5G Americas Analyst Forum 2024 Recap (with Earl Lum and Prakash Sangam)

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The 5G Americas Analyst Forum 2024 took place in Dallas. Leonard Lee of neXt Curve, Earl Lum of EJL Wireless Research, and Prakash Sangam of Tantra Analyst were there. This year's event highlighted the need for 5G standalone deployment to enable advanced features. The event also focused on the complexity of Latin America’s wireless industry and the importance of affordable 5G handsets for the region.
Despite the hype surrounding AI, discussions were more realistic about its practical applications and the need for right-sizing vendor operations. In true 5G Americas fashion, we couldn't get enough of the expansive agenda and top-notch engagement with the leading operators and tech firms in the telco industry in the Americas.
Earl, Prakash, & Leonard discuss the following topic that mattered from 5G Americas Analyst Forum 2024:

• Impressions of 5G Americas Analyst Forum 2024 (2:40)
• 5G Americas by the numbers (4:42)
• The Latin American 5G story (6:48)
• 5G Standalone, the key to the 5G promises (7:43)
• The GenAI hype in telco is cooling and AI is practical again (11:20)
• FWA is the evolving killer 5G app if there was one (14:10)
• Innovations in the RAN. Anything new? (18:29)
• AI appropriation in telco (24:42)
• Scaling out a 5% error rate on your network (28:26)
• Automation versus AI - they are not the same (32:39)
• Network APIs in the work in progress (37:30)
• The panel predicts the themes of 5G Americas Analyst Forum 2025 (40:10)

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Chapters

1. 5G Americas Analyst Forum 2024 Recap (with Earl Lum and Prakash Sangam) (00:00:00)

2. Impressions of 5G Americas Analyst Forum 2024 (00:02:40)

3. 5G Americas by the numbers (00:04:42)

4. The Latin American 5G story (00:06:48)

5. 5G Standalone, the key to the 5G promises (00:07:43)

6. The GenAI hype in telco is cooling and AI is practical again (00:11:20)

7. FWA is the evolving killer 5G app if there was one (00:14:10)

8. Innovations in the RAN. Anything new? (00:18:29)

9. AI appropriation in telco (00:24:42)

10. Scaling out a 5% error rate on your network (00:28:26)

11. Automation versus AI - they are not the same (00:32:39)

12. Network APIs in the work in progress  (00:37:30)

13. The panel predicts the themes of 5G Americas Analyst Forum 2025 (00:40:10)