Gabriel Brown
@gabeuk.bsky.social
Industry analyst covering mobile networks
Status update: swift stop at the Orbit Beers taproom
July 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Status update: swift stop at the Orbit Beers taproom
Good summary. I ride my own bike most of the time. But also use Lime frequently. Lime and Forest bikes are super popular for the under 30s in London. A little pricey but super convenient and quick to get around
July 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Good summary. I ride my own bike most of the time. But also use Lime frequently. Lime and Forest bikes are super popular for the under 30s in London. A little pricey but super convenient and quick to get around
Reposted by Gabriel Brown
UK @ofcom.bsky.social is “banning the leasing of special types of phone numbers known as ‘Global Titles’.
Criminals can use Global Titles to intercept and divert calls and messages, and get their hands on information held by mobile networks.”
www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-and-b...
Criminals can use Global Titles to intercept and divert calls and messages, and get their hands on information held by mobile networks.”
www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-and-b...
Ofcom takes world-leading action to crack down on exploitation of mobile networks by criminals
Ofcom has today announced new rules that will make the UK a world leader in protecting people from the malicious use of mobile networks.
www.ofcom.org.uk
May 4, 2025 at 8:43 AM
UK @ofcom.bsky.social is “banning the leasing of special types of phone numbers known as ‘Global Titles’.
Criminals can use Global Titles to intercept and divert calls and messages, and get their hands on information held by mobile networks.”
www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-and-b...
Criminals can use Global Titles to intercept and divert calls and messages, and get their hands on information held by mobile networks.”
www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-and-b...
“She wanted to die, but she also wanted to live in Paris”
Great way to open a blog post. Love it!
The Mediocrity of Modern Google
om.co/2025/03/29/t...
Great way to open a blog post. Love it!
The Mediocrity of Modern Google
om.co/2025/03/29/t...
April 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
“She wanted to die, but she also wanted to live in Paris”
Great way to open a blog post. Love it!
The Mediocrity of Modern Google
om.co/2025/03/29/t...
Great way to open a blog post. Love it!
The Mediocrity of Modern Google
om.co/2025/03/29/t...
The amount of telecom industry news flow and pre-briefing ahead of #MWC2025 is... a lot. Impossible to keep track of everything interesting going on.
At the event itself (and associated dinners/drinks) I prioritize in-person meetings and catchups, largely with non UK folk
At the event itself (and associated dinners/drinks) I prioritize in-person meetings and catchups, largely with non UK folk
February 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The amount of telecom industry news flow and pre-briefing ahead of #MWC2025 is... a lot. Impossible to keep track of everything interesting going on.
At the event itself (and associated dinners/drinks) I prioritize in-person meetings and catchups, largely with non UK folk
At the event itself (and associated dinners/drinks) I prioritize in-person meetings and catchups, largely with non UK folk
A few comments on in here that many smartphone users would settle for:
5G only needs to be so fast
Cameras only so good
Screens only so bright
Charging only so rapid
The no compromise seems to be battery life
5G only needs to be so fast
Cameras only so good
Screens only so bright
Charging only so rapid
The no compromise seems to be battery life
Thoughts and Observations on Today's iPhone 16e Announcement
Thoughts and Observations on Today’s iPhone 16e Announcement
The iPhone 16e is arguably just plain a better phone than the iPhone 15, and I think it’s almost inarguably a better value at $100 less.
daringfireball.net
February 20, 2025 at 8:20 AM
A few comments on in here that many smartphone users would settle for:
5G only needs to be so fast
Cameras only so good
Screens only so bright
Charging only so rapid
The no compromise seems to be battery life
5G only needs to be so fast
Cameras only so good
Screens only so bright
Charging only so rapid
The no compromise seems to be battery life
Prepping for #MWC2025 where I will moderate the O-RAN ALLIANCE Summit
Join in person or watch free online on 4 March, 9:00-13:00 CET. Register: www.o-ran.org/summit-mwc25
#ORANALLIANCE #MWC25
Join in person or watch free online on 4 March, 9:00-13:00 CET. Register: www.o-ran.org/summit-mwc25
#ORANALLIANCE #MWC25
February 17, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Prepping for #MWC2025 where I will moderate the O-RAN ALLIANCE Summit
Join in person or watch free online on 4 March, 9:00-13:00 CET. Register: www.o-ran.org/summit-mwc25
#ORANALLIANCE #MWC25
Join in person or watch free online on 4 March, 9:00-13:00 CET. Register: www.o-ran.org/summit-mwc25
#ORANALLIANCE #MWC25
Beautiful morning in London. Crisp and sunny. Cycled to the office today without a single red light and without putting my foot down once!
