Dean Bubley

#wifi #tvws #6ghz #rspg #spectrumsharing #satellite | Dean Bubley Good day yesterday at the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance Summit day in Dubai. Lots of discussion about #WiFi (& especially 6GHz) as well as dynamic models for 3.8-4.2GHz and other bands, plus a bit about l...

Some thoughts from yesterday’s DSA Dynamic Spectrum Alliance summit in Dubai:

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6GHz: Regulators vs. Policymakers? New dynamics and tensions are arising between policymakers vs regulators on spectrum. This is especially obvious for the contentious Upper #6GHz (U6G) band, but is also occurring more widely in bands ...

I see a new challenge for #6GHz spectrum. But not in the US - in Germany and the EU.

It seems that some policymakers think it should be best used for 5G / 6G, rather than shared or dedicated to unlicensed use.

That’s a mistake

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The AI Voice Renaissance - Taking Telcos "Beyond the Call" | Dean Bubley A few weeks ago I spoke at the Alianza #Navigate25 conference, giving a keynote on a potential renaissance in #telco-offered #voice applications and services, with an infusion of AI capabilities. My f...

My Telco Voice+AI slides from the recent keynote at Alianza Navigate 2025

Key oppo’s for telcos - and the need to understand what “voice” actually is!

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#sensing #6g #wifi #subsea #security #6g | Dean Bubley I’ve been thinking and reading a lot about about #sensing and networks recently. That covers proposals for future ISAC in #6G (integrated sensing and comms), commercial use of the existing 802.11bf se...

I like the idea of wireless sensing, whether that’s in WiFi or 5G / 6G

But I suspect it will face a variety of practical and technical problems

In particular, new security challenges will undoubtedly arise:

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#ipinterconnect #digitalnetworksact #networkfees #digitaldecade #netneutrality #openinternet #internetgovernance #telecoms | Dean Bubley "The European Commission is considering regulating #IPinterconnect, even though almost everyone agrees it works well today". "Interconnect rules and 'dispute resolution' would wreck many AI concepts ...

"The European Commission is considering regulating hashtag#IPinterconnect, even though almost everyone agrees it works well today".

"Interconnect rules and 'dispute resolution' would wreck many AI concepts and business models".

Me with @CCIAeurope

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#nuclear #cloud | Dean Bubley Telcos need to have a #nuclear strategy, if they are serious about playing in the #cloud, edge & AI market. I've written a full article exploring this critical issue (link in comments). Both fixed an...

If telcos want to be serious players in AI, they need to get serious about energy supply.

And that means having a nuclear strategy.

Most of the cloud & datacenter companies already do

Telecoms is years behind. That needs to change.

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Analogue speech recognition based on physical computing - Nature | Dean Bubley This is a fascinating innovation by IBM Research and others, combining three trends I'm currently following: - #Voice + #AI combinations - #edgeinferencing - #postdigital technologies It uses low-en...

This is a fascinating innovation by IBM Research and others, combining three trends I'm currently following:

- Voice + AI combinations

- edge inferencing

- post-digital technologies

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#6g #spectrum #ftth | Dean Bubley I'm unconvinced by a lot of the narrative about AI-led data traffic growth, either on fixed networks or especially mobile. Mike Dano's chart from Huawei suggests a 100-fold increase in capacity (supp...

There’s a lot of rather self-serving arguments from network vendors that AI will “obviously” drive renewed increases in data traffic

I think many of the arguments are too one-sided

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UK Government Strategic Priorities for Telecoms: a critical analysis Reviewing the recent DSIT proposals for telecoms and spectrum policy

A few weeks ago, the UK Government’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology launched a consultation and document on its future “strategic priorities” for telecoms, spectrum & postal services

My full analysis:

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#6g #wifi #satellite #spectrum | Dean Bubley I’m increasingly of the view that #6G needs to feature a broad mechanism and architecture for “extensions” or “plug-ins”, or ways to make or integrate with customised variants. *I also believe this ...

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I’m increasingly of the view that #6G needs to feature a broad mechanism and architecture for “extensions” or “plug-ins”, or ways to make or integrate with customised variants.

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A major challenge for #telcos wanting to remain relevant in #voice services and #telephony is grasping the concept of “intellgent audio”. | Dean Bubley A major challenge for #telcos wanting to remain relevant in #voice services and #telephony is grasping the concept of “intellgent audio”. “Voice” doesn’t just mean a phone call of X minutes between N...

A major challenge for #telcos wanting to remain relevant in #voice services and #telephony is grasping the concept of “intellgent audio”.

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This announcement caught my eye - two US vendors Eridan and Patero Inc. | Dean Bubley This announcement caught my eye - two US vendors Eridan and Patero Inc. have integrated #postquantum #cryptography (#PQC) directly into an #OpenRAN radio unit for secure #5G networks. It looks optimi...

This announcement caught my eye - two US vendors Eridan and Patero Inc. have integrated #postquantum #cryptography (#PQC) directly into an #OpenRAN radio unit for secure #5G networks.

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I have an idea for LinkedIn which could make its feed much more useful: algorithm-driven curation, but with more user control. | Dean Bubley I have an idea for LinkedIn which could make its feed much more useful: algorithm-driven curation, but with more user control. Otherwise, there’s a medium-term threat of people using their *own* AIs a...

