MWC Las Vegas – Why 6G deserves more of the spotlight

Phil Harvey joins the podcast to discuss which private 5G network use cases are rising to the forefront and why there should have been more of a focus on 6G at this year's MWC Las Vegas event.

Kelsey Ziser, Phil Harvey

September 29, 2023

At a Glance

  • Discussion with Verizon about ROI from providing AI-as-a-service (00:54)
  • T-Mobile launches new network slicing product (06:54)
  • More 6G, please (15:51)

LAS VEGAS – MWC – Light Reading's Phil Harvey joins the podcast live from Mobile World Congress Las Vegas with an update on his conversation with Verizon about how service providers can make the business case for developing AI models.

Phil explains which private 5G network use cases are rising to the forefront and why there should have been more of a focus on 6G at this year's event.

Click on the caption button for a lightly edited transcript.

Here are a few topics we covered:

  • Discussion with Verizon about ROI from providing AI-as-a-service (00:54)

  • Which 5G use cases make the most business sense for service providers in the near term (02:40)

  • T-Mobile launches new network slicing product (06:54)

  • Tension in spectrum sharing (08:37)

  • NTT launches Device-as-a-Service platform with Qualcomm and private 5G network for chemical manufacturer LyondellBasell (10:08)

  • Recap of tech trends at MWC Las Vegas (15:04)

  • More 6G, please (15:51)

About the Author(s)

Kelsey Ziser

Senior Editor, Light Reading

Kelsey is a senior editor at Light Reading, co-host of the Light Reading podcast, and host of the "What's the story?" podcast.

Her interest in the telecom world started with a PR position at Connect2 Communications, which led to a communications role at the FREEDM Systems Center, a smart grid research lab at N.C. State University. There, she orchestrated their webinar program across college campuses and covered research projects such as the center's smart solid-state transformer.

Kelsey enjoys reading four (or 12) books at once, watching movies about space travel, crafting and (hoarding) houseplants.

Kelsey is based in Raleigh, N.C.

Phil Harvey

Editor-in-Chief, Light Reading

Phil Harvey has been a Light Reading writer and editor for more than 18 years combined. He began his second tour as the site's chief editor in April 2020.

His interest in speed and scale means he often covers optical networking and the foundational technologies powering the modern Internet.

Harvey covered networking, Internet infrastructure and dot-com mania in the late 90s for Silicon Valley magazines like UPSIDE and Red Herring before joining Light Reading (for the first time) in late 2000.

After moving to the Republic of Texas, Harvey spent eight years as a contributing tech writer for D CEO magazine, producing columns about tech advances in everything from supercomputing to cellphone recycling.

Harvey is an avid photographer and camera collector – if you accept that compulsive shopping and "collecting" are the same.

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