Gary Lerude, MWJ Technical Editor
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Gary Lerude is the Technical Editor of Microwave Journal. Previously, he spent his career as a “midwife” aiding the growth of the compound semiconductor industry, from device to application, from defense to commercial. He spent 19 years at Texas Instruments, 11 years at MACOM and six years with TriQuint. Gary holds a bachelor’s in EE, a master’s in systems engineering and an engineers degree (ABD) in EE.

4G/5G/Cellular / MTT-S IMS / RFIC Channel

Industry Chat: Earl Lum on Verizon 5G, Sprint/T-Mobile, Huawei and IMS2019

June 22, 2019

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Near the conclusion of this year’s International Microwave Symposium in Boston (#IMS2019), Earl Lum and I sat down to compare notes about the wireless industry and what caught our attention at #IMS2019.

We covered a lot of ground in just 20 minutes:

Earl still isn’t impressed with Verizon’s 5G deployment.
On the Sprint/T-Mobile deal, does the U.S. really need four nationwide wireless operators?
The Huawei export ban isn’t good for the industry, and a clean resolution addressing both the alleged export violations and espionage concerns is difficult to see.
From IMS, diamonds are becoming a PA designer’s best friend, and LDMOS claims the beachhead for sub-6 GHz massive MIMO.

Listen to our conversation on the Microwave Journal podcast: