RCR Wireless News
Technology Podcasts
Since 1982, RCR Wireless News has been providing wireless and mobile industry news, insights, and analysis to mobile and wireless industry professionals, decision makers, policy makers, analyst and investors. Our mission is to connect, globally and locally, mobile technology professionals and companies online, in person, in print and now on video. Our dedication to editorial excellence coupled with one of the industry’s most comprehensive subscriber databases and digital networks, leads readers and advertisers to consistently choose RCR Wireless News over other industry publications.
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Technology Podcasts
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Since 1982, RCR Wireless News has been providing wireless and mobile industry news, insights, and analysis to mobile and wireless industry professionals, decision makers, policy makers, analyst and investors. Our mission is to connect, globally and locally, mobile technology professionals and companies online, in person, in print and now on video. Our dedication to editorial excellence coupled with one of the industry’s most comprehensive subscriber databases and digital networks, leads readers and advertisers to consistently choose RCR Wireless News over other industry publications.
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English
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http://www.rcrwireless.com
Episodes
Will 5G Change The World? Greg Mayo, NETSCOUT (Ep. 64)
4/22/2024
In this episode of Will 5G Change the World? NETSCOUT's Greg Mayo, senior director of engineering, looks at where 5G is (in terms of successes and areas for improvement) after five years in what is typically a 10-year generational cycle. He discusses what the next half of the 5G cycle has in store with a focus on delivering new enterprise services against exacting SLAs. And, drawing on decades of experience with artificial intelligence, Mayo looks at how AI can help operators realize new degrees of process automation and optimization.
Duration:00:27:14
Will 5G Change the World? Femi Adeyemi, Fujitsu (Ep. 64)
12/14/2023
Fujitsu EVP and Head of Global Networks Business Femi Adeyemi joins the show to look at the state of Open RAN, including positive market traction and lingering impediments, particularly related to providing vendor optionality without creating analysis paralysis.
Duration:00:23:15
Will 5G Change The World? Kristian Toivo, TIP (Ep. 63)
11/1/2023
Telecom Infra Project Executive Director Kristian Toivo comes on the show to reflect on key learnings form the recent TIP-hosted Fyuz event in Madrid, in particular the industrialization of Open RAN. In addition to looking how buy-in from incumbent vendors can accelerate Open RAN adoption, Toivo talks about the latest in silicon supplier diversification for disaggregated radio systems, and much more.
Duration:00:28:27
Well, technically... Telcos needs their own GenAI models (Ep. 110)
10/31/2023
The final episode of Well, technically... features Swisscom's Executive Vice President of Data, Analytics & AI Laure Willemin, who discusses the need for harmonized and centralized data and reveals that while what GenAI can bring tot he table for telecom is promising, it certainly isn't solving all of Swisscom's problem. And please stay tuned to the end for a special note from RCR Wireless News managing editor and host of the podcast.
Duration:00:15:09
Will 5G Change the World? Heather Broughton, NETSCOUT (Ep. 62)
10/19/2023
Network slicing can be a game changer for communications service providers (CSPs), allowing them to offer new services to their customers and generating new revenue. Heather Broughton, AVP Marketing Service Provider Solutions, NETSCOUT, discusses the current state of 5G network slicing and where she sees this technology going both for CSPs and their subscribers.
Duration:00:18:32
Well, technically... Open RAN has moved from hype to execution (Ep. 109)
10/10/2023
This week, Geetha Ram, the head of telco compute at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, tells a story about her grandmother, details the relationship between Open RAN and AI and explains the difference between in-line and look-aside acceleration for Open RAN silicon.
Duration:00:13:28
Well, technically... there's (some) value in the marketing hype (Ep. 108)
10/3/2023
This week, Spirent Communications' Chief Marketing Officer Cheryl Ragland discusses how telecom marketing has changed in recent years due to things like the pandemic and evolving customer expectations. She also assesses the value of hype when it comes to new technologies hitting the market.
Duration:00:11:19
Well, technically… the most powerful thing you can do is be yourself (Ep. 107)
9/26/2023
Aïcha Ly, head of consumer insights at Opensignal, discusses her personal journey in the work place as a woman of color, how this personal journey helps her support her colleagues and the importance of harnessing the power of your speech. Plus, she shares the telecom trends she and Opensignal are keeping an eye on.
Duration:00:14:49
Will 5G Change The World? Lara Dewar, GSMA (Ep. 61)
9/22/2023
GSMA Chief Marketing Officer Lara Dewar talks through the group's priorities around expanding access to broadband, fair share for mobile broadband usage, and fostering an open developer ecosystem. She also previous the groups annual Mobile World Congress Las Vegas kicking off on Sept. 26, including a look at major themes around enterprise 5G, artificial intelligence, and more.
