Advanced media and tech co. Live Planet appoints Per Borgklint and Marcus Bergström as advisors to its Decentralized Media Solutions division.

Live Planet, the California-based advanced media and technology infrastructure company, has appointed Per Borgklint and Marcus Bergström as advisors to its Decentralized Media Solutions division initiatives.

Borgklint and Bergström will be working with Hanno Basse, who recently joined Live Planet (visit site) as President of its Decentralized Media Solutions division (read more).

The pair, who have extensive experience working with Ericsson, CANAL+, and Versatel, will focus on the employment of decentralised approaches to speed the deployment and efficiency of 5G network services for global wireless carriers.

Commenting on the news Basse said:

“Per and Marcus endorsing our solution is a gratifying step forward for employing decentralization to accelerate the higher-speed communication and edge-based compute potential for 5G networks,

“With their advice and support, Live Planet is poised to bring to wireless carriers much-needed relief to the challenges of realizing the revolutionary potential of 5G technologies.”

Per Borgklint is currently an executive advisor to multiple telecom and technology companies, and most recently served as Senior Vice President, Chief Innovation Officer and Head of Business United Media at Ericsson. He has also held several senior executive positions in the telecom and media industries including Chairman at CellMax Technologies, CEO at ice Norway in Sweden, Norway and Denmark, CEO at CANAL+, and CEO at Versatel.

Marcus Bergström is CEO of Vionlabs AB, which specialises in delivering AI and machine learning-driven insights to provide advanced content discovery and personalisation solutions for video service operators. He was previously CEO of Ericsson’s Edge Gravity Unified Delivery Network, and held various other positions during his time with Ericsson.

Regarding his new appointment Borgklint said:

“It’s exciting to be part of Live Planet’s innovation that directs its expertise in media and decentralized infrastructure toward an elegant and necessary piece of the 5G deployment puzzle,”

While Bergström added:

“We are also looking forward to working with Live Planet’s experienced team of entrepreneurial executives, in particular Hanno Basse and Live Planet CEO Halsey Minor,”

AYO.NEWS says:

Few companies out there are bringing together the level of talent Live Planet is, and the projects they’re working on, particularly the Live Planet VR system, clearly have the potential to revolutionise the entire entertainment and media industry.

With the arrival of 5G, truly smooth, totally immersive VR, and decentralised technologies, the possibilities for the esports and gaming industries are limitless. Exciting times ahead, and Live Planet is definitely a company to watch!

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