In this special episode of Will 5G Change the World, presented in partnership with NETSCOUT, we continue our exploration of telco AI. Beyond the technological challenges to adoption, there are a number of key considerations around organizations and operating models. As operators reinvent as platform providers, this has major implications for the workforce. And following this platform approach, the foundation of a horizontal model is infrastructure, where AI has an important role to play in broad...
Jul 17, 2024•23 min
In this special episode of Will 5G Change the World, presented in partnership with NETSCOUT, we dive into the world of telco AI. As operators develop and implement long-term AI strategies, supporting it all are foundation models, specifically large language models. This episode, featuring telco AI experts from AWS, Dell Technologies, e& and Rakuten Mobile, examines how operators can align outcomes with the underlying foundation models, and whether they can fine tune existing models or whethe...
Jul 08, 2024•22 min
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...
Apr 22, 2024•27 min
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.
Dec 14, 2023•23 min
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.
Nov 01, 2023•28 min
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.
Oct 31, 2023•15 min
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.
Oct 19, 2023•19 min
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.
Oct 10, 2023•13 min
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.
Oct 03, 2023•11 min
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.
Sep 26, 2023•15 min
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.
Sep 22, 2023•18 min
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.
Sep 08, 2023•19 min
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.
Sep 01, 2023•23 min
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.
Aug 18, 2023•24 min
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.
Aug 15, 2023•15 min
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.
Aug 11, 2023•25 min
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.
Aug 08, 2023•12 min
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 simult...
Aug 03, 2023•14 min
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.
Aug 01, 2023•14 min
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.
Jul 25, 2023•13 min
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.
Jul 18, 2023•19 min
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.
Jul 17, 2023•13 min
Qualcomm's Chief Sustainability Officer Angela Baker discusses the role that Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) will play in helping rural environments leverage advancements in sustainability. She also shares details about Qualcomm's approach to FWA and how policy and technology work together to address sustainability issues.
Jul 11, 2023•14 min
In the third installment of a four-part podcast series presented in partnership with Nextivity, Chief Commercial Officer Stephen Kowal reiterates the importance of both cellular and Wi-Fi in enterprise connectivity. However, he points out that Wi-Fi does have limitations, and as enterprises invest in Industry 4.0 solutions, mobility (as enabled by cellular) will have an important role to play.
Jul 10, 2023•10 min
Rail freight transport operators face pressure to improve the capacity and efficiency of their operations while keeping expenditures and environmental impact low. As a result, they are increasingly looking for new ways to move more for less. Adif Logistics Centers in Spain is working with Cellnex and Nokia to deploy private and public 5G networks across its logistics terminals to boost the digitalization and, ultimately, the automation, sustainability and cost reduction of its rail freight opera...
Jul 05, 2023•11 min
In the second installment of four-part podcast series presented in partnership with Nextivity, learn about the role private cellular networks can play in enabling the digital transformation of enterprises of all sizes. While there are some impediments to the deployment of private cellular networks, Nextivity CEO Michiel Lotter sees a path forward that addresses cost and complexity. He also looked at how a strong focus on enterprise use cases can help accelerate adoption of private cellular netwo...
Jun 27, 2023•9 min
This week's guest, Kelly Burroughs, enterprise solutions director at iBwave Solutions, provides a deep dive into a private network deployment at a mining facility that the company supported. Specifically, Kelly discusses how iBwave helped the mining company discover its tech needs and then design its new network, as well the importance of tech integration.
Jun 27, 2023•14 min
BIC's Head of Fraud Prevention and Security Katia Gonzalez provides an update on STIR/SHAKEN and argues that while the FCC's initiative has made a dent in the robocalls being experienced by many Americans, spam, fraud and other related telco issues must be considered on an international level for real change to take place.
Jun 20, 2023•20 min
Gabby Mann is a product sales specialist in Intel Corporation's Sales and Marketing Rotational Program and on this episode of Well, technically... she tells listeners how she ended up in the tech field, how her career goals have changed along the way and what her generation can bring to the industry.
Jun 20, 2023•11 min
Gabby Mann is a product sales specialist in Intel Corporation's Sales and Marketing Rotational Program and on this episode of Well, technically... she tells listeners how she ended up in the tech field, how her career goals have changed along the way and what her generation can bring to the industry.
Jun 20, 2023•11 min
