55 PM
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Re: Takewawy: Europeans are still too optimistic about planning and foresight
I agree. 20 years is too hard to predict in this day and age.
The problem is that something disruptive always comes along and changes the game. It's often and old technology that had already been tried wrapped in some new architecture. Smartphones and virtual reality are examples of this.
dlr5288
6/25/2016 1:37:28 PM
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Re: Takewawy: Europeans are still too optimistic about planning and foresight
I agree!
It's hard to say what the world will look, be like in 5 years let alone 20! Problems occur, technology changes and we just can't think ahead 20 years into the future.
mpouraryan
6/22/2016 3:47:25 AM
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Re: Takewawy: Europeans are still too optimistic about planning and foresight
As I saw the discourse here, I wondered what the community thought of this:
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/mobile-broadband-fraud-5g-perhaps-terminally-poor-analysts-say-20160621-gporuk
This is quite an indictment.
JohnBarnes
6/23/2016 8:07:20 AM
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Re: Takewawy: Europeans are still too optimistic about planning and foresight
Mike P, thanks for that link (and I second the recommendation). Always glad to see someone else willing to say that most "technological advance" is largely marketing hype, and to note how many things are in the way of the future-as-envisioned-by-the-nerds.
mpouraryan
6/23/2016 11:06:41 AM
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Re: Takewawy: Europeans are still too optimistic about planning and foresight
I am with you @JohnBarnes that we must be taken by the latest hype before us. A sense of awareness is paramount.
freehe
6/29/2016 12:15:27 AM
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Re: Takewawy: Europeans are still too optimistic about planning and foresight
JohnBarnes, great points.
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