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The Wireless Watch Podcast complements the Wireless Watch weekly strategy bulletin, as we dive deeper into the dynamic factors of the wireless market. We discuss the week’s key issues, while providing insight into our own research and forecasts to give clearer direction of where momentum is building through the industry. From 5G deployments, to Open RAN and the road to 6G, we’ll be keeping track of all the important developments in the global wireless communications market. Guests welcome for future episodes. Write to [email protected] for details.

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24 July 2024

The Wireless Watch Podcast - Episode 27: US telecoms in a Trump 2.0 scenario; Avanci's patent tussle with auto makers, hope for Scope 3 emissions under the EU

Join Elly, Phil, and Alex, as they discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry – as covered in Wireless Watch.

  1. Trump 2.0 would mean less disruption for telcos
  2. Automakers’ storm in teacup sets stage for Avanci 5G showdown
  3. EU lays down the law on supply chain secrets

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17 July 2024

The Wireless Watch Podcast - Episode 26: FWA is *not* the death of fiber, SoftBank snares Graphcore's AI chips, Telefonica actually does something decent!

Join Elly, Phil, and Alex, as they discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry – as covered in Wireless Watch.

  1. FWA threatens further inroads into wireline territory
  2. SoftBank buys distressed bargain, snaring Graphcore
  3. Telefonica leads pack in telco smartphone, CPE circular economy

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12 July 2024

The Wireless Watch Podcast - Jason Walls, The Broadband Forum

Join Alex Davies as he chats to Jason Walls, Connected Home Chair at the Broadband Forum.

Fixed-wireless convergence is a hot topic, and the switch has happened for many operators – they often already have feet in both camps.

CPE is still a powerful way to manage the customer experience, but for many, there is an technology-agnostic approach for the backhaul that is coming to the fore … but a lot of legacy technology and culture to mitigate.

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10 July 2024

The Wireless Watch Podcast - Episode 25: interviewing Proximus' CEO, and looking back at the stock market results for our vendors and operators

Join Elly and Alex, as they discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry – as covered in Wireless Watch.

  1. Proximus’ international software dreams are becoming reality
  2. Stock Tracker Analysis – Year in Review: brace for AI wheels to fall off, silicon always safe
  3. Stock Tracker – Analysis Year in Review: managed decline shows signs of slowing

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4 July 2024

The Wireless Watch Podcast - Episode 24: Mid-band vs mmWave for customer satisfaction, Ericsson claims big power and efficiency gains with new designs, Juniper's Neil McRae talks AI hype

Join Elly, Phil, and Alex, as they discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry – as covered in Wireless Watch.

  1. Mid-band makes customers happy but mmWave even better
  2. Ericsson sings energy praises, as 5G passes 1.58 billion subscriptions
  3. Juniper’s Chief Network Strategist discusses Mist AI hype

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27 June 2024

The Wireless Watch Podcast - Episode 23: CBRS 2.0 enters the thunderdome, India's regulator meets post-election fallout, and the Germans are coming ... to upturn the patent landscape

Join Alex, Phil, and Elly, as they discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry – as covered in Wireless Watch.

  1. CBRS gets closer to best of both worlds with second release
  2. Indian government enacts contentious telecoms legislation
  3. Germans rock the patent boat with first united campaign

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21 June 2024

The Wireless Watch Podcast - Paul Hendriks, Gamgee

Join Alex Davies as he chats to Paul Hendriks, CEO of Gamgee, a provider of WiFi management and sensing software, targeted at operators.

With convergence on the horizon, and the overlap between wired and wireless operator models collapsing, consumers are going to have markedly different relationships with their wireless networks in the near future.

So, how do these operators view the opportunity of additional WiFi-based capabilities and revenue? Tune in to find out.

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19 June 2024

The Wireless Watch Podcast - Episode 22: Thales sees iSIM on backburner, DT has high hopes for wholesale, Apple AI very risk-averse

Join Alex, Phil, and Elly, as they discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry – as covered in Wireless Watch.

  1. Thales flags eSIM progress while downplaying iSIMs, for now
  2. “Not a revolution… yet” – DT’s wholesale division to sell APIs
  3. Apple Intelligence debuts in very risk-averse fashion

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14 June 2024

The Wireless Watch Podcast - Emir Aboulhosn, NetLync

Join Alex Davies as he chats to Emir Aboulhosn, CEO of NetLync – a startup that provides Entitlements-as-a-Service.

This is a section of the operator-smartphone stack that gets little coverage, but which ties into the larger trend of cloudification and the squeeze on operator spending.

With heaps more devices coming online, and a boom in MVNO debuts, the eSIM and entitlements overlap is a strong opportunity for the likes of NetLync – as part of the broader upheaval in the operator workflows, brought about by the cloud.

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12 June 2024

The Wireless Watch Podcast - Episode 21: Groans at the Rakuten presser, HAPS lifted by renewed interest, Qualcomm hopes for bright PC future

Join Alex, Phil, and Elly, as they discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry – as covered in Wireless Watch.

  1. Japanese consortium give HAPS a commercial boost
  2. Qualcomm rides AI wave into PCs, promises wins in smartphones

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