2022 Showcase

Mobile World Congress Americas in Las Vegas

GSMA, in partnership with CTIA, hosted MWC Americas at the new West Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) from September 28th to 30th, 2022. The theme was Connectivity Unleashed and the exhibition attracted some 300 companies. GSMA reported 8,200 attendees, doubling the number of participants from last year’s event in Los Angeles. Converge Digest and AvidThink were onsite gathering the latest intelligence on Open RAN, private wireless, disaggregated and open networking, telco cloud, and automation.

Highlights from industry thought leaders

Video interviews

Rakuten Symphony

Cloud-first for Telco Workloads

There is an emerging acceptance of public cloud and private cloud for deploying and operating complex telco workloads. Tareq Amin, CEO, Rakuten Symphony and Rakuten Mobile, shares his perspectives.

Federated Wireless

CBRS Powers Private Networks

There is renewed energy at MWC Americas 2022 in Las Vegas – especially for private networks. Iyad Tarazi, president and CEO of Federated Wireless, talks about the momentum and the role of CBRS.

Arrcus

Building on top of the 5G Infrastructure

In terms of architectural transformation, operators need a programmable network in order to build monetizeable applications on top of their 5G infrastructure. Shekar Ayyar, Chairman and CEO of Arrcus, explains the possibilities of SRv6 integrated with the mobile network.

Napatech

Colocating workloads at the edge of the network

There is strong interest in colocating workloads at the edge of the network, whether the public mobile network or a private, enterprise network. Charlie Ashton, Senior Director of Business Development, Napatech explains how telcos are looking to consolidate the RAN network functions with edge applications and services.

Marvell

MWC Americas: Silicon powers the network

Radisys

Progress with RAN software

Advancing Open RAN software is a pathway for innovation. Radisys is making progress on several fronts. Ganesh Shenbagaraman, Head of Integrated Solutions, Radisys, talks about what’s new, including a “network-in-a-box” demo.

NTT

Building a Private Cellular Network at City-Scale

The City of Las Vegas is working with NTT to deploy largest Private 5G network in the U.S. Parm Sandhu, VP of Enterprise 5G Products & Services, talks about the project and why it is transformative for private cellular networks.

Expeto

Integrating Workflows for Private Mobile Networks

Deploying a managing a private mobile network at scale can be a challenge for enterprises. How do you integrate workflows to achieve efficiency? Michael Anderson, CEO of Expeto, shares his perspective.

Fujitsu Network

Open RAN accelerates the pace of innovation

Open RAN is accelerating the pace of innovation, leading to better energy efficiency, improved optical transport, and new network elements. Rob Hughes, Head of Wireless Marketing, Fujitsu Network Communications, discusses the latest advancements.

Boingo

Wireless Convergence for Enterprises

One of the big trends at this year’s MWC Americas conference in Las Vegas is the convergence of public and private wireless networks. Is it the year for Private 5G to cross the chasm? Derek Peterson, CTO of Boingo, share his views

Dell Technologies

Transforming to Cloud-Native with Open RAN

Many changes are underway with telecom infrastructure, including the adoption of cloud-native architecture through Open RAN. Sandro Tavares of Dell Technologies shares his perspective.

AMD

OpenAir Interface demo accelerated by AMD

AMD hosted an end-to-end demonstration of OpenAir Interface with functions accelerated by a T1 Telco Card from AMD. OpenAirInterface (OAI) is open-source software that offers 4G, 5G and B5G RAN as well as Core Network stacks. Florian Kaltenberger, Associate Professor, EURECOM provides an overview.

NTT Docomo

NTT DOCOMO builds its Open RAN Verification Environment

NTT DOCOMO will be adding a fourth type of flexible and highly scalable virtualized base station to its verification environment for open radio access networks (Open RAN). The new virtualized base station will combine NEC Corporation’s open virtualized RAN software and Red Hat Openshift.

Siklu

The Case for mmWave Fixed Wireless

Most people agree that fiber is the ideal solution for high-bandwidth connectivity. But, it can be costly and take time to deploy. Alex Doorduyn of Siklu makes the case for mmWave fixed wireless access.

AvidThink

Here's what happened at MWC Americas 2022

In this 2-minute video summary, Roy Chua, Founder and Principal, AvidThink, gives an overall perspective of the event with a look-ahead to the big one in a few months, MWC Barcelona 2023.

Check out AvidThink's Research Note on Mobile World Congress Americas in Las Vegas as we look at some of the key themes that emerged from the conference.