#MWC14 Ericsson CTO Ulf Ewaldsson: Spectrum, Small Cell, 5G

February 11, 2016 ..., 5G, 5Gppp, chief technology officer, Chief Technology Officer (Organization Committee Title), Ericsson (Business Operation), Mobile World Congress (Conference Series), Ulf Ewaldsson

Ulf Ewaldsson, Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer of Ericsson speaks with RCR Wireless News reporter Limor Schafman in an extended conversation at Mobile World Congress 2014. Topics discussed include:

* Record number of visitors to Ericsson’s booth on Day 1 – 4,000!
* Virtualization & M2M – Ericsson’s vision of a “networked society” with cloud computing
* Spectrum – Management both globally and in North America, including LTE carrier aggregation; predictions
* Ericsson’s Radio Dot System
* Small cell’s role in Ericsson’s telecom plans
* Video optimization and enriching the customer experience
* Acquiring Microsoft’s Mediaroom and their plans for it
* Net neutrality and the role of the Comcast/Netflix deal on content creators and those that own the pipelines
* 5G – How it’s in “full innovation” mode, the 5Gppp collaboration in Europe, and the importance of standardization, celebrating collaboration, and the benefits of an open innovation platform

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