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
Dispute over 800 MHz frequencies looms on the horizon
The three established mobile operators could live well with an extension of the 800 MHz frequencies, but not newcomer 1&1 (Source: Gerd Altmann / Pixabay) The frequencies below 1 GHz are of the greatest interest to mobile operators - after
5G Release 17 and 18: 3GPP kicks off “5G Advanced”
The current schedule envisages that the most important work on Release 17 will be completed soon; work on Release 18 has already begun. (Source: 3GPP) The 5G mobile radio standard is soon to be improved and expanded again: the technical
Open RAN – ray of hope or legend?
Open RAN is designed to ensure interoperability between different manufacturers (Source: Telefónica) Last but not least, the boycott of Chinese suppliers by a number of industrialized countries has promoted the development of Open RAN. Overcoming the oligopoly of Huawei, Nokia
