Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology. 0:26: Recent C-Band news from Verizon. 1:56: How will this change impact the consumer? 3:30: Frequency differences between the carriers and how C-Band is performing so far. 5:08: What are the implications for fixed wireless access? 6:19: When we should begin to see the changes in the top 47 markets. 6:55: The surprising place Spectrum was purchased and what may happen with that given what consumers c...
Aug 01, 2022•13 min•Season 1Ep. 99
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology. 0:32: The Supreme Court’s recent decision in West Virginia v. EPA. 2:11: How this ruling could impact the FCC. 6:37: How the legislative process could look moving forward on FCC issues such as Net Neutrality. 8:05: Other FCC responsibilities that will be impacted under this ruling. Tags: telecom, telecommunications, business, wireless, cellular phone, cellular service, Recon Analytics, Don Kellogg, R...
Jul 25, 2022•10 min•Season 1Ep. 98
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology. 0:28: Details about the new unlimited plan that Verizon released recently. 4:41: Where Xfinity and Spectrum fit in 6:35: Is Verizon changing from a premium brand to a value brand? 8:34: Both T-Mobile and Verizon are bundling their fixed wireless services with their phone services. Tags: telecom, telecommunications, business, wireless, cellular phone, cellular service, Recon Analytics, Don Kellogg, Ro...
Jul 18, 2022•10 min•Season 1Ep. 97
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology. 0:27: Q2 Earnings are coming up - what Roger and Don think they could see in these reports. 2:42: Ryan Reynolds is featuring in Mint Mobile’ss ad campaign - are these ads successful? 4:32: The 3G/UMTS network decommission is beginning at T- Mobile - what that could look like. 7:58: Fixed Wireless Access - how it compares to fiber and why consumers seem to be happy with it right now. Tags: telecom, te...
Jul 11, 2022•13 min•Season 1Ep. 96
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology. 0:28: How patents and intellectual property affect the tech industry. 1:50: Is there a difference between innovation and invention? 4:34: How this is working out in the U.S. 5:57: The strategies companies use to game the system and why. 9:14: If the patents are weak, won't the system work itself out through lawyers? 12:21: What the resolution could be for these problems. Tags: telecom, telecommunicat...
Jul 04, 2022•14 min•Season 1Ep. 95
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology. 0:26: The National Telecommunications and Information Administration unveiled its rules for distributing the federal funding for broadband access and what that looks like for providers. 1:47: Roger defines the “Middle Mile” and what it means to the companies and consumers. 3:12: The satisfaction results that Don and Roger run every week - what do consumers prefer? 7:33: The importance of speed in tod...
Jun 27, 2022•14 min•Ep. 94
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology. 0:26: DISH met their FCC June 14 deadline to launch their commercial network. 2:22: What is DISH’s next deadline? 5:43: T-Mobile had a new Uncarrier event - and shared some updates to their services. 8:16: An analysis of why companies (especially T-Mobile) may be aiming at the international traveler market. Tags: telecom, telecommunications, business, wireless, cellular phone, cellular service, Recon...
Jun 20, 2022•13 min•Season 1Ep. 93
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology. This week they are joined by Raza Khan, Senior Market Manager of Wireless Products at Semtech to talk about the intersection of 5G and Optical Technology. 0:46: Raza shares about the role that Optical Technology plays in 5G. 2:02: Upgrading the base stations that enable the 5G rollouts - what part Semtech plays and the reasons we need these upgrades. 6:58: The exciting use-cases that are closer to re...
Jun 13, 2022•20 min•Ep. 92
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology. 0:27: The promotions the wireless carriers have right now - the industry is working through a price-increase right now. 2:22: Don gives the details of T-Mobile’s recently-launched plan. 4:05: AT&T is changing their HBO MAX offer and if that’s a good idea or not. 8:18: Was the rush into content just a way to justify 5G? 11:06: It makes sense to bundle a Fixed Wireless Plan to partner with a conten...
Jun 06, 2022•16 min•Season 1Ep. 91
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology. This week they are joined by Finbarr Moynihan, GM/VP of Corporate Marketing at MediaTek and James Chen, AVP of Product Marketing at MediaTek. 0:44: Finbarr shares about the new Genio Mobile 1200 Chipset 2:53: The kinds of devices the Genio Chips might go in. 6:17: Finbarr shares about the Dimensity 1050 - how is it different from previous versions? 10:11: James gives an overview of the new WiFi7 and ...
May 30, 2022•20 min•Season 1Ep. 90
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology. This week they are joined by Tore Gillbrand, the Vice President of Global Product Management at Hitachi Energy. 0:44: Tore shares about Hitachi’s role in the world of 5G. 2:22: Examples of actual use-cases for 5G that Hitachi is seeing. 4:40: A deeper dive into electricity meter monitoring with 5G in regard to consumers and energy companies. 6:51: The grid-control applications of 5G. 9:14: The connec...
