
Telco in 20
Over the next 20 years, the telco industry will radically change as we move the entire IT estate to the public cloud to use AI. Are you ready? Telco in 20 helps telecom execs drive transformative change through the savvy use of public cloud and AI. Host Danielle Rios and high profile guests from across telecom share their vision for the industry’s future, the impact of artificial intelligence, and what telcos need to do to thrive.
Latest episodes

May 4, 2021 • 27min
Ep 18 - A digital telco: Meet Yaqoot (Juha Korhonen)
Transformation leader Juha Korhonen shares his experience with the successful launch of Yaqoot, a digital mobile operator in the Middle East.

Apr 6, 2021 • 20min
Ep 17 - The Software Series: LastMileXchange (James Grant/Andrew Hoskin)
LastMileXchange’s cloud-based access quoting solution shines a spotlight on how the public cloud can transform telecom.

Mar 18, 2021 • 20min
Ep 16 - #SaveMWC (David Haselwood)
The rumors are true... Public cloud is taking center stage in Barcelona and TelcoDR is leading the way!

Mar 16, 2021 • 20min
Ep 15 - Totogi: The new ant at the picnic (DSP Leaders World Forum)
Remember the David-and-Goliath business story of Siebel vs Salesforce? There’s a new public cloud startup in Telco that will change everything – webscale charging engine Totogi.

Mar 2, 2021 • 24min
Ep 14 - The Software Series: PortaOne (Andriy Zhylenko)
Andriy Zhylenko, CEO of PortaOne, talks about leading a pivot to the public cloud via Oracle Cloud.

Feb 16, 2021 • 22min
Ep 13 - The Software Series: CSG (Jon Fagan)
Jon Fagan, Senior Principal Cloud Architect at CSG, talks about what the billion-dollar company is doing with the public cloud.

Feb 2, 2021 • 22min
Ep 12 - Monetizing 5G and IoT (Pete Bernard)
Telcos are making huge investments in 5G. Will ROI follow? Pete Bernard, Senior Director of Azure Edge Devices, Platforms and Services, talks about how 5G, IoT, AI and the edge can work together to help monetize the network.

Jan 19, 2021 • 25min
Ep 11 - The Software Series: MATRIXX (Marc Price)
The Software Series, Part 1: MATRIXX Software CTO Marc Price talks 5G, designing for the public cloud, and why customizations will be the death of vendors AND telcos.

Dec 28, 2020 • 12min
Ep 10 - 2021 Forecast: cloudy with a chance of OpenRAN
In this special episode, we take a look at 2020’s big headlines and trends to watch in the coming year. Tune in to find out who will be in the winner’s circle at the end of 2021.

Dec 8, 2020 • 30min
Ep 09 - Microsoft’s big move (Yousef Khalidi)
Microsoft wants to be THE hyperscaler for the telecom industry. Yousef Khalidi, corporate VP for Azure for Operators, shares exactly what Azure is up to and why telcos need to pay attention.