Omdia Crit Comms Circle

In this episode we share some of the highlights from the BAPCO 2021 trade show, including ESN updates, the UK's PSTN shutdown, cloud adoption within control rooms and more. We are once more joined by Alfonso de la Cruz, the lead analyst for the Critical Communications Mobile Radio Infrastructure (LMR & Broadband).

BAPCO is an annual conference and exhibition that covers critical communication and public safety solutions. The show this year was held on 12th and 13th October in Coventry in the UK.

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For 45 years, the International Wireless Communications Expo (IWCE) has been North America's premier critical communications event. It is the one place where critical communications technology professionals gather to evaluate, learn and network with industry leaders.

This week we take a look back at IWCE 2021, the first in-person IWCE show since 2019. Our guest this week is Paul Caplan who shares some of his top highlights and his thoughts on the role of IWCE within the critical communications industry.

Paul Caplan is the Vice President of the Government & Manufacturing Markets segment of Informa Tech and has a deep background in B2B/B2C marketing, advertising and communications, and media operations across all platforms and channels.

Paul's personal LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-caplan-7203954/
Find out more about IWCE here: https://www.iwceexpo.com/

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Critical communications and in particular "mission critical" in usage quite often refers to public safety applications, but there's another group outside of publc safety users. Our guest this week is Alfonso de la Cruz who talks to us about this "forgotten group".

Alfonso de la Cruz is a principal analyst in the Public Safety & Critical Communications group at OMDIA. Based in London, UK, he is the lead analyst for the Critical Communications Mobile Radio Infrastructure (LMR & Broadband), providing market data and strategic insights into the evolution of the international landscape of critical communication solutions for Government Public Safety and Private Industrial connectivity. Prior to his current role as a Critical Communications technology expert, Alfonso’s responsibilities included the innovative product strategy and commercial development of cellular 5G network solutions and the development of Private Connectivity Network deployments across different industries and a wide range of channels that include Service Providers and Telcos, large enterprises, SMB companies, and B2G government agencies across the globe. Alfonso holds an M.Eng. in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from Imperial College London and an M.Sc. in Wireless Communications from the Seoul National University.

Alfonso's personal LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ildefonsodelacruz/

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