I have an idea for @LinkedIn @LinkedInHelp which could make its feed much more useful: algorithm-driven curation, but with more user control. Or perhaps use #AgenticAI

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Statistics on the Q1 2025 UK Communications market were published by Ofcom last week. | Dean Bubley Statistics on the Q1 2025 UK Communications market were published by Ofcom last week. There's a few noteworthy figures in there: - Q1 mobile data grew 7.6% year-on-year, a similar level to the past t...

Statistics on the Q1 2025 UK Communications market were published by Ofcom last week. There's a few noteworthy figures in there:

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I've tried a couple of new #AI tools today. | Dean Bubley I've tried a couple of new #AI tools today. I've created a basic keynote-speaking & workshop website and back-end with Durable (URL is in my bio) and crafted my first custom GPT on ChatGPT. I'm stil...

Used AI to help create a couple of things today:

- A keynote speaker website (at deanbubley-speaker.com)
- An ultra-snarky custom GPT for critiquing policy documents, regulatory filings & consultation responses, & lobby groups' white papers and articles

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The #telecom industry needs to engage rapidly with a new #platform technology called #MCP, which may form a central plank of future #AgenticAI architectures and #APIs. | Dean Bubley The #telecom industry needs to engage rapidly with a new #platform technology called #MCP, which may form a central plank of future #AgenticAI architectures and #APIs. But it should not over-react or ...

Initial take on what #MCP means for #telecoms:

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Looking at the future, I think that possibly the most pernicious - even evil - risk to humanity’s flourishing is the ideology of degrowth

It epitomises misanthropy and anti-technology and anti-capitalism nihilism

It would also make climate change much worse & harder to counter

I was wondering if maybe it had RedCap or something, but I guess not!

What’s the wireless tech it’s using?

#autonomousnetworks #agenticai #naas #networkcloud #5gmonetisation… | Dean Bubley Another event I spoke at last week was a private workshop for telco CTOs, run by Amdocs, which took place at Shangri-La The Shard, London. The day was primarily made up of roundtable discussions about...

I really enjoyed participating in last week’s @amdocs.bsky.social CTO Fusion event in London last week

Great & candid discussion about telco cloud, 5G monetisation, agentic AI & much more

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Rolls-Royce SMR selected to build small modular nuclear reactors | Dean Bubley Very glad to see this morning's announcement by the UK Government about #nuclear energy, both for a new large-scale reactor for Great British Nuclear, and selection of Rolls-Royce SMR for small mo...

Great to see the UK government invest in #nuclear energy

But the telecoms industry needs to step up to the realities of energy infrastructure & convergence, if it’s serious about having a cloud & AI role

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#5g #wifi #private5g #fwa #private5g #networkslicing #spectrum #wifi… | Dean Bubley | 29 comments I’ve been very surprised to hear a return to the ludicrous “#5G will kill #WiFi” trope at a couple of conferences recently, from someone at Verizon who I’ll refrain from naming. Firstly they seemed t...

No @verizonofficial.bsky.social #5G isn’t going to make #wifi less relevant

Even AT&T recognises its importance

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Telco Voice: Back to the Future? | Dean Bubley I've just published a new article on the potential for a re-invigoration of telco voice services and applications, led by cloud and AI capabilities. It's been nearly 15 years since I started ...

Are telcos starting to be relevant and innovative in voice svcs again?

Can new cloud, AI & integration opportunities help them overcome their 140-year focus on the “phone call”?

Will fixed telecoms lead the way, while mobile struggles with legacy IMS?

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#airan #ran #6g #5g #edgecomputing #wireless #mobile #openran #vran | Dean Bubley I listened in to this week's NVIDIA analyst webinar about its ARC-Compact cell-site computer for #AIRAN, which it announced a couple of weeks ago. It's a much cut-down version of its centrali...

Some thoughts about Nvidia’s new Compact AI-RAN product for mobile networks

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Thanks, but not especially relevant to me

#l4s #wifi #wifi8 #networkapis | Dean Bubley One of the less-visible technologies I’m tracking is #L4S, or Low Latency Low Loss Scalable Throughput. I’d class it as underhyped, unlike many other standards. I first heard about it a couple of year...

Some thoughts on the relevance of #L4S and how it may compete or substitute for other QoS / QoD mechanisms for managing network congestion& latency

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#private5g #privatelte #networkapis #neutralhost #privatewireless | Dean Bubley On my way to the OnGo Alliance members meeting, after a day yesterday seeing various folk in Washington DC. I’m giving a broader view of what’s going on in #private5G and #privateLTE and associated ...

On my way to the @OnGoWireless #CBRS members’ meeting in Reston just outside Washington DC

Lots of business - and also regulatory - issues to discuss. My keynote is at 10:30am ET

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Yes, I have quite a lot to say…

… and have opined at length on 6GHz already

But this needs a full rebuttal

Quantum Networking: How Cisco is Accelerating Practical Quantum Computing | Dean Bubley I’ve been talking about the #postdigital era for some time. Cisco announcing its #quantum strategy is a potential pivotal moment. We’re slowly getting towards the end of the 180-year reign of just us...

The announcement from
@cisco.com about #quantum networking is a landmark point for #postdigital compute & communications

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#futurenetworld #telcos #spectrum #6ghz #naas #mobile #5g #networkapis… | Dean Bubley Lots of good stuff so far at #FutureNetWorld in London today. Some highlights: - Recognition from multiple #telcos that AI isn’t driving access-network traffic (yet) but is more about intra-cloud / ...

I’m at #FutureNetWorld today

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