The RTT Technology Topic Podcast
The RTT Technology Topic Podcast
RTT Online
Geoff Varrall of RTT presents the monthly RTT Technology Topic podcast. RTT provide RF engineering and radio technology support to the cellular radio industry, broadcasting, two way radio and satellite industry
Final Compilation 21'20
Five tracks tracing the career of chet baker through his session and concert recordings from 1955 to the final concert on April 28 1988 - recreated by Caroline Cooper on piano, Peter Miles on drums, Clive Brown on double bass and Geoff Varrall on trumpet.
Apr 25, 2018
21 min
July 2017: Another Negroponte?
In this month's podcast, Geoff Varrall discusses the likelihood and potential scale of a value shift from terrestrial to space based communication networks.
Jul 15, 2017
11 min
June 2017: K-SATS
In this month's podcast, Geoff Varrall talks about the technology economics of Ku, K and Ka band Geostationary, medium earth and low earth orbit satellites (K-SATS) and the related implications for 5G business modelling.
Jun 4, 2017
17 min
May 2017: Dot.Space
In this month's podcast, Geoff Varrall discusses servers in space, also known as dot.space or above the cloud computing, exploring the profound impact that technology and commercial innovation is having on the satellite sector and how this influences the 5G business model and 5G financial viability.
May 1, 2017
13 min
April 2017: Sub G 5G
In this month’s technology topic podcast, Geoff Varrall talks about implementing 5G in existing LTE spectrum or rather, as the title implies, into existing bands at 900 MHz and below.
Apr 4, 2017
15 min
March 2017: 5G and Satellite Spectrum, Scale and Supply Cost
In this month's Technology Topic podcast, Geoff Varrall develops a narrative previously covered in the August 2016 Technology Topic, Satellite Spectrum and Standards, which highlighted the developing interdependency of the 5G and satellite industry in terms of technology innovation, technology standardisation and spectrum, but this time with more attention on the need to achieve cross amortisation across RF hardware platforms including point to point backhaul.
Mar 6, 2017
9 min
February 2017: New UWB
In this second Technology Topic podcast Geoff Varrall discusses the implications of the FCC release of additional unlicensed spectrum above 60 GHz , how this could potentially enable a new generation of ultra-wide band technology and how this might deliver complementary local area connectivity to Ka-band and E band 5G
Feb 3, 2017
16 min
January 2017 : GAFASAT
In the first of the Technology Topic podcasts, Geoff Varrall explores the developing involvement of the GAFA (Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon) quartet in terms of network ownership and added value. He also discusses the changing dynamics of the 5G and satellite supply chain, how technology is reducing CAPEX and OPEX in the satellite industry, increasing CAPEX and OPEX in the mobile broadband industry, and the related implications for future competitive positioning.
Jan 2, 2017
16 min