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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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15 March 2024

The Wireless Watch Podcast - Episode 9: eSIMs accelerating, Broadcom following script with VMware buy, private networks are not going to fix MNO problems

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

  1. Rising interest in eSIMs but questions over business models linger
  2. Broadcom bets on big ticket customers with VMware
  3. Private networks are Open RAN highlight, MNOs adrift

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8 March 2024

The Wireless Watch Podcast - Episode 8: The Post-MWC Fallout

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

  1. MWC 2024: Rome begs for the barbarian at its gates
  2. ‘To G or not to G,’ that was the MWC question
  3. Netcracker emphasizes security on its GenAI platform

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27 February 2024

The Wireless Watch Podcast - Episode 7: Live from MWC 2024!

Join Alex, Phil, and Elly, live from the gap between the Intel and Cisco stages, at MWC 2024, at the end of day two. Just how burnt out and jaded is Alex? How much #quantum fluff has Phil dispelled? Just what does this tradeshow look like to Elly’s fresh new eyes?

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23 February 2024

The Wireless Watch Podcast - Episode 6: Costa Rican Huawei decision; HFCL preps major Indian contract; Ericsson updates industry KPIs

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

  1. Costa Rican court postpones Huawei expulsion
  2. India’s HFCL to maximize on FWA in India and US
  3. Ericsson broaches MNO existentialism with latest report

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16 February 2024

The Wireless Watch Podcast - Episode 5: RAN Research RedCap revelations; Bristol Smart Internet lab preview; AMD Open RAN silicon success

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

  1. 5G RedCap on course to take 60% of cellular IoT revenues by 2030
  2. Elly recaps her visit to the Bristol Smart Internet Lab
  3. AMD advances Open RAN cred, with Samsung-Vodafone win

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9 February 2024

The Wireless Watch Podcast - Episode 4: New Open RAN fronthaul spec, Net AI talks network slicing AI, NGMN warns of sustainability knowledge gap

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

  1. New O-RAN fronthaul spec boosts mMIMO, risks shutting out minnows
  2. AI model can provide network slicing boost with Net AI
  3. NGMN ramps up environmental advice, but how receptive are the MNOs?

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2 February 2024

The Wireless Watch Podcast - Episode 3: SME chances for Private 5G, Elly tears up UKTIN Telco-AI event

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

This week:

  1. T-Mo US latest MNO to target SMEs for private 5G, in Cisco partnership
  2. Teaser of the UKTIN AI Telecom conference

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26 January 2024

The Wireless Watch Podcast - Episode 2: Indian ARPUs, BT's SRN bragging, Nokia's photonic fronthaul, and Nvidia's Aerial gambit

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

This week:

  1. Indian telco duo steps up drive for higher 5G ARPU
  2. EE claims win in UK SRN phase one, rival MNOs scramble
  3. Nokia, NTT, claim photonic fronthaul record
  4. Nvidia preps Aerial as MNO AI monetization opportunity

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22 January 2024

The Wireless Watch Podcast - Episode 1: RedCap, HPE-Juniper, and Altice corruption lessons

We have relaunched the Wireless Watch Podcast!

Making her podcasting debut is Elly Whittaker, and the venerable Philip Hunter is on hand to talk us through that Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Juniper Networks merger, and the latest RedCap happenings – respectively.

The podcast is a high-level companion to the full Wireless Watch subscription service – which you can purchase on this website.

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15 February 2023

Rethink Wireless 14: Mavenir RIC, job cuts in tech and telecommunications

In this episode of Rethink Wireless, Rethink Technology Research principal analysts Caroline Gabriel and Phil discuss the Open RAN vendor Mavenir, and the job cuts in the technology and telecommunications space. 
Caroline ( 00:30 – 19:40) takes the occasion of Mavenir’s RAN intelligent controller (RIC) launch to look at the Open RAN vendor, its product suite and some of its growth targets and strategy. 
Phil (19:40 – 34:30) delves into job cuts at Dell and the wider tech and network operator and vendor community. 
Hosted by Luc Braun. 
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