0:30: News from Apple: Four new iPhone models and how they will perform on 5G networks.

2:20: Verizon’s usage scenario for their 5G network & spectrum.

4:50: Millimeter wave discussion.

5:20: Analysis of AT&T’s spectrum position.

5:50: Analysis of T-Mobile’s spectrum position.

7:00: Innovation of new apps.

7:55: Price & offer comparison of Apple’s new devices between carriers.

11:40: Is this a super-cycle phone?

0:30: House Judiciary Committee Report on Competition in the digital markets.

4:38: Defining “the market”.

6:17: The level of fear the companies instilled in partners/companies.

7:18: Epic versus Apple. 

8:00: Fair compensation.

8:54: What possible actions and their results that could be coming as a result of this report in the United States and abroad.

Full Report:

https://fm.cnbc.com/applications/cnbc.com/resources/editorialfiles/2020/10/06/investigation_of_competition_in_digital_markets_majority_staff_report_and_recommendations.pdf

Minority Response to the Report

https://buck.house.gov/sites/buck.house.gov/files/wysiwyg_uploaded/Buck%20Report.pdf

0:30: Differences between software-defined networking and traditional wireless networking.

2:40: Rakuten Mobile in Japan launched a software-defined 5G network, what this means for Rakuten.  

3:50: How the different components are being assembled for Rakuten and how they are being orchestrated. 

7:40 Implications of software-defined networks for U.S. companies.

Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the telecom news of the week.

0:30: Department of Defense RFI for 5G spectrum. 

4:50: T-Mobile Launches 5G Standalone. 

7:55: Verizon & AT&T complain to the FCC about T-Mobile's spectrum holdings in low & mid-band.

DoD RFI we mention in the opening section: https://beta.sam.gov/opp/4851a65e2b2d4d73865a0e9865b0c28a/view

Tags: telecom, telecommunications, business, Don Kellogg, Roger Entner, 5G, radar, mobile communications

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