Having taken an extra week to get over the GloTel Awards, Scott and Jamie are back with a brand new special guest. William Webb is a wireless industry consultant and author and has some strong views on all the hype around 5G, so we thought we’d focus on that topic for the whole pod. Jamie reflects on some sceptical vibes coming from operators around 5G, while William asks what took them so long to speak up. They conclude IoT is likely to be the most useful 5G feature in the mid-term and finish o...
Nov 20, 2017•34 min
This special edition of the Telecoms.com podcast is brought to you from the Global Telecoms Awards because nobody felt like coming into the office the next day. Scott, Ray, Jamie and Iain all reflect on a top night out, with Scott trying to nip his hangover in the bud with a bottle of bubbly he nicked off another table. Earlier in the week Vodafone tried something a bit different with its tariffs, but Iain wasn’t impressed, preferring instead to bang on about Ericsson’s lofty 5G claims. Stay up ...
Nov 06, 2017•14 min
Having been abandoned a week ago Scott is once more joined by Jamie and Iain. They start by recapping the recent Broadband World Forum event in Berlin, which was attended by Iain and Scott, the latter being reminded how little he knows about fixed line networking. Meanwhile we’re in the middle of the Q3 earnings season and the big US tech giants are raking it in once more. One the back of that they mull over the power of the big internet brands and wonder which other industries they might yet di...
Oct 30, 2017•41 min
This week we welcome guest podder Jesse from TV business title TBI to talk about how video content is distributed and monetized, and what lesson the telecoms world can learn in its apparent desperation to move in that direction. Jamie is back from his latest travels and brings us news of what was discussed at the Nordic Digital Business Summit. We conclude by reviewing some of the week’s corporate dramas, with Hollywood even managing to put itself in the spotlight on that front too. Stay up to d...
Oct 16, 2017•46 min
The Light Reading sandwich makes appearance once more as Scott is joined by Ray and Iain. They start by arguing the toss over whether ISPs should be allowed to sell broadband on the basis of ‘up to’ a maximum speed that is rarely achieved, which leads to a showdown between the LR lads. Moving further afield, they reflect on the turmoil in the Indian telecoms market caused by the disruptive entry of Reliance Jio and then move on to the growing need to automate a lot of network management. To fini...
Oct 09, 2017•37 min
Our team of talkative telecoms trouble-makers turn their sceptical gaze onto the turmoil at the top of TIM this week, where Vivendi is exercising far more control than its 24% shareholding would seem to allow. Later they wrestle with the many challenges surrounding the smart home, which in Scott’s case includes even being able to say it properly. Lastly the guys tackle the age-old question of how operators can best move with the times and ask whether they’re even capable of change. Stay up to da...
Oct 02, 2017•52 min
Jamie’s back and he, Scott and Iain from Light Reading discuss the decision to kick Uber out of London, which threatens to make going out on the piss until the small hours significantly more expensive in the capital. Meanwhile Deutsche Telekom has launched an offensive on the content market as the two worlds increasingly collide. Lastly the team have a look at Google’s latest smartphone move, which involves grabbing the cream of HTC’s engineering talent, and wonder what this means for the future...
Sep 25, 2017•50 min
In the absence of Jamie, Scott becomes the filling in a Light Reading sandwich as he’s outnumbered by Ray and Iain. The three discuss long overdue big investments in fibre from the likes of Vodafone and Verizon, and why they matter. Talking about big investments they move on to the exceptional sum Apple wants for its latest shiny thing and to what extent that’s taking the piss. The gang concludes by reflecting on the necessity of the distributed cloud and how paying for it is nearly as expensive...
Sep 18, 2017•34 min
Scott and Jamie are joined by Ray from Light Reading and the team start by reflecting on the amount of moaning the impending UK 5G auctions have caused. They then ponder how little control we have over our digital live and ask whether there should be a limit on the power of the dominant digital utilities. Lastly Ray derides dirty data, which is bad, naughty and needs to be thoroughly spanked to teach it a lesson, prompting one of Scott's paranoid AI tangents. Stay up to date with the most import...
Sep 11, 2017•35 min
Scott and Jamie put the band back together with the help of Iain of Light Reading. The telecoms tyrants pick up where they left off by arguing the toss over net neutrality, Europe’s 5G progress and some new gadgetry for IFA. In classic journalistic tradition they end up debating whether any of it actually matters and completely fail to come to a unanimous conclusion on anything. Stay up to date with the most important telecoms stories from around the world with the Telecoms.com daily newsletter....
