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Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #177 where we have a chat about all things IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter.

In this week's episode, Rob, Leonard, Steve, and David jump on Web3 to talk about Mobile World Congress Las Vegas 2023 and the big topic of the event - private 5G!

Find out how Steve didn't recognize or remember that he met Leonard at the event.

Find out about our recommendations to the GSMA and CTIA for improving MWC LV for 2024.

Find out why food courts may the next big thing in events!

Find out about U2's christening of The Sphere!

Find out who got Leonard to pick up the guitar!

Watch Leonard crash and burn the intro to Episode 177 of IoT Coffee Talk!

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Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #176 where we have a chat about all things IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter.

In this week's episode, Rob, Leonard, and Marc jump on Web3 broadcasted Mobile World Congress 2023 in Las Vegas to talk about the purpose of events in a post-pandemic era. Are they worth it? Just a few weeks ago, everyone was going nuts over how it was so awesome to have face-to-face meetings again. Honestly, it is still the case, but is the purpose missing from many of these industry events that have put selling stuff and visions ahead of solving problems?

It just might be the case. So can we expect event organizations like GSMA to pivot and focus on things that matter rather than stuff like "Earth Computing"? 

We think so, and it will be for the better because 5G is not having a good time at the moment.

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Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #175 where we have a chat about all things IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter.

In this week's episode, Rob, Stephanie, Bill, Ryan, Steve, and Marc jump on Web3 broadcasted from Bandera TX, and Austin TX at Applied Intelligence Live 2023. This week the gang talks about how IoT has been orphaned and has been adopted by other buzzword and hyped stuff like AI, quantum, and other stuff that will eventually get deflated.

All jokes aside, we get brutally practical about AI at the edge, 5G on the factory floor, and the prospects of private networks for IoT. Is the value shifting where things like neutral host models and 5G connected shop floors will make sense soon? The gang also hits on digital twin as Rob is slated to jump on a panel with the Godfather of digital twins, Dr. Michael Grieves!

Victoria makes a cameo so don't miss out!

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Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #174 where we have a chat about all things IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter.

In this week's episode, Leonard, Rob and Bill mine Web3 to dig up nuggets of knowledge on the digital disruption of industries stemming from a rather meandering chat about music and how digital technologies have transformed the music industry but may have also had a dulling impact on artistic innovation and creativity by fostering an epoch of cut and paste music. Doesn't that make artistry that much more valuable and precious? Maybe not?

We also talk about the new Apple iPhone 15 versus Samsung's Galaxy S23 Ultra. Which has the better camera? Which one is changing the game?

We break down why digital transformation looks so good on paper, but it ends up being a little more complex and why organizations struggle. We provide the dirty laundry view, not the HBS diluted academic view.  

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Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #173 where we have a chat about all things IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter.

In this week's episode, Rob, Leonard, Steve, Marc, Tom and Ryan jump into the middle of Web3 to bring you the best in IoT entertainment kicking things off from Ericsson's Enterprise Industry Analyst event in Boston with the global uncompetitiveness being fostered by regulatory stunts by regions such as the EU and their Digital Markets Act targeted at so-called U.S. Big Tech. Will this help the competitiveness of European firms and industries?

Leonard and Rob talk about how we collectively have not idea what we are going to talk about every week but we know something so we are good with it. 

Steve shares he MJ moment bringing home gold in the senior world basketball championship. Congrats, Steve and Team USA!

Rob gives a beautiful rant about IoT drafting behind the smartphone craze but where are the fanboys and the lines of people waiting to get the latest IoT?

The gang explores why operators have historically scoffed at IoT and why that might not change. 

It's a great episode. Check out the whole thing. You will get all you need to survive another week in the world of IoT and greater tech!

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Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #172 where we have a chat about all things IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter.

In this week's episode, Bill and Leonard jump into the metaverse to get Skin Tight keeping generative AI real as we observed and consume all the great content from Google Cloud Next 2023. Sundar and gang were on stage talking almost exclusively about generative AI announcing Vertex AI and Duet AI. 