Duration:00:17:54
Will 5G Change the World? Jillian Kaplan, Dell Technologies (Ep. 60)
9/8/2023
In the latest episode of Will 5G Change the World, Jillian Kaplan, head of global telecom thought leadership for Dell Technologies, goes through the company's approach to fostering community and collaboration to drive open architectures into market. Kaplan stresses the importance of maintaining laser focus on solutions that drive network monetization. She also goes through the technology and business sides of work Dell is doing with craft brewery Exhibit A in Massachusetts.
Duration:00:18:53
Will 5G Change The World? Shekar Ayyar, Arrcus (Ep. 59)
9/1/2023
Arrcus CEO Shekar Ayyar returns to the show to discuss Arrcus, a startup focused on bringing virtualization and abstraction to the worlds of datacenters, hybrid cloud and 5G routing and switching. Ayyar reflects on his admiration for two-time Nobel Laureate Linus Pauling, goes into how Arrcus can enable better network monetization for service providers and much more.
Duration:00:22:37
Will 5G Change The World? David Callisch, Celona (Ep. 58)
8/18/2023
Celona Marketing Director David Callisch goes through the idea that private cellular is a software and access play, and looks at the rise of cellular for use cases where Wi-Fi is not sufficient. He also highlights Celona's expansion into the red hot European private cellular market, details customer wins, and otherwise gets into the nuts of bolts of cellular-enabled digital transformation.
Duration:00:24:24
Well, technically… not everything should be automated (Ep. 106)
8/15/2023
On this episode, Zoe Clelland, the VP of product and experience at Nintex, discusses what she calls an “infinite learning loop” and how it helps companies zero in on what matters most when it comes to deciding what to automate. She also argues that, even with the excitement around generative AI, it’s important to remember just how much automation there already is in place today.
Duration:00:15:23
Will 5G Change The World? Will Townsend, Moor Insights & Strategy (Ep. 57)
8/11/2023
Will Townsend, vice president and senior analyst with Moor Insights & Strategy, discusses 5G hype vs. reality, the ongoing transition from Non-standalone 5G to Standalone 5G, and what T-Mobile US is doing with network slicing. Townsend also discusses his interest in how bridging the digital divide empowers local communities, and fear, uncertainty and doubt in the global RAN market.
Duration:00:25:09
Well, technically... tech innovation is not just about the big things (Ep. 105)
8/8/2023
On this week's episode, Jeanine Charlton, the chief technology and digital officer at Merchants Fleet, explains what digital transformation looks like in the fleet management industry, touching on electric vehicles, driverless networks and the value of modern data and analytics platforms.
Duration:00:12:09
Will 5G Change The World? Sean Kinney, RCR Wireless News (Ep. 56)
8/3/2023
In this special episode of Will 5G Change the World?, the tables are turned as guest host Catherine Sbeglia Nin, managing editor at RCR Wireless News, interviews RCR's Editor in Chief Sean Kinney. Kinney reflects on how the 5G as a world-changing force narrative has changed in the past six years, and looks at ongoing coverage at the intersection of 5G, mobile edge computing and artificial intelligence. Also discussed is the real world-changer—if operators, and their customers, can somehow simultaneously deliver economic growth and sustainability on the path to net-zero.
Duration:00:13:31
Well, technically... compliance does not equal security (Ep. 104)
8/1/2023
This week's guest, Aysha Kahn, the CIO/CISO at Treasure Data, discusses the role of IT in digital transformation, how the COVID-19 pandemic and the shift to remote work impacted this transformation and what enterprises are looking for when it comes to data security.
Duration:00:14:28
Well, technically... telcos need to adopt a customer, not infrastructure, first approach (Ep. 103)
7/25/2023
Joy King is the Vice President of telecoms cloud company Optiva and leads the company’s Go To Market (GTM) Strategy. She joins RCR Wireless News on the podcast for a deep dive into the changing telecom landscape, detailing how business models are shifting and what telcos need to do to keep up, from embracing contemporary technologies to appealing to a more diverse and younger workforce.
Duration:00:12:39
Well, technically... vRAN and Open RAN are key to network expansion (Ep. 102)
7/18/2023
Ragha Gopavarapu, a senior manager for Samsung’s carrier accounts, shares Samsung's perspective on the vRAN and Open RAN revolutions in telecom networks, and provides an update on the company's new vRAN 3.0 offering.
Duration:00:18:46
Understanding enterprise wireless: Part 4—private cellular in action
7/17/2023
In the final installment of our four-part podcast series presented in partnership with Nextivity, CEO of Nextivity Michiel Lotter discusses the company's private LTE networking-as-a-service solution, HARMONY. Lotter explains where he sees the solution fitting into the larger private networking market as well as how a low-capex approach enables faster deployment and ROI for businesses of all sizes.
Duration:00:13:04