And more fixed-wireless access traffic is a "good problem to have," CFO Tony Skiadas said.

Energy efficiency gains are real but so are challenges in gaining access to quality data.

But it's expensive and it needs more spectrum, Chris Sambar said

“The proposed increases in broadband benchmark speeds clearly advantage operators of fiber optic networks," PwC's Dan Hays explained.

And open radio access network is coming, "I promise," technology EVP Chris Sambar said.

Its latest success is with Germany’s O2 Telefónica, which is working to lab and field test open radio access network components.

“The longer this goes on the more painful for the customers and shareholders in the companies,” Dell'Oro Group's Mauricio Sanchez said.

“Change management is extremely important when any new technology comes into the enterprise," Randstad Digital CEO Venu Lambu said.

New VP Ankur Jain said the hyperscaler remains comfortable as a facilitator for private networks.

“We're really focused on the bleeding-edge early adopter customers,” Google Fiber's Nick Saporito said.

The vendor expects dynamic spectrum sharing will be core to future shared licensed spectrum use.

"The companies that are really betting big on open RAN, they're going to have to survive the winter," Mobile Experts' Joe Madden said.

Mobile Experts' Joe Madden sees a gap between single and multivendor performance and that future growth will rely on spectrum availability.

The cable giant is looking to grow its private networks business in a market it sees as just now starting to gain momentum.

But does the deal also include secure access service edge? Of course it does.

"I don't want to sound crazy, but like vacations on the moon could be possible, and those are our big dollars,” EY's Michael Misrahi said.

"The impairment does not alter Ericsson’s positive outlook on the … market potential," the vendor explained.

'If you are going to shoot for the moon then shoot for the moon. Don’t shoot for halfway to the moon,' CableLabs' David Debrecht exhorted

The carrier is working with industry groups and through its own internal efforts, but needs more help from the broader ecosystem.

OREX launched with 13 vendor partners, including AMD, Dell Technologies, Fujitsu, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Intel, Mavenir, NEC and Nvidia.

“I love that 5G use case,” Verizon's Joe Russo said.

“We're not going to put technology in the network that steps us back from a reliability and performance perspective,” Verizon's Joe Russo said.

“We are going to be augmenting our [secure access service edge] portfolio working with other partners," T-Mobile's Mishka Dehgan said.

“Verizon ... they’ve got a big team and they like to own it. ... We are in the camp of bringing the right partnerships," UScellular's Kim Kerr said.