We talk about AI-augmented security, productivity, coding, and managed to touch on many of the highly anticipated killer Gen AI applications. 

It's a great episode. Check out the whole thing. You will get all you need to survive another week in the world of IoT and greater tech!

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Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #171 where we have a chat about all things IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter.

In this week's episode, Rob, Leonard, Steve, Marc and Wienke jump into the metaverse to talk about all thing happening across the edge that is resulting in clouds forming everywhere from VMware Explore 2023 being held in Las Vegas! The theme of this year's show is multi cloud and generative ai, and that is basically what we talked about. But we kick off by remind Wienke that he should know who Van Halen is with a IoT Coffee Talk rendition of the Van Halen classic, "AMSTERDAM"! We still can't believe that the Dutch don't know who Van Halen is. UNBELIEVABLE!

Also, we finally clarify to the entire IoT universe how to properly pronounce Wienke's name. No, it is not pronounced "winky". Yes, most of us have been butchering his name of years!

It's a great episode. Check out the whole thing. You will get all you need to survive another week in the world of IoT and greater tech!

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Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #170 where we have a chat about all things IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter.

In this week's episode, Bill, Stephanie, Rob, Leonard and special guest, Jeff Gavlinkski of Mountain Connect, jump into the metaverse to Party Up! (R.I.P. DMX) and talk about BEAD and how Rob and Leonard live in underserved communities that are supposed to be "5G coverage" areas. 

We talk about the importance of the maps and data that may or may not do a great job of helping us figure out where billions in U.S. Federal funding goes to connect EVERYONE! 

How do we assure that we minimize fraud and waste and arm communities and service providers with the technologies and know-how to deploy the "best" connectivity solutions to build out their infrastructure? 

What role will 5G play and will it live up enough to expectations to bridge the digital divide reliably and at a low cost.

Find out why Rob is WMX, DMX's alter ego.

Can we do better than Emergency SOS in light of the tragedy in Maui and other places that have and will suffer natural and unnatural catastrophe?

We also delve into the complexities and challenges of planning, designing, and implementing heterogeneous connectivity solutions that keep costs low and help projects meet their BEAD commitments to the U.S. government and ultimately taxpayers who are fronting the bill to foster connected equity.

You will want to watch this one all the way through. The nuggets are hidden and could make all the difference in your business, so we hope you will take your time. 

Also, check out Mountain Connect at www.mountainconnect.io. It is a great conference. Reach out to Jeff Gavlinski to find out more. 

Great ready to get real!

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Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #169 where we have a chat about all things IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter.

Rob, Bill, and Leonard attended Mountain Connect 2023 in Denver and somehow found themselves on stage with an unwitting Jeff Lewis as well as event CEO, Jeff Gavlinsky. Everyone else got walk on music but we didn't so we went DMX on everyone with a little "Party Up!". This was the first time that IoT Coffee Talk was live on stage at a conference keynote. Yes, we recorded a live session at IoT Stars earlier this year. You should check that episode out as well.

We had a great chance to talk about the digital divide and the role that the BEAD program will have in bridging it. The team works through some of the key challenges that will face municipalities and communities as they apply for grants and go through the tough work of getting the infrastructure up to deliver services to every household in the U.S. 

But equity transcends infrastructure. How do we achieve equity through the massive public-private endeavor that is BEAD? 

Great ready to get real! Make sure to check out Mountain Connect 2023 and consider attending next year to get the latest and the greatest in broadband U.S.A.!

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Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #168 where we have a chat about all things IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter.

In this week's episode, Leonard and David jump into the metaverse to talk about the real attempt by the Federal government to bridge the digital divide from Mountain Connect 2023, the largest conference on rural broadband in the U.S. Leonard provides an update on the BEAD program and the process that municipalities, vendors, and service providers need to go through to get that funding. David and Leonard talk about the technologies that are available to enable the many options that BEAD recipients have to deploy broadband to each and every American when trenching fiber gets extremely costly.

Thanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.