BROWSING: Podcast

Scaling 5G: Sound Advice for Strategic Growth

Strategic growth for every company and industry is necessary for survival. When it comes to the telecom industry, while we have seen continuous improvement for the past couple of years, some hindrances are stopping it from reaching its full potential. Carrie Charles sits down...

5G Solutions for Business Excellence with AT&T’s Jason Inskeep

The further advancements in technology can often alienate those who are not within the industry. As we are pushing for the future, it helps to learn how to bridge that gap among our end-users and customers so we can take the advancements to them...

Well, technically… leaders are gonna lead: Boingo’s Dawn Callahan (Ep. 38)

Dawn Callahan, Boingo's chief marketing officer, offers her perspective on what the tech industry is doing right and wrong when it comes to gender equality. And for those of you that are here for the tech, she also discusses the trends Boingo is keeping an eye on (yes, 5G is one of them).

M-Comm Sets the Benchmark in Quality and People with Graham Ellison

The quality of your service is only as good as the people you bring into your team. With this in mind, in-building wireless integration specialist M-Comm hires for the “who,” not for the “what.” This attitude towards people has allowed the company to build a team and culture that set...

Well, technically… network slicing brings traffic engineering to the next level: Ribbon Communications’ Irit Touitou (Ep. 37)

Irit Touitou, executive VP of packet optical networking R&D at Ribbon Communications, comes on the podcast to discuss the essential role of traffic engineering and how network slicing creates a dynamic network in the 5G era.

Oracle Culture is Driving the Cloud Native Future with Andrew Morawski

The future has already arrived, and it is in the form of 5G. But Oracle brings the cloud native future into the next level with the 5G Next Gen Core. Diving deep into this monumental invention with Carrie Charles is the Senior Vice President...

The Future of Telecom Project Management in a Digitized World with Dan Zygmunt

Digital transformation seeps into every aspect of business nowadays, even in the field of telecom project management. This development is a reflection of the larger phenomenon of IT-telecom convergence that is happening today. Dan Zygmunt is at the forefront of this crucial development as...

Well, technically… 5G has to be agile, secure, affordable and resilient: Rakuten Mobile’s Azita Arvani (Ep. 36)

Rakuten Mobile Americas' General Manager Azita Arvani addresses the company's decision to sell its end-to-end, cloud-native and fully virtualized mobile network architecture as a solution to other operators, as opposed to keeping it all to itself. 

A Company With Heart: Building A Culture Of Empowerment With Kenny Blakeslee

Above every marketing strategy and brand building is an effective team that can work together towards a specific goal. And nothing can bring you closer to the results you've been targeting than instilling a culture of empowerment within your workplace. Carrie Charles talks with Kenny...

Will 5G Change the World? Sandro Tavares, Dell Technologies (Ep. 35)

RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? Sandro Tavares, Dell Technologies (Ep. 35) In this episode Dell Technologies' Sandro Tavares, director of telecom systems marketing, looks at the role of hyperscalers in delivering edge computing, discusses MEC-focused work with SK Telecom, and unpacks...

Well, technically… it’s the amount of spectrum that is transformative: NCTA’s Danielle Piñeres (Ep. 35)

Danielle Piñeres is vice president & associate general counsel at NCTA where she focuses on wireless spectrum policy issues. On the latest episode of Well, technically... she discusses how the recently opened 5.9 and 6 GHz bands will impact the Wi-Fi landscape in the...

Will 5G Change the World? Ivan Bykov, Ribbon Communications (Ep. 34)

RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? Ivan Bykov, Ribbon Communications (Ep. 34) Ivan Bykov, head of Ribbon’s Mobile and Service Provider Solutions, discusses the evolving nature of 5G transport both as a function of capacity demands and service differentiation, as well as...

Well, technically… measuring network metrics should be an apples-to-apples comparison: Opensignal’s Ceri Howes (Ep. 34)

On this week's episode, Opensignal's Head of Regulatory Ceri Howes articulates the company's mission, the difference between Quality of Service and Quality of Experience when measuring network performance, as well as the results of its exploration into T-Mobile's standalone 5G network.

Well, technically… 5G will significantly increase entry points for security threats: Nokia’s Mona Noor (Ep. 33)

Mona Noor, a product manager at Nokia, dives into some of the biggest security threats our networks will have to deal with in a 5G era, compares the inherent security of cloud and on-premise servers and explains why home IoT devices aren't built to...

Verizon is Moving the World Forward Together with Abby Knowles

What does diversity and inclusion have to do with the world of 5G technology? For Verizon Global Network and Technology Vice President Abby Knowles, equity, diversity and inclusion are going to allow companies to make better and stronger technological innovations. This point of view very much mirrors the telecommunication giant’s stance towards social...

Well, technically… communication has always been part of the autonomous vehicle concept: u-blox’s Stefania Sesia (Ep. 32)

Stefania Sesia, the senior director and head of global application marketing for automotive at u-blox, explains the difference between V2X for sensing, V2X for cognition, V2X for decision and V2X for actuation and why each element is important to autonomous driving.

Will 5G Change the World? Dean Brenner and Alice Tornquist, Qualcomm (Bonus Episode)

RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? Dean Brenner and Alice Tornquist, Qualcomm (Bonus Episode) In this episode, Dean Brenner and Alice Tornquist of Qualcomm Technologies Inc., come back to provide an update on how U.S. policymakers are working to address the digital...

Well, technically… 2021 may not be the best year for telecom: Vertical Bridge’s Blair Crawford (Ep. 31)

Blair Crawford, vice president of National Accounts & Marketing at Vertical Bridge, discusses the company's recent deal with Dish and shares her perspective on what's in store for 2021 as we wait to see the impact from the highly popular C Band auction.

Well, technically… zoning for small cells requires an updated process: Miller, Miller & Canby’s Cathy Borten (Ep. 30)

Cathy Borten is a legal associate at Miller, Miller & Canby in Rockville Maryland where her work in real estate transactions and leasing has revealed to her the policy and zoning challenges that telecom providers are up against as they seek to install 5G...

Everstream Walks The Talk With CEO Brett Lindsey

The kind of culture a company has is reflective of the kind of leaders it has. When leaders walk their talk and get involved in the overall business processes, the company walks alongside it too. In this episode, Carrie Charles brings over someone who...

Will 5G Change the World? Jim Patterson, Patterson Advisory Group (Ep. 33)

RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? Jim Patterson, Patterson Advisory Group (Ep. 33) Industry analyst Jim Patterson recaps quarterly earnings from U.S. Tier 1 operators, explores opportunities for operators and cloud providers to sell 5G to enterprises, and predicts the score of...

Well, technically… a little bit of friendly competition is always good: Intel’s Asha Keddy (Ep. 29)

On this week's episode, Asha Keddy, corporate VP at Intel, takes a closer look at the friendly, but fierce, competition between 5G and Wi-Fi both in the enterprise and at home, as well as what is in store for the telecom and wireless industries...

Well, technically… 5G isn’t the solution; it’s simply an enabler: Libelium’s Alicia Pérez (Ep. 28)

The Co-Founder and CEO of Libelium Alicia Pérez comes on the show to defend her claim that 5G isn't the solution to all of our network and economic woes and to explain how market hyper fragmentation is stunting IoT growth.

Will 5G Change the World? Bejoy Pankajakshan, Mavenir (Ep. 32)

Mavenir Chief Strategy Officer Bejoy Pankajakshan reviews the companies latest cloud-focused telecom portfolio expansion, updates on the integration of ip.access, and looks to the future of Open RAN.