Anyone in the WAN business—from the carrier or end-user side—knows that local access can present some of the biggest challenges in corporate networks.

There's a physical geography problem that's not easy to overcome. We're talking about pulling and maintaining wires to all corporate sites, which is especially challenging when customers need physical diversity and protection.

Wireless has long been a backup of last resort for many users, but 5G has presented the promise of relieving this pain point.

Let's talk about it. Greg welcomes Inseego Senior VP and GM of Enterprise Ritesh Mukherjee to the WAN Manager Podcast. The pair chat about 5G as a local access game-changer, get into some use cases, and look to the future of wireless in the WAN.

From This Episode

• Episode 306 | Integrating Wireless into the WAN
• Episode 219 | NaaS, the Cloud, and the Future of 5G
• Over 100 5G Network Launches in 2020
• Wireless Broadband in WAN
• WAN Managers Weigh Greatest Challenges of Remote Working
• Why Do Internet Service Providers Need to Pay for Local Access?
• WAN Pricing Mythbusters: Is Local Access 50% or More of the WAN?
• About our WAN Cost Benchmark
• About our WAN Geography Benchmark
• Explore the WAN Forum