May 23, 2022•16 min•Season 1Ep. 89
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology. This week they are joined by Brett Clark. Brett is a Senior Director at Recon Analytics. 0:36: Roger shares about the MediaTek event that he recently attended - specifically regarding the Dimensity9000 chip. 3:27: What QualComm is doing in terms of diversifying. 4:57: QualComm wants the software in cars to be updatable beyond the new car lot. 6:06: Roger was impressed with a presentation about the re...
May 16, 2022•18 min•Season 1Ep. 88
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology. This week Roger and Don invite Jeff Blum- EVP of External and Legislative Affairs at Dish, Chip Pickering - CEO of InCompas and Andrew Schwartzman - Senior Counselor at the Benton Institute for broadband & society on the podcast to talk about the 12 GHz band and why they believe it should be repurposed for wireless use. 0:57: Jeff shares the history of the 12gHz band and how it’s been used tradit...
May 09, 2022•16 min•Season 1Ep. 87
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology. 0:27: Earnings Reports are out! What Comcast and Charter reported. 1:42: Roger’s thoughts on T-Mobile’s report. Why their account net add numbers are interesting. 4:46: Why T-Mobile’s fixed net-adds are exciting and what that looks like for DISH. 7:47: How AT&T did in Q1. 8:40: T-Mobile’s churn turnaround. 9:44: Verizon’s numbers for Q1 - what was good and what wasn’t so good. Tags: telecom, tele...
May 02, 2022•15 min•Season 1Ep. 86
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology. 0:27: T-Mobile has filed for temporary authority to operate between 6110-6190 mHz. Why that would be attractive to T-Mobile and what they’re likely to do with it. 3:43: Does this mean that they don’t have enough licensed spectrum for their goals and why is that much spectrum available? 5:47: Why this is interesting from a rural perspective. And will the other carriers be interested in that spectrum a...
Apr 25, 2022•9 min•Season 1Ep. 85
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology. 0:26: Deutsche Telekom has increased their stock in T-Mobile - what that means for Deutsche & T-Mobile. 4:11: Will this change in ownership change T-Mobile’s trajectory and long-term plans? 6:38: The relationships between major carriers and adtech. 8:57: What are the ripple effects likely to be in the U.S. mobile ecosystem after Deutsche Telekom gets 50% ownership of T-Mobile? 10:03: What SoftBan...
Apr 18, 2022•12 min•Season 1Ep. 84
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology. 0:26: Roger shares about the latest version of the Build Back Better plan and its impact on infrastructure. 2:11: How the taxing structure works for wireless today and a rundown of each of the challenges facing each carrier if the tax write-offs are removed and the larger effect on the U.S. Economy. 6:39: What are the benefits to the economy from the tax write-offs? 8:22: Much of the OpenRAN innovati...
Apr 11, 2022•12 min•Season 1Ep. 83
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology. 0:27: Q1 Earnings reports are coming out soon and the most eagerly-anticipated updates is on fixed wireless - what should we expect over the next year? 2:05: Verizon started later than T-Mobile, due to their C-Band deployment. 2:59: The economics of FWA and the future stimulus money coming from the government. 5:09: What will people do with all the bandwidth? 8:48: The timelines for FWA and fiber are...
Apr 04, 2022•11 min•Season 1Ep. 82
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology with this week’s guest - Erlend Prestgard, the CEO and Co-Founder of Working Group Two. Working Group Two is working toward making connectivity more valuable and useful. 0:57: Erlend shares the core goals of WGTwo’s programmable mobile core. 1:49: How WGTwo’s offerings are different from others. 4:10: There has to be trust because they are at the heart of the network. 5:40: Examples using AWS. 6:56: T...
Mar 28, 2022•17 min•Season 1Ep. 81
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology with this week’s guest - David Christopher, the EVP and General Manager of Partnerships & 5G Ecosystem at AT&T and the Chairman of CTIA. 0:26: David shares the most recent update about 5G. 1:48: What innovations could we expect to happen in this decade? 3:42: 5G is much more powerful than 4G and how we’ve become an on-demand society. 5:28: The innovations that excite David. 8:30: Manufacturing...
Mar 21, 2022•17 min•Season 1Ep. 80
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology. 0:29: AT&T just had their Investor Day - what the highlights were. 4:26: How Verizon surprised everyone at their recent Investor Day. 6:10: Verizon improved their revenue estimates. 7:17: How is the market defined these days? 9:22: Thoughts on where T-Mobile will sit after seeing AT&T and Verizon’s presentations. 11:21: T-Mobile now believes they are done with the churn from the Sprint merger...
