neXt Curve was in Barcelona, Spain covering the 2018 Mobile World Congress to get a feel for what is new and transformative in the world of ICT. Leonard Lee hosted an interview session with Akshay Sharma, neXt Curve Principal and telecom industry analyst, who shared what he saw and learned in this 45-minute webcast covering the following discussion items: * Key Takeaways from Mobile World Congress 2018 * Trends & The State of Critical Technologies * Digital Highlights - Tech That Matters * Predictions for 2018

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reThink Webcast
Event Review: Mobile World Congress 2018
March 13, 2018

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Introducing neXt Curve
Leonard Lee
Managing Director &
Founder of neXt Curve
neXt Curve is a San Diego-based
boutique consulting and venture
capital focused on advising
entrepreneurs, enterprises and
governments in the building of a
better digital future for all.
“We believe that a better
future requires the proactive
incubation and funding of
transformative ideas and the
businesses that will make
those ideas happen.”
An executive consultant with
23-years of experience with
leading tech and strategy firms.

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neXt Curve Principal Panel

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The Main Event
Miles walked in 4 days
Number of interactions
with companies
Number of conference
seminars
Number of conference
keynotes attended
32
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120
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Research Topics
5G Applications
5G Carrier Strategies & Deployments
Carrier Digital Transformation
SD-WAN, NFV, SDN
Edge Computing & Cloud
Industrial IoT Connectivity Infrastructure
Carrier OTT Strategies & Offerings
Smartphones & Wearables
IoT Connectivity (LoRa, SigFox, NB-IoT)
IoT Security & Security Management

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Key Takeaways & Insights
neXt Curve’s Tech That Matters of MWC 2018
Predictions For 2018
Discussion Agenda
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Question & Answers4

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Agenda Topic 1
Key Takeaways & Insights
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Key Takeaways From MWC 2018
5G still has a very long way
to go and commercialization
faces many big challenges
Security and privacy are
increasingly critical as
computing moves between
datacenter-edge-endpoint
Can a great camera win the
day? Smartphones are
yesterday’s news
Today, AI is predominantly
rebranding of the old rules-based
decision engine applications
Say bye to Cloud. Say hi to
dynamic, ubiquitous compute.
(Containerization of the IT & CT
stack is underway)
Show me the money! Telco
transformation into a “better
service provider” remains a
tough pill to swallow

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Agenda Topic 2
neXt Curve’s Tech That
Matters of MWC 20182

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Tech That Matters - MWC 2018
1 Holistic Endpoint Security and Management Platforms
Given that IoT security is a
grossly overlooked gap that
needs to be addressed,
endpoint security and
management is gaining
proactive interest among
vendors who see this as a
important opportunity.

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Tech That Matters - MWC 2018
2 Distributed Network, Storage & Compute Virtualization
& Orchestration
Computing from the data
center to the edge to the
endpoints is coming, as are
the technologies and
applications that virtualize
and orchestrate network,
storage and compute
functions/services across
the ubiquitous compute
infrastructure of tomorrow.

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Tech That Matters - MWC 2018
3 RCS - The Operator’s OTT Integration Platform?
RCS (Rich Communication
Services) protocol provides
an increasingly broadly
supported platform that
provides advanced, multi-
media chat functionality
upon which operators can
provide services that
integrate siloed OTT
offerings. + +
RCS AI-Based Services Integration

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Tech That Matters - MWC 2018
4 Network Security Analytics
Network security analytics
can provide proactive, and
possibly predictive detection
of security threats and
breaches, which will be
increasingly important with
the broadening of edge
computing and Meltdown
and Spectre threats.
Source: Mobileum Global

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Tech That Matters - MWC 2018
5 Wireless Fiber - The mmWave Wave
Wireless Fiber provides an
comparatively low-cost,
rapid deployment option to
support 5G edge scenarios,
which could accelerate the
availability and adoption of
5G services and
applications. Source: Siklu Communications Ltd.
Source: Qualcomm

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neXt Curve’s Tech That Matters of MWC 2018
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Holistic Endpoint Security and Management Platforms
Distributed Network, Storage & Compute Virtualization & Orchestration
RCS (Rich Communications Services) - The Operator’s OTT Platform?
Network Security Analytics
Wireless Fiber - The mmWave Wave

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Agenda Topic 3
Predictions For 2018
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Predictions For 2018
Operators will continue to search for the killer 5G application
Converged IT/CT value will drive NFV investment and adoption
Edge Computing will ride the tide of converged IT/CT and SD-WAN
Privacy will drive increased scrutiny on IoT and cloud security
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MWC 2019 will become increasingly an IT event due to cloud and IoT5

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Contacts
Leonard Lee
Managing Director
neXt Curve
leonard.lee@next-curve.com
(619) 405-8329
www.next-curve.com

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