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Safe 5G for the Post-Smartphone Era

EE Times Current · 25 Jun 2021 · 38m

What this episode covers

Robert Spalding, former National Security Council senior director and CEO of Semper, and Semper CTO Marcus Owenby discuss their company's technology to secure 5G networks and protect data privacy. They explain how Semper integrates micro data centers into cell towers to reduce latency, harden infrastructure against EMPs, and prevent cyberespionage. The conversation covers the fragility of centralized telecom architecture, the shift toward edge computing for IoT and autonomous systems, and the political context of the US-China trade war and 5G security.

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Semper, AT&T, Huawei, Ericsson, Nokia, Magna Chip, Akon Semiconductor, Imagination Technologies, Quadric, Bayer Imaging, NSA, SRC Computing
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Stealth War

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