135: Innovation at AT&T, Investing in 5G and IoT with Chris Penrose

Invest Like a Boss

Sam Marks Johnny FD Derek Spartz

Business, Investing

4.8 • 518 Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Chris Penrose is Senior Vice President of AT&T’s Advanced Solutions organization. He has responsibility for leading AT&T’s business development and specialized sales efforts for next-generation technologies, including 5G, Internet of Things, edge computing and networking solutions.

During the episode, Chris reveals how AT&T conceptualize and plan out their innovations, especially on coming up with the best ideas for technological developments. He explains the advancements in the new 5G and IoT technology; and how they will be delivered to the consumers. He also shares what AT&T is looking forward to in the next years.

Where we are:

Johnny FD - Bangkok
Sam Marks - Barcelona

Links:

Website - Business.ATT.com
Newsroom - ATT.com/News
Twitter - AT&T News

Sponsor:

Indeed.com/ILAB

Time Stamps:

04:55 – The foundation and purpose of AT&T
05:48 – How AT&T plan out their innovations
06:10 – “Innovation is one of the forefronts of what we try to do at AT&T” - Chris Penrose
09:54 – How AT&T come up with the best ideas
11:41 – IoT vs. 5G
17:15 – What are the exciting concepts that he sees in the future?
17:36 – “If it doesn’t serve a purpose, then don’t do it” - Chris Penrose
23:00 – What are the advances that 5G offers as compared to 4G?
24:50 – Two new products that AT&T introduced this year
26:26 – How will 5G be delivered in the market?
30:53 – The future of cell sites
34:24 – Providing priority connection to first responders
35:31 – The expansions in technology in the next 10 years
36:17 – “The speed of innovation is only going to continue to increase” - Chris Penrose
38:12 – Advantages of autonomous driving

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0:00.0	Hey bosses, this week's sponsor is Indeed. Are you hiring? With Indeed, you can post a job in minutes.
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0:19.6	Welcome to the Invest like a Boss podcast.
0:21.6	I'm Sam Marks.
0:22.6	And I'm Johnny FD.
0:23.6	We're self-made entrepreneurs who invest our own money and use modern technology to invest
0:27.3	like a boss.
0:28.1	Join us each week for exclusive interviews with our network of modern investors, business
0:31.8	owners, and multimillionaires to discover new ways to invest our hard-earned cash.
0:37.9	Hey bosses, welcome to Invest Like a Boss episode 135.
0:42.3	I am in Bangkok, Thailand, and Sam is, you're in Barcelona.
0:46.0	Barcelona bound.
0:47.4	I thought you were in Sri Lanka.
0:48.6	I can't keep track of you, Johnny.
0:50.1	I'm on route to Sri Lanka.
0:52.4	By this next episode, I'll be there.
0:55.0	But I decided to spend a week in Bangkok in between just to kind of hang out.
0:59.8	And plane hopping and city hopping in Asia would not be at the top of my list right now.
1:04.5	Corona virus.
1:06.3	Yeah, let's hope that's all cleared up by the time who you guys are listening to this.
1:10.3	But I had planned this out a little bit too early in events. I had like a week between my Airbnb finishing in Chiang Mai and my Sri Lanka flight. And I was like, let me just go to Bangkok and hang out for a few days. So we'll see how that goes. Yeah. Always a good pit stop, no doubt about that.
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