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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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9 September 2024

The Wireless Watch Podcast - Kush Parikh, Hiya

Join Alex Davies for a slightly different format – a rip from an interview done for Wireless Watch, to tide you over while Wireless Watch takes its summer break!

Hiya publishes some reports that make for great reading, outlining the size of the spam and fraud market, and this conversation was kicked off by UK regulator Ofcom’s new requirements.

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28 August 2024

The Wireless Watch Podcast - Liz Parry, Lifecycle Software

Join Alex Davies as he talks to Liz Parry, CEO of Lifecycle Software – a company that provides an ‘MVNE’ service that lets anybody create an MVNO.

In a market where tension is building between the MNO and the MVNOs, there are great swathes of data that could help shine a light on the problems and opportunities. Lifecycle can help firms with that problem, but as you’ll hear, nothing is simple when dealing with the MNOs and their wholesale departments.

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21 August 2024

The Wireless Watch Podcast - Episode 31: Lebara - MVNO M&A, AI governance, and wireless power

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

  1. Lebara, a canary in coal mine for PE incursion into MVNO sector
  2. AI governance still in its Wild West era
  3. Wireless power has missed the mark, but is a launchpad imminent?

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19 August 2024

The Wireless Watch Podcast - Eugina Jordan, Telecom Infra Project (TIP)

Join Alex Davies as he chats to Eugina Jordan, CMO at the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) – an industry organization advancing both wireless and wired infrastructure.

This conversation spans organizational challenges, Open RAN, WiFi, and dips into the question of how AI will affect future workloads – both in the network, as well as your own personal tasks.

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14 August 2024

The Wireless Watch Podcast - Episode 30: Backhaul – the unsung hero, Intel’s much-needed overhaul, a tour of the TXO warehouse

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

  1. Mobile backhaul grows as satellite comes into equation
  2. Intel lays out overhaul plans, lays off 15%, raising telco viability questions
  3. TXO and the mucky business of the circular RAN economy

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7 August 2024

The Wireless Watch Podcast - Episode 29: EU operators name open RAN priorities, the Big Tech selloff, the mysterious acquisition of Nigeria's 9Mobile

Join Elly, Phil, and Alex, as they discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry – as covered in Wireless Watch.
  1. EU operators name open RAN priorities
  2. The Big Tech sell off
  3. The mysterious acquisition of Nigeria’s 9Mobile
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31 July 2024

The Wireless Watch Podcast - Episode 28: LEO IoT satellites dominates NTN, Is AI going to eat the world?, Metaverse dreams droop

Join Elly, Phil, and Alex, as they discuss the latest happenings in the cellular and wireless industry – as covered in Wireless Watch.
  1. LEO satellite dominant in spate of NTN deals
  2. AI bleeding into campaign politics, but can it eat the world?
  3. Meta replaces metaverse dreams with even more AI spending
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29 July 2024

The Wireless Watch Podcast - Netanel Gabizon, Parallel Wireless

Join Alex Davies as he chats to Netanel (Nati) Gabizon, Chief Product Officer at Parallel Wireless – an Open RAN software specialist.

This conversation spans MNO PoVs, energy efficiency, AI and ML realities, and touches on the ecosystem challenges of certification and standardization.

With Open RAN still susceptible to integration and single-vendor challenges, there is still a lot of room for the likes of Parallel Wireless.

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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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