Five-Gee – is it yet-another G – just a faster Generation of mobile?  We do touch on 5G’s immense speed but delve deeply into how 5G fulfills its greater destiny to connect the real physical world around us – that is, deliver Massive IoT.  We discuss the role of 5G in IoT adoption and innovation and the state of 5G deployment.  Our conversation encompasses the economic and societal benefits of several use cases involving 5G in IoT, some of the challenges that 5G presents, and how IoT and 5G, tied at the hip, ultimately provide peace of mind.

Guest

Our guest is Samer Geissah, Technology Strategy and Architecture Director at Telus.  He leads a team of senior managers, principal technology architects, biz dev heads, and product and program managers spearheading Telus’s consumer and partner solutions.

Samer’s background includes senior tech-sector roles, including Director of Technical Sales at Siemens, and VP Network Development and VP Innovation at DU in Dubai.  His work is founded on degrees and certificates in Computer Engineering and Science, Corporate Innovation, and the Internet of Things from North Carolina University, Stanford, and MIT.

Links

Samer Online: 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/geissah/

Twitter: @samergeissah

 

TELUS:

Web: https://www.telus.com/en/ 

Twitter: @telus

 

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