Georges Karam, CEO of Sequans Communications, joins Ryan Chacon on the podcast this week to discuss the importance of cellular connectivity. Georges talks about the differences in cellular connectivity when building an IoT solution versus what’s used in mobile devices and how to know if cellular connectivity is the right fit for your solution. He shares some of the most popular use cases for cellular connectivity and some of the projects he’s worked on at Sequans. The podcast is wrapped up with challenges he’s seen in IoT adoption, advice for people looking into connectivity for their solution, and the industry's outlook for the rest of this year.

Georges Karam has been the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Sequans since the company was founded in 2003. Before starting Sequans, Dr. Karam was vice president of cable access at Juniper Networks, running the cable engineering and marketing departments in addition to managing the cable sales launch in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. He joined Juniper Networks when the company acquired Pacific Broadband Communications (PBC), where he was Vice President of Engineering and General Manager for Europe. Dr. Karam has served in various senior management positions at Alcatel, SAGEM, and Philips. He is a senior member of IEEE, has authored numerous technical and scientific papers, and holds several patents in digital communications. Dr. Karam holds a PhD in signal processing and communication theory from Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications, Paris.

Discover more about massive IoT, connectivity at [ Ссылка ]
More about Sequans Communications: [ Ссылка ]

Key Question and Topics from this Episode:
(0:00) Welcome to the IoT For All Podcast
(1:18) Introduction to Georges
(2:02) Background to Sequans
(3:23) Build cellular for IoT versus for mobile
(5:02) Use cases Sequans focuses on
(7:42) When is cellular connectivity the right fit
(11:46) The role SIMs play
(14:28) Where are the most challenges to adoption?
(17:30) How should customers be thinking about connectivity?
(20:03) What does the future of connectivity look like?
(21:40) How has the pandemic affected IoT adoption

SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHANNEL: [ Ссылка ]
Join Our Newsletter: [ Ссылка ]
Follow Up on Twitter: [ Ссылка ]
Check out the IoT For All Media Network:
[ Ссылка ]

свернуть