198: Live from MWC 2024

Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #198 where we have a chat about all things IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter.

This week, Bill, Pete, Rob, Andreea, Jan, Tom, Marc, Dimitri, and Leonard reporting from MWC 2024 jump on Web3 to talk about:

* BAD KARAOKE: Leonard's hack job version of Chick Corea's "Spain"
* Welcome to Mobile World Congress 2024 in Barcelona from the Ciena booth at Fira!
* Marc's IoT Stars update! 
* How to grow your YouTube channel! Social media rubbernecking
* IoT Stars is dead! Next year, Gen AI Stars! Be ready for it!
* Meeting Ray Ozzie and hanging with Alistair Fulton and Blues
* NTN - an extraterrestrial hype?
* 5G is dead and should be resurrected,... FAST!
* Private 5G networks - dead or alive?
* AI, the savior once again? Or is it?
* Bill's DistribuTech update - Electrification!
* Are events back? Maybe 2024 will be a better year?
* Jan's Industry 4.0 update on LoRaWAN
* Security First is tragically a bad business model
* Congrats ROB!!! Congrats Nick! Rob is going to be a grandpa,... eventually!
* Cyber Resilience Act in the EU - Marc goes political and geopolitical! Answer, VPN!!

It's a great episode. Grab an extraordinarily expensive latte at your local coffee shop and check out the whole thing. You will get all you need to survive another week in the world of IoT and greater tech!

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