Episodes

  • Episode 39: Open & Disaggregated, with Fujitsu's Greg Manganello

    Episode 39: Open & Disaggregated, with Fujitsu's Greg Manganello
    Dec 7 2024

    Robert and Grant are joined by Fujitsu's Greg Manganello to explore the drivers behind, and implications of, open and disaggregated networks.

    Along the way we discuss categories of "open", buyer personas, and how to remember the difference between real-time and non-real-time RICs,


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    43 mins
  • Episode 38 - Tradeshow Roundup

    Episode 38 - Tradeshow Roundup
    Nov 21 2024
    A quick sub-30-minute catchup on MWC Americas, 5G Americas, DTW Innovate (US), MEF and even a dash of Fyuz (Dublin).

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    26 mins
  • Episode 37 - Inventing the Future, with Nokia Bell Labs

    Episode 37 - Inventing the Future, with Nokia Bell Labs
    Nov 5 2024
    A conversation with the AI lab leader at the legendary Bell Labs, owned by Nokia since 2016. We focus on networks and AI, but take a peek into the future, as well as putting AI into a wider context of successive industrial revolutions.

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    39 mins
  • Episode 36 - GenAI in Digital Enablement, Q&A with Huawei Software

    Episode 36 - GenAI in Digital Enablement, Q&A with Huawei Software
    Oct 23 2024

    GenAI shows no sign yet of losing its status as the hottest topic in telecom.

    In this episode Robert hears the latest from Appledore Principal Analyst for Digital Enablement, John Abraham, and gets a far-reaching in-depth explanation from Huawei Software on how they are using AI and GenAI into a range of digital enablement offerings and telco operator business processes.


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    50 mins
  • Episode 35 - Thinking Differently About Network Autonomy

    Episode 35 - Thinking Differently About Network Autonomy
    Sep 6 2024
    Grant, Francis and Robert explore the topic of autonomous networks in telecom, challenging some misconceptions, clearing up some misunderstandings, and generally taking out some of the mystery about how to go about establishing them.

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    43 mins
  • Episode 34 - Transforming Telecom with APIs

    Episode 34 - Transforming Telecom with APIs
    Aug 21 2024
    Patrick and Robert are joined by Nik Willetts, CEO of the TM Forum in a discussion that ultimately finds its way to Network APIs - but necessarily taking in the wide view of where telecom is at, and how things are more different today than at any point in its history.

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    38 mins
  • Episode 33 - Quantum Utility, with IBM's Imed Othmani

    Episode 33 - Quantum Utility, with IBM's Imed Othmani
    May 31 2024

    In this week’s episode Patrick Kelly is joined by IBM Quantum Industry Partner, Imed Othmani, in a discussion on progress and obstacles in Quantum Computing. In particular, what and when will be the first practical applications of this technology.

    It’s a fascinating insight into the path from pure research to business value, and IBM’s approach to finding it.


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    22 mins
  • Episode 32 - Orchestrating to $100 Billion, with Itential's Chris Wade

    Episode 32 - Orchestrating to $100 Billion, with Itential's Chris Wade
    May 17 2024

    Telcos are right to look to enterprise customers for near term growth. But that growth will see them selling new kinds of services, and is dependent on a new level of self-serviceability. In this episode Robert and Grant are joined by Itential CTO Chris Wade to discuss how the next big wave of digital services - an incremental revenue potential of $100B for telcos - can be enabled.


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    31 mins