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How Twitter and Samuel Morse Are Connected

January 6, 1838: Samuel Morse first demonstrated the his concept for the telegraph system, which many would consider the first form of telecommunications in the world. March 21, 2006: Jack Dorsey published the first Twitter message ever. These two men and their inventions, while separated by hundreds of years, have more in common than you…

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Microsoft’s Pete Bernard Explains AI, IoT, And Edge

https://5gguys.com/podcast-player/1579/11-microsofts-pete-bernard-explains-ai-iot-and-edge.mp3 Microsoft’s Pete Bernard Explains AI, IoT, And Edge If you’ve been listening to our show recently, or if you’ve been around any tech talk, you’ve probably heard AI, IoT, and even Edge thrown around. But what does it all actually mean? How do they all connect and what exactly are they doing to advance…

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The Cranky Sun Could Interrupt Your Service

The Cranky Sun Could Interrupt Your Service – Just about a week ago, Wired Magazine had an piece about how a bad solar storm could negatively impact the internet.  This article was in response to a presentation at the SIGCOMM 2021 data communication conference by Sangeetha Abdu Jyothi from the University of California, Irvine.  I’ll…

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The Convergence Of Telecom And Transportation

We’re so stuck in government has this thing, they’re gonna put it out tomorrow, and
they’re gonna solve this thing. We need to get to the point where the conversation is more
of, you know, we both have a problem. Come together, let’s solve it. Let’s not think of it as
I’m a customer, I’m hiring a vendor to solve the problem. I mean, I get that in some cases,
but in some other cases, like this whole tunnel thing that Dan is actually a good it’s a good
one. It’s a good public private partnership that solving a common problem in two different
perspectives, a state perspective and a private sector perspective.

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Prepare Now to Benefit from the Skilled Worker Shortage

There is a critical skilled worker shortage that is threatening to cost enterprise businesses as much as $8.5 trillion in unrealized annual revenue. This ground-shaking number comes from a report recently released by Korn Ferry which analyzed several industries, including telecommunications, to reveal that there is a human talent shortage of 85 million people. In the United…

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Acronym Decoder Ring

Ever feel like you need an acronym decoder ring to decipher something someone just said? We’ve got you covered. 5G Guys Podcast, blog posts, and other resources are intended to be friendly. As such, we always strive to avoid the use of acronyms. But in the event we drop an acronym or two, no worries….

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Intimidating Musings by Techies

Intimidating musings by techies seems to be the norm for technology references. It’s time to drop the unfriendly teachings on technology and speak in plain language. As longtime veterans of the wireless telecommunications industry, we’ve observed time after time how intimidating and confusing our industry can be for newcomers. Everyone is constantly using acronyms in…

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Data Centers: the Missing Link

When 5G started to become a reality, it seemed that we might finally have the bandwidth needed to make many of those IoT dreams come true. But there remains a missing piece – data centers.

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