5G – The Path to the Next Generation

Overview

The mobile industry is embarking on the transition to fifth-generation (5G) technology, which builds on the achievements of 4G while also creating new opportunities for innovation. 5G is ushering in a new era that will see connectivity become increasingly fluid and flexible.

This three-day face-to-face course covers the key aspects of 5G technology and examines the role governments and regulators can play in helping unlock the benefits of future 5G services for their citizens.

Course Objectives

Learn about the underlying technologies and concepts associated with 5G.
Discover the key differences between 5G and previous generations of mobile technology.
Understand how governments and regulators can help accelerate the development of 5G technology and services in their countries.

Course Enrolment Criteria

This course is open to:

Regulators
Policymakers
Representatives from academia and international organisations working on regulatory or policy issues

We cannot accept applications from individuals working in the private sector or those not involved in policy or regulation.

Course Completion Certificates

All of our courses are certified by the United Kingdom Telecoms Academy (UKTA) and can be used as evidence of professional development.

To qualify for a course completion certificate, you must attend all the course sessions and fill out the course survey.

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Duration: 18 hours

Start date: 4 November 2024

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Trainer

Barbara Pareglio

Senior Technical Director, Smart Mobility Lead, GSMA

Barbara has over 20 years of experience in the mobile industry. She has been part of the GSMA Internet of Things Programme since 2014, working on several aspects of the IoT such as the development of the Mobile IoT Technologies (LTE-M, NB-IoT), GSMA IoT Security Guidelines, GSMA Drone Interest Group and looking at a variety of emerging technologies, like machine learning/AI and edge computing, for helping the mobile industry to create trusted solutions for the IoT. Before joining the GSMA Barbara worked in R&D in several areas of telecommunications, including Intelligent Networks, IMS, Service Enabling and M2M/IoT. She also participate in and actively contributed to several standards.

The GSMA Internet of Things Programme help operators to fully realise the opportunity in the IoT, operators must deliver secure IoT networks as well as scalable value added data services for the world’s industry and machines beyond connectivity. This is to be achieved by industry collaboration, appropriate regulation, optimising networks as well as developing key enablers to support the growth of IoT.

Faisal Zia

Technical Director

Faisal is responsible for GSMA Foundry, which looks at driving innovation and addressing the telco industry’s significant challenges in the 5G era. Subject matter expert in 5G, energy efficiency, AI and automation, backhaul and new applications in infrastructure sharing.

Faisal has over ten years of experience in IT and telecoms, leading commercial and technical initiatives in 5G, emerging technology, technology strategy, and more recent leading portfolios such as Network Economics, RCS, Telco Cloud and Multi-Access Edge Computing.