Conversations With Dez - talking with Lars Martensson, VP & Head of Ericsson Silicon Valley

Published: Jan. 7, 2020, 7:32 a.m.

b'Dez Blanchfield gets up close & personal with Lars Martensson, Vice President & Head of Ericsson Silicon Valley and Head of Solution Area Cloud & Network Function Virtualisation infrastructure, on now his second appearance on the podcast show, to talk about Ericsson\'s the third iteration of our 5G Business Potential report titled "5G for business: a 2030 market compass" and the reports extended timeline to 2030, the size and segment / range of markets that will open in the coming decade. We also discussed the ten industries Ericsson looked at for this report which are: healthcare, manufacturing, energy and utilities, automotive, agriculture, public safety, media, financial services, public transportation and retail, as well as a range of exciting new 5G business opportunities, and Lars outlined some examples per industry. We also discussed three distinct roles for CSP to take including Network developer, Service enabler, Service Creator, from providing plain connectivity all the way to providing the full vertical service and what will be required for service providers to realise these opportunities, as well as some of the new services or applications Ericsson see now envisage coming on stream with edge computing & edge networking and why 5G is so different to 4G in the context of "edge", and much more. To download your free copy of the latest "5G for business: a 2030 market compass" report click here => http://j.mp/5gforbusiness2030marketcompas'