

Telecoms.com Podcast
Telecoms.com
Once a week we get together in a studio somewhere in London to take the piss out of telecoms and technology for an hour or so.
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Jan 13, 2020 • 1h 4min
CES, Huawei and farmers
The core podding crew return after a scandalous month of inactivity, refresh after festive jaunts around southern Britain. They start by looking at such telecoms news as their was from CES, move on to the latest developments regarding the political football that is Huawei and conclude with an obscure dispute between telcos and Northern Irish farmers.
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Dec 17, 2019 • 58min
The year in review
Only Scott and Iain were around this week so they decided to look back on the year in telecoms over a few beers. The main story was 5G, of course, and they discuss whether or not it was worth the wait. Either way it has fast become a political football, so they spend the second half of the pod reflecting on the effect politics had on the telecoms industry in 2019.
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Dec 9, 2019 • 51min
Media, mobile edge and cunning plans
This week’s podcast is brought to you from the Ritz Carlton Vienna, where Scott attended the Light Reading Executive Summit and roped Phil and Iain from LR into doing a pod with him. They start by discussing where operators should get involved in media, move on to whether they should get into bed with AWS over the mobile edge and conclude by wondering whether or not they have a cunning plan at all.
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Dec 2, 2019 • 44min
Private networks, SI competition and Huawei
Jamie takes the helm this week as the filling in a Light Reading sandwich comprised of Ray and Iain. They start by reflecting on the Private Networks in the 5G Era event they all recently attended, which naturally leads to a discussion of whether systems integrators are allies or competitors to operators in this space and others. To finish off Jamie dares to tackle the topic of Huawei allegedly suing people who say things it doesn’t like.
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Nov 25, 2019 • 54min
AT&T, India and 5G races
Jamie buys Iain a birthday present of half a bottle of manky, generic Scotch and Scott joins them in welcoming the hair of the dog after big nights out for all. They gather themselves long enough to start with a look at AT&T’s tendency to get carried away with its marketing, then move on to the car crash that is the Indian telecoms market and conclude with a discussion of whether or not it matters who has the most 5G deal wins.
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Nov 19, 2019 • 52min
‘Free’ broadband, AfricaCom and OpenRAN
The podcast covers Labour's plan to nationalize broadband in the UK, AfricaCom insights, and Vodafone's OpenRAN announcement. They discuss affordable smartphones for Africa, flight delays, and KaiOS in India and Africa. Open RAN's impact on emerging markets and Facebook's connectivity efforts are highlighted.

Nov 11, 2019 • 40min
Live, Latin fibre and telco AI
This week’s pod features the usual suspects but in a novel environment, the lobby of the Montcalm Marble Arch hotel. Our intrepid podders were between events, having just finished the inaugural Telecoms.com LIVE event with the Glotel Awards evening to come. They start with a recap of the event, move on to fibre innovation in Latin America and conclude with a review of the recent Telo AI Summit event.
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Nov 4, 2019 • 59min
Smartphone numbers, India and Fitbit
The pod A-team of Jamie, Iain and Scott are back together this week and they start with a look at the latest global smartphone shipment numbers and specifically Huawei’s extraordinary performance. Conversation moves onto the ongoing soap-opera that is the Indian telecoms market before concluding with analysis of Google’s decision to buy wearables specialist Fitbit.
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Oct 28, 2019 • 1h 2min
UK coverage, monetizing 5G and Nokia
Scott and Iain from Light Reading are joined by returning special guest, telecoms analyst William Webb this week. They start by looking at the latest coverage aspirations for the UK market, move on to look at how much progress the industry is making towards monetizing 5G now that it has been launched and conclude with an analysis of Nokia’s latest earnings announcement.
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Oct 21, 2019 • 49min
Q3 numbers, BBWF and new iPhone
Pierre’s back, which means the pod is too. Scott once more the filling in a Light Reading sandwich, joined as he is by Iain and Ray. After some extensive plugging they start by reviewing some Q3 earnings numbers, then Iain and Ray report from the recent Broadband World Forum event before they conclude with an ad hoc review of Iain’s new iPhone.
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