Harry Jacob

„My biggest mistake is to dive always down to the floor, even when the pool is very deep.“
Harry Jacob, born in Nördlingen (Bavaria, Germany) in 1968, studied journalism in Munich and Leipzig. For 16 years he held leading positions at Vogel IT-Medien in Augsburg, where he was instrumental in the development of the print magazine, supplements and digital offers of “IT-BUSINESS“, a trade magazine for IT specialists. In 2014, he became editor-in-chief of “A & D”, a magazine for manufacturing automation at publish industry, Munich – in time for the hype of Industrie 4.0.
Since 2017, Harry Jacob works as freelance journalist, author and communications consultant. His main topics are IT, IoT and Industry 4.0, with focus not so much on technics but on concepts and strategies of business models and customer relations that are changing due to digital transformation.
Articles by the author
Telecom giants jointly develop 5G in-house equipment
Claudia Nemat, Member of the Board of Management for Technology and Innovation at Deutsche Telekom, at the presentation of the LTE/5G repeater jointly branded by SKT and DT. (Picture: SK Telecom) Deutsche Telekom and the largest South Korean mobile phone
“Work in Progress”: How 5G is evolving
Planning the further development of the 5G standard (Picture: 3GPP) The basic cornerstones of the fifth generation mobile communications standard have been established. However, this does not mean that the technical development has already been completed. On the contrary: the
The 5G ecosystem is growing
The latest GSA report reports for the first time more than 400 detected devices (Picture: GSA) The September report of the GSA now lists over 400 5G devices. This is significantly more than at the beginning of the year -