{"id":31763,"date":"2018-07-19T13:33:58","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T12:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/futurenetworks\/gsma_events\/gsma-beta-lab-mwc-americas-2018\/"},"modified":"2018-07-19T13:33:58","modified_gmt":"2018-07-19T12:33:58","slug":"gsma-beta-lab-mwc-americas-2018","status":"publish","type":"gsma_theme_events","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/gsma_events\/gsma-beta-lab-mwc-americas-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"GSMA Beta Lab #1 &#8211; MWC Americas 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Venue: Warner Bros. Studio, Burbank, California<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Mobile operators account for between 1-2% of total global energy consumption. To quickly bring the 5G network into reality, mobile network operators will need to devise mechanisms to improve the capital intensity at which they operate. The long-term goal of the Future Networks Programme is to boost population coverage of high-speed broadband while optimising capital intensity by unlocking additional value from networks in a cost-efficient manner. The GSMA want to bring together the \u2018best of the best\u2019 innovators in the areas of Energy Efficiency, Infrastructure Sharing and Backhaul Relief with our Operator Members to facilitate this network optimisation.<\/p>\n<p>During MWC Americas, we\u2019ll be launching Beta Labs, our brand new ecosystem bringing together Innovators and Operators to find synergies to ultimately save OpEx and CapEx. We invite you to join us at the first ever GSMA Beta Lab, which will be held during Mobile World Congress Americas in Los Angeles. Hear from high-profile speakers at the forefront of innovation as they discuss the challenges\u00a0they are overcoming for operators and how their solutions will have a positive impact on Network Economics.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venue: Warner Bros. Studio, Burbank, California Mobile operators account for between 1-2% of total global energy consumption. To quickly bring the 5G network into reality, mobile network operators will need to devise mechanisms to improve the capital intensity at which they operate. The long-term goal of the Future Networks Programme is to boost population coverage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":23143,"template":"","meta":{"start_timestamp":"1536676200","end_timestamp":"1536685200","image":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/650x320_Beta_Lab_MWCA-1.png","json":{"gsma_event_day_start":"2018-09-11","gsma_event_time_start":"14:30","gsma_event_day_end":"2018-09-11","gsma_event_time_end":"17:00","gsma_event_timezone":"0","gsma_event_venue":"Warner Bros. Studio","gsma_event_location":"","gsma_event_map":"","gsma_event_registration":"","gsma_event_speakers":"","gsma_event_registration_fa":null}},"tags":[],"event_categories":[],"algolia_discover_state":[15332],"algolia_discover_topic":[15345],"algolia_discover_region":[],"algolia_discover_series":[],"class_list":["post-31763","gsma_theme_events","type-gsma_theme_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","algolia_discover_state-show","algolia_discover_topic-mobile-networks-and-connectivity"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.6 (Yoast SEO v28.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>GSMA Beta Lab #1 - MWC Americas 2018 - Networks<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/gsma_events\/gsma-beta-lab-mwc-americas-2018\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"GSMA Beta Lab #1 - MWC Americas 2018\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Venue: Warner Bros. Studio, Burbank, California Mobile operators account for between 1-2% of total global energy consumption. To quickly bring the 5G network into reality, mobile network operators will need to devise mechanisms to improve the capital intensity at which they operate. The long-term goal of the Future Networks Programme is to boost population coverage [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/gsma_events\/gsma-beta-lab-mwc-americas-2018\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Networks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gsma\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/650x320_Beta_Lab_MWCA-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"320\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@GSMA\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"GSMA Beta Lab #1 - MWC Americas 2018 - Networks","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/gsma_events\/gsma-beta-lab-mwc-americas-2018\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"GSMA Beta Lab #1 - MWC Americas 2018","og_description":"Venue: Warner Bros. Studio, Burbank, California Mobile operators account for between 1-2% of total global energy consumption. To quickly bring the 5G network into reality, mobile network operators will need to devise mechanisms to improve the capital intensity at which they operate. The long-term goal of the Future Networks Programme is to boost population coverage [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/gsma_events\/gsma-beta-lab-mwc-americas-2018\/","og_site_name":"Networks","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gsma\/","og_image":[{"width":650,"height":320,"url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/650x320_Beta_Lab_MWCA-1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@GSMA","twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/gsma_events\/gsma-beta-lab-mwc-americas-2018\/","url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/gsma_events\/gsma-beta-lab-mwc-americas-2018\/","name":"GSMA Beta Lab #1 - MWC Americas 2018 - Networks","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/gsma_events\/gsma-beta-lab-mwc-americas-2018\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/gsma_events\/gsma-beta-lab-mwc-americas-2018\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/650x320_Beta_Lab_MWCA-1.png","datePublished":"2018-07-19T12:33:58+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/gsma_events\/gsma-beta-lab-mwc-americas-2018\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/gsma_events\/gsma-beta-lab-mwc-americas-2018\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/gsma_events\/gsma-beta-lab-mwc-americas-2018\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/650x320_Beta_Lab_MWCA-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/650x320_Beta_Lab_MWCA-1.png","width":650,"height":320,"caption":"Logo for Beta Labs features a colorful geometric design with overlapping triangles in shades of orange, pink, yellow, green, and blue, forming a 3D shape. Below the name \"Beta Labs\", the slogan reads \"Working together for a better future\" on a black background."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/gsma_events\/gsma-beta-lab-mwc-americas-2018\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"GSMA Beta Lab #1 &#8211; MWC Americas 2018"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/","name":"Networks","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/#organization","name":"GSMA","url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GSMA-Logo-Red-RGB_square.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GSMA-Logo-Red-RGB_square.jpg","width":600,"height":600,"caption":"GSMA"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gsma\/","https:\/\/x.com\/GSMA","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gsmaonline\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/gsma","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/GSMAOnline","https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GSMA"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gsma_theme_events\/31763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gsma_theme_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gsma_theme_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gsma_theme_events\/31763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31763"},{"taxonomy":"event_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_categories?post=31763"},{"taxonomy":"algolia_discover_state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/algolia_discover_state?post=31763"},{"taxonomy":"algolia_discover_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/algolia_discover_topic?post=31763"},{"taxonomy":"algolia_discover_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/algolia_discover_region?post=31763"},{"taxonomy":"algolia_discover_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/algolia_discover_series?post=31763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}