<story><title>Vodafone unveils prototype 5G network built on a Raspberry Pi computer</title><url>https://www.vodafone.com/news/technology/vodafone-unveils-prototype-5g-network-built-raspberry-pi-computer</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>AceJohnny2</author><text>&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;and an equally small, advanced silicon chipset.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;That&amp;#x27;s like the old cartoon joke: &amp;quot;Thinking quickly, Dave [the Barbarian] constructs a homemade megaphone, using only some string, a squirrel, and a megaphone.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;The RasPi is incidental to the complexity of the system. Methinks they only used that for the headline attention. Success!</text></comment>
<story><title>Vodafone unveils prototype 5G network built on a Raspberry Pi computer</title><url>https://www.vodafone.com/news/technology/vodafone-unveils-prototype-5g-network-built-raspberry-pi-computer</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>polalavik</author><text>&amp;gt; Vodafone is now looking at ways to democratise MPNs and extend their benefits to micro and small business owners whilst lowering the entry cost and reducing the resources needed to experience new digital services&lt;p&gt;oh like... maybe making it open source? Or democratization as in &amp;quot;sell as many as possible&amp;quot;?</text></comment>