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The telecoms industry faces a huge structural challenge. Opex, according to various market estimates, has been increasing faster than revenue for over a decade.

In this episode, Jeff Baumgartner explains why some streaming services now have ad-supported versions; what the future holds for DOCSIS; and whether the FWA market presents new opportunities, competition or both to cable operators.

Iain Morris shares his take on Mobile World Congress, discusses themes that emerged at the event such as the metaverse and explains why hes still waiting on a drink from a 5G-powered barman.

Less than two years ago, Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg touted the benefits of mmWave 5G during the unveiling of Apples iPhone 12. But the newest iPhone doesnt support mmWave at all.

Following twenty years of average macro basestation price declines in the 5% to 10% range, we are now modeling RAN prices to increase, warned Stefan Pongratz of DellOro Group.

Anthony Yu, VP of computing and wired infrastructure at GlobalFoundries (GF), joins the Light Reading podcast on the show floor at OFC to discuss his companys GF Fotonix announcement, the partners involved and the timing of the markets it is addressing with silicon photonics.

Threats during 2H 2021 were more destructive and unpredictable, according to the FortiGuard Labs Global Threat Landscape Report. Bad actors are also taking advantage of a broader attack surface with a more distributed workforce.

Heavy Reading survey says open RAN security will rely on an active community of suppliers, developers, testers and security experts working constantly to identify threats and maintain protection.

Almost none of the phones that Verizon sold at the end of last year in the $250-or-less category support 5G. Instead, most of the cheap phones that Verizon sold featured only 4G connections.

Operators have been cut off from the only viable non-Chinese suppliers, and the Chinese ones have problems of their own.