Show Notes
What does it really take to move from 5G to 6G?
In this episode, I am joined by Sebastian Barros, Managing Director at Circles to unpack how the realities of 5G deployment—its wins, its gaps, and its growing pains—are directly shaping the development of 6G. Will 6G be a clean generational leap? or should it be emerging as a response to the lessons learned from 5G from densification challenges to energy efficiency, edge computing, and the economics of network investment?
We explore the cultural transformation telcos must embrace to make 6G viable—not just faster networks, but a platform addressing the big market gap of "monetization". AI takes center stage in our conversation—not only as a driver of new traffic patterns and services, but as a foundational element of 6G architecture itself.
Finally, we look beyond 6G: Is this the end of cellular technology long developing cycles?
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