February 17, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Beautiful morning in London. Crisp and sunny. Cycled to the office today without a single red light and without putting my foot down once!
Kelsey Ziser on @Light_Reading is now the go to reporter for the write-up on Super Bowl cellular infrastructure
www.lightreading.com/5g/why-veriz...
www.lightreading.com/5g/why-veriz...
Why Verizon hid its 5G network in the Super Bowl stadium
Finding Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile's antennas and radios installed throughout Caesars Superdome is no easy task. But the service providers planned it that way.
www.lightreading.com
February 7, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Kelsey Ziser on @Light_Reading is now the go to reporter for the write-up on Super Bowl cellular infrastructure
www.lightreading.com/5g/why-veriz...
www.lightreading.com/5g/why-veriz...
Open RAN is like Liverpool winning the league (or Man Utd being good again). There's always next year ;)
January 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Open RAN is like Liverpool winning the league (or Man Utd being good again). There's always next year ;)
'Don’t count on small, rectangular screens being how humanity communicates with machines for ever'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I spent a week working, exercising and relaxing in virtual reality. I’m shocked to say it finally works | Ed Newton-Rex
Bar some glitches, I think a tipping point has been reached, says Ed Newton-Rex, founder of Fairly Trained, a non-profit that certifies AI companies that respect creators’ rights
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2024 at 9:30 AM
'Don’t count on small, rectangular screens being how humanity communicates with machines for ever'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Gabriel Brown
23,500 of 81,000 UK sites now have 5G. That's about 25% growth in 5G sites in about a year. Of these 23,500, only 3,300 (15%) are 5G standalone, carrying 14% of the 5G traffic.
New 5G figures reported by @ofcom.bsky.social yesterday. We updated our mobile data usage and revenue analysis with them: tefficient.com/is-the-end-o... The UK's 5G proportion of traffic increased to 21.2% (in July 2024) but its growth rate was a bit slower than elsewhere in Europe.
December 6, 2024 at 8:27 AM
23,500 of 81,000 UK sites now have 5G. That's about 25% growth in 5G sites in about a year. Of these 23,500, only 3,300 (15%) are 5G standalone, carrying 14% of the 5G traffic.
At the Telecom TV event on Telco AI in London today. 2nd year of the event… Last year a bunch of discussion about telco-specific LLMs… doubt we’ll hear much of that again in 2024.
December 4, 2024 at 10:39 AM
At the Telecom TV event on Telco AI in London today. 2nd year of the event… Last year a bunch of discussion about telco-specific LLMs… doubt we’ll hear much of that again in 2024.
Industry structure is a perennial, fascinating topic in telecom. @daringfireball.bsky.social sets out each end of the spectrum. Telecom is somewhere in between.
It shows why consolidation and regulatory relief are critical for operators' economic prospects.
daringfireball.net/linked/2024/...
It shows why consolidation and regulatory relief are critical for operators' economic prospects.
daringfireball.net/linked/2024/...
‘Building LLMs Is Probably Not Going to Be a Brilliant Business’
Link to: https://calpaterson.com/porter.html
daringfireball.net
December 2, 2024 at 9:56 AM
Industry structure is a perennial, fascinating topic in telecom. @daringfireball.bsky.social sets out each end of the spectrum. Telecom is somewhere in between.
It shows why consolidation and regulatory relief are critical for operators' economic prospects.
daringfireball.net/linked/2024/...
It shows why consolidation and regulatory relief are critical for operators' economic prospects.
daringfireball.net/linked/2024/...
Directionally, Ericsson has the right idea for mobile operators: try and monetize value
The challenge, of course, is how?
The most advanced operators already offer the best service making it harder to demonstrate the value of premium connectivity
www.telecoms.com/5g-6g/as-5g-...
The challenge, of course, is how?
The most advanced operators already offer the best service making it harder to demonstrate the value of premium connectivity
www.telecoms.com/5g-6g/as-5g-...
As 5G SA gathers pace, Ericsson urges telcos to focus on value over volume
Ericsson's latest Mobility Report predicts that global 5G standalone (SA) connections will top 3.6 billion by 2030.
www.telecoms.com
November 27, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Directionally, Ericsson has the right idea for mobile operators: try and monetize value
The challenge, of course, is how?
The most advanced operators already offer the best service making it harder to demonstrate the value of premium connectivity
www.telecoms.com/5g-6g/as-5g-...
The challenge, of course, is how?
The most advanced operators already offer the best service making it harder to demonstrate the value of premium connectivity
www.telecoms.com/5g-6g/as-5g-...
An achievement for 20 people, for sure. But explains why this app lacks features and finesse.
With a fully remote team of just 20 employees, Bluesky has surpassed 20 million users in its first year since opening to the public and is stealing thunder from rivals hundreds of times its size.
At a time when conventional wisdom among bosses is that workers must be in-person to be productive.
At a time when conventional wisdom among bosses is that workers must be in-person to be productive.
November 21, 2024 at 8:28 AM
An achievement for 20 people, for sure. But explains why this app lacks features and finesse.
Nvidia’s growing cash hoard points to M&A
Interesting piece. References Mellanox and speculates (lightly) on Marvell and other potential networking targets:
"Nvidia could in theory buy an optical networking firm like $16 billion Coherent"
www.reuters.com/breakingview...
Interesting piece. References Mellanox and speculates (lightly) on Marvell and other potential networking targets:
"Nvidia could in theory buy an optical networking firm like $16 billion Coherent"
www.reuters.com/breakingview...
Breakingviews - Nvidia’s growing cash hoard points to M&A
Nvidia is making so much money that founder Jensen Huang doesn’t know what to do with it all. The $3.6 trillion chip designer is spending more on dividends and buybacks, but its cash pile is still growing, doubling over the past year to $35 billion amid a frenzy for the company’s artificial-intelligence chip designs. Combined with Huang’s prodigious ambition and a more lenient antitrust stance under President-elect Donald Trump, M&A may be back on the menu.
www.reuters.com
November 20, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Nvidia’s growing cash hoard points to M&A
Interesting piece. References Mellanox and speculates (lightly) on Marvell and other potential networking targets:
"Nvidia could in theory buy an optical networking firm like $16 billion Coherent"
www.reuters.com/breakingview...
Interesting piece. References Mellanox and speculates (lightly) on Marvell and other potential networking targets:
"Nvidia could in theory buy an optical networking firm like $16 billion Coherent"
www.reuters.com/breakingview...
How tightly linked are AI RAN and open RAN?
My blog published on Friday
The new Heavy Reading Open RAN Operator Survey (5th edition) identifies a strong link between AI RAN and open RAN, but not everyone puts the two technologies on a straight-line continuum.
www.lightreading.com/open-ran/how...
My blog published on Friday
The new Heavy Reading Open RAN Operator Survey (5th edition) identifies a strong link between AI RAN and open RAN, but not everyone puts the two technologies on a straight-line continuum.
www.lightreading.com/open-ran/how...
November 18, 2024 at 8:34 AM
How tightly linked are AI RAN and open RAN?
My blog published on Friday
The new Heavy Reading Open RAN Operator Survey (5th edition) identifies a strong link between AI RAN and open RAN, but not everyone puts the two technologies on a straight-line continuum.
www.lightreading.com/open-ran/how...
My blog published on Friday
The new Heavy Reading Open RAN Operator Survey (5th edition) identifies a strong link between AI RAN and open RAN, but not everyone puts the two technologies on a straight-line continuum.
www.lightreading.com/open-ran/how...
Right, it's Friday evening in London. To the pub!
November 15, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Right, it's Friday evening in London. To the pub!
Update to this old post. Since a while back, @matrix.org now has a bridge to @signal.bsky.social. Works really well
Best "fediverse" app I've used is @matrix.org. We have a home server and use it for family messaging, video, etc.
It has all the features, you can choose your clients (Element has a gorgeous web app for PC), and no dependencies on Google, Facebook, Apple, etc.
It has all the features, you can choose your clients (Element has a gorgeous web app for PC), and no dependencies on Google, Facebook, Apple, etc.
November 15, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Update to this old post. Since a while back, @matrix.org now has a bridge to @signal.bsky.social. Works really well
This is very handy. Thanks @ianfogg.bsky.social
November 15, 2024 at 3:49 PM
This is very handy. Thanks @ianfogg.bsky.social