S4 Episode 7: Phil Sorsky from CommScope on the future of 5G and fast broadband

“During the pandemic, Broadband has saved economic collapse and the health system collapse” says Phil Sorsky, Senior Vice president of Worldwide Sales at CommScope. 

When you think about it, one of the unsung heroes of the last 2 years has been technologies that kept us connected to our families and our work.

With the lines between “home” and “office” increasingly blurred due to the rise of remote working, access to reliable connectivity is crucial so that local economies and communities can truly thrive.

In the latest episode of The Actionable Futurist Podcast, we explore the future of 5G and fibre technologies and what we can expect around the corner.

We also looked at what can be done to narrow the digital divide, especially since we’re now relying on online services even more as a result of the pandemic.

Phil has more than 20 years of telecommunications industry experience, having worked for Juniper Networks, Adobe Systems, Cisco Systems and AT&T, and he is a graduate of the University of Birmingham in the UK.

In this episode we also discussed

• Narrowing the digital divide
• How 5G can solve the "last mile" problem?
• The state of 5G in the UK
• The rise of "community fibre"
• Will every home be connected to fibre in the UK in 10 years?
• How Covid accelerated high-speed broadband adoption
• Would a National Broadband Network concept work in the UK?
• Why Fibre is the answer for faster broadband
• The societal benefits of faster broadband
• How broadband has saved lives and economic collapse during the pandemic
• Cybercrime post-pandemic
• Will we see more 5G use cases?
• The uses of 5G with IoT
• Femtocells to help mobile coverage
• New innovations to drive new services
• What new developments have come out of the pandemic?
• 3 Actionable things for this week

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