Hassan Hamdoun

As the telecommunications market develops and the debate about access technologies intensifies- bps/hz, MIMO,Rx diversity, cooperative communications, cloud, NFV, GPON, COMP processing,etc & what really makes 5G- few things seem to be forgotten. It is understandable that the 10 year (rule of thum) for a new access technology(5G) is due and network expansion and data intensive applications pressure is mounting. This has applied more pressure on semiconductor manufactures ( e.g. for quicker,cheaper and more reliable hardware architectures), vendors ( e.g. solution Integration ), operators ( customers upgrade,procurement, time to market, marketing and price models) and content providers ( e.g.content pricing and generation). yet, are these the only challenges ? let's look at some points & future challenges that overrides all this. White technology and the need to be equipped ( with the latest gear ) for a service provider is critical, the need to manage energy, OPEX and C...

Recently the Net Neutrality debate has taken off in the telecommunication,media and technology arena with an interest from various vendors,operators and telecoms regulators, analysts and consultants. But what is in this debate that we really need to consider and what is that all means. In a Nutshell,Net Neutrality or the "Open Internet" -  Rules introduced by Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in Dec 2011-  No ISP can apply any type of traffic shaping or 'throttling' on traffic and all traffic should be treated equally. There are also additional provisions for Net Neutrality law in the FCC chapter,namely: 1. No blocking provision: devices should not be blocked from accessing any type of traffic 2. No unreasonable discrimination : i.e. no traffic to be treated differently. without a justification. The chapter, though, has outlined that some discrimination can be applied to mobile wireless traffic( from mobile devices) which is creating some controversy ...

Life is beautiful!. Full of adventure, love, joy and entertainment. These are some of the things that makes life very dear to everyone of us. But what is the best way to live life?. What is the optimum combination of matters and feelings? Body and soul? Love and hate? actions and reactions? respect and tolerance? retribution and forgiveness? mind time and heart time? spirit and carelessness?,greed and generosity?, etc It's like a multi-dimential mathematical optimization problems(forgive my example here) with many parameters interacting together. We usually have different perspectives and inclinations depending on our education, upbringing, metaphysical awareness about the world which act to shape us and how we approach our lives. Importantly, how our upbringing was surrounded with in terms of feelings, values and principles,  seem to have lasting impacts on our current status as well as fates for our future( as many psychology and neuroscience research studies have shown)...