Open Challenges

Berkeley 5G Private Networks
How Can 5G Enhance and Accelerate University Students’ Educational Experience?
- Researching the possibility of a 5G technology plan for academic institutions
- Learning the key pain points UC Berkeley students/faculty face in the areas of connectivity and IoT devices
- Understanding the needs and requirements of academic institutions and their campus environment
- Learning the key pain points of IT/Operations to meet those requirements
- Discovering the price threshold of the academic 5G plan
- Validating Ericsson’s top 5 reasons universities invest in a private 5G network

Balance Sheet of the Earth
How can we visualize the magnitude of the Climate Change effects?
- Simple to understand at a glance
- Visualize the magnitude of the problem
- Communicates urgency with intended consequences
- Enables interactive communication with a feedback loop to form communities around the world
- Creates regional and global consensus to send a message to global leaders (political and corporate)
- Generates social capital formation to take action against those who are destroying the planet
- Begs a response from political & corporate leaders for the world to hear their response
- Applies to every individual’s contribution – compare it to their peers and global averages

Ericsson 5G Business Models
How monetizing 5G will create value for the entire Ericsson ecosystem?
- Research 5G network capabilities and use cases or applications that need 5G capabilities
- Identify top three use cases of 5G backed by data indicating customer need and traction including but not limited to Metaverse technologies
- Study potential business models that could be successful as new applications and models emerge
- Provide possible opportunities for Ericsson and how 5G can unlock opportunities that were otherwise not possible
- Identify how monetizing 5G will create value for the entire Ericsson ecosystem