The neXt Curve reThink Podcast
The official podcast channel of neXt Curve, a research and advisory firm based in San Diego founded by Leonard Lee focused on the frontier markets and business opportunities forming at the intersect of transformative technologies and industry trends. This podcast channel features audio programming from our reThink podcast bringing our listeners the tech and industry insights that matter across the greater technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) sector.
Topics we cover include:
-> Artificial Intelligence
-> Cloud & Edge Computing
-> Semiconductor Tech & Industry Trends
-> Digital Transformation
-> Consumer Electronics
-> New Media & Communications
-> Consumer & Industrial IoT
-> Telecommunications (5G, Open RAN, 6G)
-> Security, Privacy & Trust
-> Immersive Reality & XR
-> Emerging & Advanced ICT Technologies
Check out our research at www.next-curve.com.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 32 minutes
- Episodes
- 172
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
The Need for a 5G Reset (with John Smee, Qualcomm)
In a recent social post, Leonard Lee, Executive Analyst of neXt Curve, suggested a reset of the 5G discussion to address over-shooting disillusionment and forgoing of potentially transf…
What is Safe AI? (with Debbie Reynolds)
The promise of AI has reached a fever pitch not seen since another hype that occurred just a couple of years ago that has long subsided - metaverse. This time, AI has once again spurred…
The Present and Future of Industry 4.0 (with Jack Gold)
Leonard Lee of neXt Curve is joined by special guest, Jack Gold of J.Gold Associates LLC, to discuss the meaning and relevance of Industry 4.0 after years of what seems a vision yet rea…
What is Responsible AI? (with Debbie Reynolds)
Generative AI continues to dominate the techno headlines with a formidable hype cycle underway that we have not seen since, well,... metaverse. While everyone is drinking the Kool-Aid, …
The Regulatory Landscape for Privacy Rights and Protection (with Debbie Reynolds)
Privacy protection is becoming a growing concern especially after the EU instituted GDPR back on May 25, 2018. We have come a long way with companies like Apple upturning digital market…
"The Radio to the RIC" - The Open RAN Squid Game (with Earl Lum)
Welcome to the neXt Curve reThink series that focuses on the state of Open RAN and the future of open standards and technologies in mobile wireless infrastructure - The Radio to the RIC…
"The Radio to the RIC" - Is Open RAN Ready for Prime Time (with Earl Lum)
Welcome to the neXt Curve reThink series that focuses on the state of Open RAN and the future of open standards and technologies in mobile wireless infrastructure - The Radio to the RIC…
Responsible AI in a Degenerative AI Era (with Debbie Reynolds)
This is a special Data Diva 911 edition of neXt Curve's reThink webcast series, Privacy & Trust, in collaboration with Debbie Reynolds of Debbie Reynolds Consulting LLC where were addre…
"The Radio to the RIC" - Is Software Eating the RAN? (with Earl Lum)
Welcome to the neXt Curve reThink series that focuses on the state of Open RAN and the future of open standards and technologies in mobile wireless infrastructure - The Radio to the RIC…
Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2023 Recap (with Prakash Sangam)
neXt Curve's Leonard Lee and Prakash Sangam of Tantra Analyst share their key takes from Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked 2023 event held at the Masonic Theater in San Francisco on February 1,…
Rethinking Privacy & Trust (with Debbie Reynolds)
Privacy protection is becoming a growing concern especially after the EU instituted GDPR back on May 25, 2018. We have come a long way with companies like Apple upturning digital market…
Our Detrimental Hype Syndrome (with Dr. Jeffrey Funk)
Emerging technologies are hotbeds for detrimental hype and speculation often grounded in deep misconceptions of the subject technologies and dubious narratives that set increasingly exa…
"The Radio to the RIC" Series Intro (with Earl Lum)
Welcome to the neXt Curve reThink series that focuses on the state of Open RAN and the future of open standards and technologies in mobile wireless infrastructure - The Radio to the RIC…
5G Leadership (with Chetan Sharma)
5G leadership is a hotly debated topic with much at stake as leading economies and regional operators vie for the bragging rights as the “leader” of the next generation network. Beyond …
Chip Supply Chain Resiliency (with Mario Morales)
The chip industry has been in the spotlight for the past few years as its growing importance across industries such as automotive has become profoundly apparent. The chip supply chain i…
The Path to Autonomous Edge (with Roy Chua)
Autonomous network and compute infrastructure is the aspiration, but the path runs through automation. Automation is deemed essential for scale-out edge cloud and hyperscale telco cloud…
US Tech Competitiveness (with Roger Entner)
For decades, the US has been the de facto world leader of technology and technology industry. With the rise of Digital China, US leadership in the crucial semiconductor industry no long…
Geopolitics and Tech (with Daniel Newman)
With the advent of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we are entering an epoch of global instability, bifurcation, and risk that threatens to undo years of convergence, standardization, o…
Modeling 5G Network for Economics (with Sameer Lalwani)
mmWave is simply not an easy spectrum to use due its quirky physics. Network planners need to contend with significant propagation challenges that make it difficult for operators to rea…
The State of Open RAN (with Foong King Yew)
Over the last two years, the hype cycle for Open RAN has been firing on all cylinders fueled by the first open cloud-native network, and global geopolitics. Despite all the excitement, …