Mar 14, 2022•14 min•Season 1Ep. 79
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner welcome Bill Stone to the show. Bill is the Vice President of Technology Development and Planning at Verizon. 0:37: Bill shares why C-Band is so important to Verizon. 1:37: How is Verizon on track to exceed their goal for 2023 by the end of 2022? 4:16: Verizon is getting better coverage with C-Band than with AWS thanks to massive MIMO. 5:32: Spectrum efficiency is improving with 5G. 7:01: Bill talks about some of the network challenges of adding fixed wirele...
Mar 07, 2022•13 min•Season 1Ep. 78
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner welcome Leonard Lee and Matt Hamblen to the show. Leonard Lee is the Managing Director & Founder of neXtCurve. Matt Hamblen is the Editor of Fierce Electronics. The topic of discussion is Supply Chain. 0:50: Semi supply chain issues - an update from Leonard. 2:37: Discussing the example of the auto industry. 5:01: The supply chain will be affected by the Russia-Ukraine conflict. 7:00: Roger shares about his article on resilience. 8:56: Intel is trying to...
Feb 28, 2022•22 min•Season 1Ep. 77
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner welcome Sampath Sowmyanarayan to the show to talk about wireless broadband and 5G. Sampath is the Chief Revenue Officer at Verizon Wireless. 0:46: Verizon announced their recent 5G fixed wireless at the Super Bowl - what is fixed wireless all about? 3:34: How does Verizon expect businesses to react and what role does C-Band play in this rollout? 7:30: How reliable will this new network be? 10:40: Verizon brought back Jim Carrey as the Cable Guy for their Sup...
Feb 21, 2022•13 min•Season 1Ep. 76
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner welcome Rick Welday to the show. Rick is the Executive Vice President & General Manager of Broadband at AT&T. 1:40: The changes that Rick has made since he took over and what is important to consumers about broadband access. 5:14: How AT&T is addressing security risks. 6:16: What AT&T has to say about simplicity for customers. 10:50: AT&T recently announced its participation in the Affordable Connectivity Plan 14:39: AT&T is a Fixed W...
Feb 14, 2022•17 min•Season 1Ep. 75
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner do a special edition episode on quarterly earnings as well as discussing the latest news in telecom, media, and technology. 0:33: T-Mobile is very enthusiastic about their 4th quarter performance. 4:49: How T-Mobile compared to Verizon this quarter and where their net adds came from. 7:45: Pre-paid to post-paid conversions were high. 8:49: How it’s going with integrating Sprint into T-Mobile. 12:04: How Charter and Comcast’s quarter looked. 14:14: Will the n...
Feb 09, 2022•17 min•Season 1Ep. 74
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner welcome Mike Dano to the show. Mike is Light Reading's Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies and has covered the wireless industry as a journalist for almost two decades. 0:47: Mike shares a bit about his recent article titled “Inside the Messy World of T-Mobile’s Midband 5G Spectrum Licenses.” 2:21: What spectrum does T-Mobile own? 4:04: What happened when one of the organizations that actually owns some of T-Mobile’s spectrum wanted to sell it. 6:...
Feb 07, 2022•17 min•Season 1Ep. 73
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology. 0:27: Verizon’s earnings are out - time to analyze their execution on their plans. 2:55: Even though C-Band deployment was been delayed, Verizon is working to get more markets ahead of schedule. 4:36: What’s Verizon doing with fixed wireless? 6:10: How does Verizon compare to T-Mobile? 7:14: AT&T launched their multi-gig fiber - the initial reports are in. 8:55: AT&T released their earnings r...
Jan 31, 2022•16 min•Season 1Ep. 72
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology. 0:26: The results for Auction 110, 3.45 MHz are in. 2:08: A breakdown of who bid and who won. And who didn’t . 3:58: What AT&T won. 6:22: What could AT&T’s strategy for fixed wireless be? 7:56: What are the plans for the next spectrum auction? 8:47: A breakdown of who else won spectrum at Auction 110. 11:47: This was the third largest auction in recent memory, how the competitive landscape ha...
Jan 24, 2022•15 min•Season 1Ep. 71
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology. 0:28: The Affordable Connectivity Program was passed in November. What is it and why is it important? 1:52: Can it be used for wireless? 3:00: T-Mobile is cautious about the program. Why that could be. 5:46: How each carrier is handling the C-Band deployment. 8:14: What the latest developments are in DISH and DirecTV. Tags: telecom, telecommunications, business, wireless, cellular phone, cellular ser...
Jan 17, 2022•13 min•Season 1Ep. 70
