CommsDay Live

Telstra executive, technology development and innovation Channa Seneviratne talks about the impending 3G shutdown and the specific issue of those with older 4G handsets which may default to 3G for emergency calls. he also talks about the efforts being made by Telstra and other telcos to educate affected users.

In this special edition we have an extended discussion with two Australian-based sectoral experts who travelled to MWC in Barcelona. First up, Long Street Advisors' CEO Mohammad Chowdhury, a former PWC partner, Vodafone and IBM exec and World Bank economist, who filed a daily column for CommsDay from MWC and joins us on the podcast to look back at the event. And secondly, from around the 18.00 mark, we speak with Re Group (M & C Saatchi) CEO Patrick Guerrera who has worked on the Optus brand over the past decade and shares his unique perspectives on what he saw at MWC. Across the two interviews we cover a gamut of topics ranging from AI to quantum to the digital divide and the great 5G ROI drought!

In this week's edition, we hear what Vicki Brady, Telstra CEO, had to say at Mobile World Congress, we catch up with the new CEO of iSeek, Scott Hicks, who talks about their service USP and we catch up with CommsDay editor Rohan Pearce to discuss the TPG results

Mobile World Congress returns to Barcelona from this weekend and to preview some of the major themes of the event we spoke with Paolo Sidoti, ANZ Communications, Media, Technology (CMT) client group lead of Accenture. We cover a gamut of topics including AI and network transformation. Also we speak with Rohan Pearce about the latest telecom developments at the Quad.

In this episode: * we speak with NBN CO CEO Stephen Rue following 1H results, focusing on the increasing uptake of Fibre Connect and the implementation of the new Special Access Undertaking * we also find out about Zella DC, the Perth based micro DC company, which is kicking goals in the US, with CEO Angie Keeler, and, we speak with CommsDay's Rohan Pearce about Telstra's AI announcements this week

This week Grahame Lynch chats with AWS chief technologist, telco Ishwar Parulkar from California on his predictions for 2024 including increased use of AI by telcos, more comfort with SaaS and APIs, and a renewed move to cloud RANs. Grahame also chats with CommsDay managing editor Rohan Pearce about the news of the week

In the first episode of CommsDay Live for 2024: We have an extended chat with Kearney partners Shivani Parekh from Chicago and Sarovar Agarwal from Melbourne from that consulting firm's telecom, media and technology practice on why network resilience is rising rapidly up the list of priorities for telco executives. And a hint: getting it right is as much about culture as technology. CommsDay chief editor Rohan Pearce joins us to look at the new Samsung AI-enabled handsets released this week which are making quite an impression. And finally, we are joined by London-based CEO of the Mobile Ecosystem Forum, Dario Betti, who shares with us his top global regulatory predictions for 2024 including what is happening with privacy and identity.

In the last episode of CommsDay Live for 2023, Grahame Lynch speaks with: * Capti CEO Todd Maunder about what he finds compelling about the Vision Network product set which he resells * Sat.One's Daniel Fairbairn on his company's first OneWeb enterprise signing * Shadow communications minister David Coleman on the issues that dominated 2023 and how they will play out in 2024

In this sponsored podcast, Grahame Lynch talks with Amplitel CEO Jon Lipton. Amplitel is one of the new breed of tower companies that have emerged in recent years, but we discuss how it is more than a real estate play, but a company going up the value stack in terms of what it offers to customers and developing innovative solutions in areas such as the use of digital twin technology.

In this episode we hear from: * Rapid7 global chief security officer Jaya Balloo talking about the cyber threats of AI and quantum, * Netskope SVP, borderless WAN Parag Thakore, and * Absolute Software CTO Nicko van Someren on the hype around AI in cybersecurity

In this episode we talk with two visiting executives from the US - Amdocs group president of technology and head of strategy Anthony Goonetilleke and Juniper Networks' Senior Director of Product Marketing for AI-Driven Enterprise Christian Gilby - about artificial intelligence, the impact it is having in the market and how it can benefit telcos

In this episode, Grahame Lynch chats with CommsDay's Rohan Pearce about the future of co-regulation as the minister moves to impose a standard over financial hardship cases and ACMA sets ultimatums over industry code revision. And we hear from Telstra network executives Nikos Katinakis and Channa Seneviratne who spoke at a major briefing on what is happening with 5G and satellite at the telco: in their own words, given some of the selective and inaccurate reporting about what was discussed.

In this episode, we hear from * PM Anthony Albanese and cybersecurity minister Clare O'Neil about their new national cybersecurity co-ordinator appointment * Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin and MD marketing and revenue Matt Williams about the reaction to an appeal court's rejection of the Telstra-TPG regional sharing deal * Optus's MD enterprise Gladys Berejiklian on the company's approach to partnerships, and * a chat with Mathworks' Ruth-Anne Marchant about what 6G might look like

In this episode: * we hear from the founder of Freelancer.com Matt Barrie and his thoughts on AI * Rosemary Sinclair from auDA talks about the trust premium of the .au domain, and * Visiting Cradlepoint executives Lindsay Notwell and Lisa Guess talk about the rise of 5G slicing and where Australia is at in wireless enterprise use cases

Vocus is the diamond sponsor of this year's CommsDay Summit and we took the opportunity to speak with its head of enterprise and government Andrew Wildblood about this year's talking points and developments at the company

Grahame Lynch chats with Adam Beck, the head of digital urbanism at ENE.HUB, about the company's vision for frictionless 5G and how its smart pole functionality is building bridges with local communities and government.

In this episode we catch up with former M2 and Vocus boss Geoff Horth to find out about his new converged service provider SUPA and the new shadow communications minister comes to the studio.

TPG Telecom returned a good set of numbers this week in an indication that it has turned the corner and now has positive momentum in the years ahead. Grahame Lynch spoke with Inaki Berroeta.

In this special sponsored edition of CommsDay Live, Grahame Lynch talks with Mansour Karam, the co-founder of Apstra, now a unit of Juniper Networks. In this podcast, they discuss the origin story of Apstra, how Karam saw a shared vision between Apstra and Juniper, what was the original problem that Apstra sought to solve, the idea behind intent-based networking and how Apstra performs in blind end-user studies. They conclude by discussing what lies in the future for Apstra.

This week we take a look at a new academic paper which finds fault with national broadband measurement programs and suggests alternative ways to get more meaningful data on broadband experiences with co-author Dr Vijay Sivaraman. We also hear from the new CEO of Vocus, Ellie Sweeney, who replaces the retiring Kevin Russell in a few weeks.