Sep 04, 2017•42 min
On this weeks’ episode, Scott and Jamie discuss Huawei’s money problems, the pros and cons of own brand vs. Heinz baked beans, Jio’s latest efforts to shake things up in India, WhatsApp’s entry into mobile money and where in the world AI is going to have the biggest negative impact. Long-time listeners will also have a chance to put a voice to the name, as we drag Brad out in front of the mic for his final podcast :( Stay up to date with the most important telecoms stories from around the world ...
Apr 11, 2017•39 min
Scott and Jamie are joined by Ray and Iain from Light Reading as the elite of global telecoms journalism apply their collective wisdom to the week’s burning issues. The gang start by dissecting Ericsson’s new cunning plan but opinion is divided on the new CEO and specifically when he’s going to get his magic wand out. They move on to the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S8 by DJ Koh, feat. MC Bixby and once more the team struggle for consensus, especially on the matter of placing potentially volatil...
Apr 03, 2017•38 min
It’s ‘just the two of us’ as Scott and Jamie go it alone on the general topic of devices. They are left bored by the lack of excitement around the delayed Samsung Galaxy S8 launch, awed by Apple’s ability to take people to the cleaners and floored by an attempt to charge ten grand for a phone. Later the lads discuss jostling in the connected car market, the Yahoo ballyhoo and the curious case of the connected sex toy. Stay up to date with the most important telecoms stories from around the world...
Mar 20, 2017•37 min
In the first podcast of the post-Skinner era, the team is joined by super-sub Iain Morris from Light Reading. Among the key conversation-points of the week include BT finally caving in to Ofcom’s demands for the ‘legal separation’ of Openreach – whatever that means. The guys also mull over the pros and cons of accelerating 5G NR by itself and reflect on the apparent ability of the CIA to hack our devices in order to keep an eye on us. Stay up to date with the most important telecoms stories from...
Mar 13, 2017•45 min
The team is joined once more by the incomparable Mary Clark, who is no longer living on the edge but still has plenty to say about roaming. With talk at the recent MWC 2017 trade show dominated by 5G they try to reel in the hype and question the return on investment from all this 5G-ness we’re supposed to be getting so excited about. Later they conclude Nokia is the Sri Lankan bus driver of the telecoms industry, discuss the pros and cons of walls and Tim walks out for the very last time. Stay u...
Mar 03, 2017•41 min
For journalists Mobile World Congress starts months before the official event, with companies shooting loads of releases all over our inboxes. The team review the flood of marketing missives received in the build-up to the big communications climax and ponder whether it’s worth all the hassle. Meanwhile Tim tells us about his African experiences and Jamie fondly recalls a subsidised drinking in Berlin. Scott once more offends Tim so much that he storms off again. Stay up to date with the most im...
Feb 20, 2017•43 min
While the gang ponders how smartphone sales have grown, a bit of a debate ensues over how big a deal video will really be in the future. 5G gets a new logo, and no one is really that bothered. Parents don’t understand kids. Jamie finds a deep fried burger. Tim finds a beef doughnut. Scott nearly sneezes. Jamie gets surprisingly annoyed by a pointless IoT-shirt. Scott gets a bit condescending, and Tim storms off. Stay up to date with the most important telecoms stories from around the world with ...
Feb 13, 2017•47 min
With Snapchat's holding company floating last week, Scott and Jamie ponder what it's really useful for - and Millennial Jamie gives Generation-X Scott a lesson in young people's social media. Facebook's jolly good quarter gets examined, Openreach falls under the spotlight AGAIN and the guys look at "research" that suggests people are more likely to dump their significant other than change broadband provider… Stay up to date with the most important telecoms stories from around the world with the ...
Feb 06, 2017•32 min
Tim’s back from his mid-winter holiday to pry the hot seat from Scott’s grasp. The reunited trio go over the troubles facing the smartphone market in 2017 as well as a landmark case of Microsoft vs the US government. Elsewhere AT&T’s CEO gets his hands dirty following Trump’s arrival; Ericsson and Cisco each have a refocus on this year’s strategy; BT edges closer to hating everyone after a difficult week in Europe, and the Apple joins the Partnership for AI as a founding partner… four months...
Jan 30, 2017•45 min
Tim, Jamie and Ray have all abandoned Scott this week, but Iain Morris from Light Reading is still in town to make sure Mr. Bicheno doesn’t end up rambling into a microphone on his own for 45 minutes. The two of them chew the fat about Ericsson and Cisco’s ludicrously friendly relationship. Elsewhere, Trump gets to work on… whatever an unexpected President does; and a long and expensive investigation into the exploding Note7 concludes it was down to a faulty battery… well no sh!t… Stay up to dat...
