Telecoms.com Podcast

While Jamie traverses the Far East, Ray Le Maistre from Telecoms.com’s sister site Light Reading jumps in for the pod this week. The modified gang tries to get its head around 5G and 4.5G Pro hype while trying to dodge exploding Samsung batteries. Elsewhere, AT&T takes a swipe at Google Fiber with a catty and ill-considered rant, while Virgin Media gets its game back with a bundle taking aim at gaming addicts. Tim pushes BT’s customer experience team to its limits and has a broadbandectomy; SpaceX’s ambitions come crashing back down to Earth, and we comment on the collective pressgasm over iPhone 7 rumours. 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

Things get a bit stalky this week as the gang go over AI surveillance and predictive policing in Chicago. Whatsapp tries its best to disguise self-interest as customer experience; Verizon decides to go it alone in the 5G world; mobile helps the BBC strike gold for Olympics views and the internet does what the internet does best by revealing its least favourite word. Meanwhile, pizzas go aerial with drone delivery and Scott fancies getting a slice of the action; Jamie gives an update on his new life in the smartphone era; and the podders reveal their most-hated buzzword. 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

This week’s episode comes to you from a war-torn Britain, as tensions escalate between BT and its bitter rivals after an angry exchange of… letters. The gang digests the latest part of the ongoing BT/Openreach/Ofcom/Everyone Else saga, before going into detail on Uber’s plans to launch self-driving cars in a matter of weeks. Elsewhere, Jamie has a bit of trouble with his new phone, Tim gets interrogated by the gang about his marriage, Scott gets some Kevlar on and something smells fishy in the VR space. 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

This week the band gets back together as Scott returns from his self-imposed exile. The gang has a look at recent claims of Qualcomm’s insecurities in 900 million Android devices, followed by the growth, and inevitable hacking, of eSports gaming titles like Dota 2. Verizon’s acquisition of Yahoo and the growing role of content in telcos’ bundling strategy falls under the spotlight, before a dedicated app for couples seeking greater “intimacy” gets analysed. Meanwhile, Jamie FINALLY gets with the times… sort of. 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

This week the gang welcome another guest into the studio as they go over all of the latest smartphone activity from Apple, Samsung, Sony, HTC and Huawei. While Scott flees to a deserted island for a week in a bid to gain some seclusion from the growth of AI, guest Henry Burrell from PC Advisor and Macworld helps Tim and Jamie understand just what's going on in the devices biz. Elsewhere, T-Mobile US is crowned the country's fastest LTE network, Vodafone launches an IoT bikini and Tim realises he costs less than a Mars bar. 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

This week the gang brings a guest podder into the Telecoms.com studio to chat about all things to do with monetisation of new tech trends in the telecoms industry. Alonside Mary Clarke from Syniverse, the guys go over the commercialisation of IoT, 5G, big data, giant data, gargantuan data and more; while Mary gives a unique and unconventional definition of “Digital Transformation”. Finally, Jamie reveals a shocking admission which leaves some of the podders enraged. 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

This week the gang digests the goliath acquisition of ARM by Softbank and whether the move will position the Japanese telco conglomerate as a force in IoT. Q2 results are in and Jamie says it’s apparently not all doom and gloom. The chaps go on to look at mobile gaming and how Pokémon Go has absolutely exploded across the world in week two of Pokémania, and what it means for telecoms as some of the group have a bit of a Pokémoan. Finally, the gang investigates dangerous worker social media habits and celebrates the 80th birthday of BT’s talking clock. 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

This week the gang dive into everything surrounding the internet of things. What is IoT, and what does it mean for today’s telecoms industry? How will the industry manage the swathes of data being generated by billions of devices and sensors transmitting all sorts of information, and will the everyday consumer put its trust in large organisations to protect its data? Will the growth of IoT present new and unique security threats to the telecoms network, or will IoT transform consumer goods into silent recruits in the “thingbot army”? We also get into connected cars, and whether self-driving vehicles will take off. 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

The gang takes a look at corporate manoeuvres in the European operator market and reflects on the end of a smartphone era from BlackBerry. Jamie analyses the boardroom shenanigans around the LinkedIn acquisition and asks who ‘company C’ might be, while Tim weighs up the pros and cons of the ‘freemium’ business model, and Scott takes one for the team in reviewing a Legacy of the Beast – a mobile game from heavy metal band Iron Maiden. Lastly they talk Brexit spam, flash storage extortion and robot take-away deliveries. Join the debate and share your thoughts by tweeting us @telecoms using the hashtag #AWIW, or leave a comment in the section below. 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

The podders wrap up 5G World and address the big question mark over use-cases, while Scott loses himself in chicken metaphors. Tim issues a humble apology about his antiquated VR views, Spotify has a bite at Apple, Snapchat claims it’s bigger than TV and Jamie decides who gets his last Rolo. 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