Convergence or divergence? While the LTE community is taking strides into unlicensed bands with MulteFire, the Wi-Fi industry is racing ahead with new standards and new technology. Meanwhile, new device technology – from among others Apple – may for the fist time be bringing Wi-Fi and cellular together into a gapless service fabric.
On the horizon, 5G licensed and unlicensed looms. We’ll ask our panel of experts about the future roles of Wi-Fi, LTE, and 5G in unlicensed bands. And we’ll ask them to identify new sources of disruption and opportunity.
From Wi-Fi NOW Washington DC April 2017: Alex Heien, Charter Communications; Yasser Syed, TELUS; Mark Poletti, CableLabs; Carl Daly, Front Porch