Network Break 416: Ericsson Flogs 5G Network Slicing For Laptops; Microsoft Loads Work Drudgery Onto ChatGPT

Take a Network Break! This week we start with some follow-up on Intel as well as Teams vs. Slack. If you’d like to offer a comment or correction, you can let fly at packetpushers.net/fu. On the news front, Ericsson demonstrates “network slicing” down to the laptop level to give 5G providers another option to try and sell differentiated services. Microsoft adds ChatGPT to Teams and Viva to handle tasks such as taking notes and drafting sales email. And BT hopes to deliver 5G  to underserved areas from drones. Juniper delivers positive financial results for Q4 and fiscal year 2022. Amazon’s AWS continues to deliver big revenue, but at slightly less astronomical rates than previous years. Last but not least, Japanese researchers are testing the use of laser turrets to kill crop-destroying insects. Get links to all these stories below. Tech Bytes: VMware and Expedient Stay tuned for a Tech Bytes podcast, sponsored by VMware, for a conversation about cloud migration and operating in a multi-cloud environment. We talk with VMware partner Expedient, a cloud service provider, about how it helps clients migrate their VMware environments to the cloud. Show Links: FU: Intel execs make small cut to their overall compensation after a disastrous quarter – CNBC News: Ericsson, Intel and Microsoft show laptop network slicing – Ericsson The 3G4G Blog: Network Slicing using User Equipment Route Selection Policy (URSP) – The 3G4G Blog FarEasTone and Ericsson mark a breakthrough in 5G network slicing – Ericsson Microsoft rolls out ChatGPT-powered Teams Premium – Reuters Microsoft Teams Premium: Cut costs and add AI-powered productivity – Microsoft Microsoft boosts Viva Sales with new GPT seller experience – Microsoft Microsoft Will Use OpenAI Tech to Write Emails for Busy Salespeople – Bloomberg BT Group and SPL look to the stratosphere to deliver 4G and 5G coverage to hard-to-reach areas of the UK – BT BT in tests to beam down 5G coverage from the stratosphere – The Register Facebook permanently grounds ...