Jan 23, 2017•44 min
The Week In Wireless posse sees Tim debatably upgraded to Ray from Light Reading for the time being. The plucky telecoms hacks soldier on regardless and discuss the apparent moment of truth faced by their industry, which faces the prospect of connectivity costing more to deliver than it makes in revenue. In an attempt to lighten things up they then talk about some of the shininess unveiled at CES, but soon fall out over connected fridges. They sign off by looking at the task faced by Ericsson’s ...
Jan 16, 2017•39 min
The Week In Wireless gang is back for 2017 with another special episode featuring all of your favourites. Tim, Jamie, Scott, Mary, Richard, Alex and Henry all return to the podcast studio to forecast the biggest trends we can all expect in telecoms and technology across the coming 12 months. Will Nokia and Ericsson right 2016’s wrongs and renew the three-way battle with Huawei? Will anyone find a proper use for wearable? Will Mary go off on another rant? Will Tim ever get over his laryngitis? Th...
Jan 05, 2017•49 min
It’s Christmas time and the Week in Wireless gang is here with your favourite guests from 2016. Mary Clark, Richard Fogg, Henry Burrell and Alex Wood join Tim, Scott and Jamie to go over everything the last twelve months brought us. Full of festive cheer, Christmas dinner and lovely lovely beer, the gang reflect on the highs, the lows and the hilarious of 2016. So pour yourself a glass of sherry, sit down by the fire, get comfortable and let A Week In Wireless guide you through the year that was...
Dec 16, 2016•48 min
This week Tim’s husky voice even makes AT&T’s dodgy billing sound sexy. Ofcom turns the tables on the Fix Britain’s Internet’ perennial moaners by giving them the chance to do fibre themselves. The gang examine the names behind the internet’s biggest companies, Amazon opens the super store of the future, Bluetooth says it’s going to do more Bluetoothing, and IoT saves the day for one car owner in the States – oh and the guys come with the industry’s sexiest new acronym: Super-aaS. Stay up to...
Dec 12, 2016•48 min
With a work-shy Scott skiving off again, Iain Morris joins Tim and Jamie to explore the ramifications of governmental spying in the US and the UK. Trump gets hostile on net neutrality; BT has another mare with Ofcom and Openreach; and if you’re listening to this on an iPhone, you’re probably a girl. Stay up to date with the most important telecoms stories from around the world with the Telecoms.com daily newsletter. Delivered FREE and direct to your inbox every day: http://ow.ly/XPA150KWZmO
Dec 06, 2016•48 min
This week Tim, Jamie and a returning Scott chew the gristle of BTEE’s unsolicited and gloating-not-gloating Christmas letter to all its MNO buddies. The government’s £1 billion investment in fibre and 5G comes at the cost of no one being allowed to watch freaky porn anymore, and a super-battery being developed by some clever bods over at the University of Central Florida threatens to shake up the whole electronics industry. Oh, and Scott talks IoT sheep while Jamie gets defensive over his sense ...
Nov 28, 2016•49 min
Meanwhile in Africa, Tim and Ray greet Amy Turner to the pod as the gang digests the happenings from AfricaCom. The guys are live from the AfricaCom Awards, with Beyoncé and 50Cent in tow, going over the biggest trends from the show. Taking a bit of a reality check from the marketing-fuelled buzzwordy world of telecoms, the podders wrap up the biggest key theme emerging from the show: bringing fundamental electricity and cellular connectivity to more than 600 million African citizens. If you wor...
Nov 21, 2016•22 min
This week Tim and Jamie are left to their own devices so go off on one about what happened over in America last week. Politics aside the podders muse over what Trump’s surprise Presidential Election victory will mean for technology industries. They cover the principal areas of Trump’s policy, and whether the telecoms market will be affected as a result; followed by a bit of conspiracy-generation over whether Google knew Trump and Brexit was going to happen. Finally, they wrap up by asking whethe...
Nov 14, 2016•37 min
It was the Global Telecoms Awards last night so we decided to bring you, dear listener, a one-off special podcast live-ish from the awards featuring funny-person-off-the-telly Katherine Ryan! Katherine joins Tim, Jamie and Ray to go over the awards, what she learned about telecoms (including a reference to ‘the internet of a thing’), and how it feels to finally make it big and host the industry’s most awesomest awards! The guys do end up talking shop for a few minutes, covering Facebook’s friggi...
Nov 04, 2016•27 min
This week the lads get Andy Tiller in from AsiaInfo to pick holes in Gartner’s industry yardstick tool – the Magic Quadrant. Andy’s got some pretty large bees in his bonnet, and it made for a pretty unapologetic conversation – but at no point do we call them corrupt. Honest. Later on we go over Apple’s bad week, followed by a bit of natter about why no one likes smartwatches. Vodafone gets a pittance of a record-breaking fine, and we bleat on about a Halloween app for Goat-lovers everywhere. Sta...
Oct 31, 2016•48 min
