Telco in 20
autor: Danielle Rios, TelcoDR
Ep 153 - MTN climbs the AI mountain (Charles Molapisi)
O tomto podcastu
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.
Epizody
Nejnovějších 20 z 154 epizod
- Ep 153 - MTN climbs the AI mountain (Charles Molapisi) · 18 min · Epizoda 153MTN Group’s Charles Molapisi on capturing the value AI creates.
- Ep 152 - Fastweb + Vodafone charts a new course (Max Gasparroni) · 18 min · Epizoda 152Fastweb + Vodafone’s Max Gasparroni on integrating telcos in the AI era.
- Ep 151 - TL;DR: Telecoms.com (Scott Bicheno/Iain Morris) · 1 h 32 min · Epizoda 151DR and Telecoms .com’s Scott Bicheno and Iain Morris dig into rogue AI, the SaaSpocalypse, and the Totogi Ontology.
- Ep 150 - 6G is different. AI is why. · 11 min · Epizoda 150DR takes the main stage at TelecomTV’s AI-Native Telco Forum to tackle the 6G decision—and the one number telcos have never been able to see.
- Ep 149 - Microsoft deploys the FDEs (Kevin Shatzkamer) · 20 min · Epizoda 149Microsoft’s Kevin Shatzkamer on how telcos can speed the move from AI pilots to production, and the new engineering model making it happen.
- Ep 148 - To G, or not to G (Stefan Pongratz) · 20 min · Epizoda 148Dell’Oro Group analyst Stefan Pongratz breaks down the real economics of moving to a new G—and what makes the 6G cycle different.
- Ep 147 - ANTA: TelecomTV’s AI-Native Telco Accelerator (Guy Daniels) · 18 min · Epizoda 147Telco isn’t behind on AI. TelecomTV’s Guy Daniels shares the evidence and introduces TelecomTV’s new AI-Native Telco Accelerator.
- Ep 146 - Eutelsat’s AI in the sky (Dr. Mariam Kaynia) · 21 min · Epizoda 146Eutelsat CDIO Mariam Kaynia talks about autonomous-by-design networks and AI you can actually trust.
- Ep 145 - Swisscom is building the AI-first telco (Mark Düsener) · 22 min · Epizoda 145Swisscom’s CTIO Mark Düsener shares how the operator is rebuilding its digital core for the AI era.
- Ep 144 - TDC’s dragon in the basement (Carlos Moreno Alonso) · 16 min · Epizoda 144TDC Brands CTIO Carlos Moreno Alonso shares how the Denmark telco is tackling its decades-old mainframe and transforming with AI.
- Ep 143 - Norlys bets big on Telia (Daniel Askeroth) · 18 min · Epizoda 143Norlys SVP of Telco Daniel Askeroth shares what it takes to integrate companies after a merger—from minimizing customer disruption to workforce challenges.
- Ep 142 - AT&T bets on the last mile (Shawn Hakl) · 19 min · Epizoda 142AT&T’s Shawn Hakl explains why the operator is betting on last mile connectivity, and what an agent-consumable network actually looks like.
- Ep 141 - Tele2 goes back to the future (Ove Wik) · 19 min · Epizoda 141Tele2 EVP and CTIO Ove Wik explains how Sweden's original challenger brand is going “back to the future” and using AI to reclaim the customer relationship.
- Ep 140 - Will telco let AI write its code? (Roy Chua) · 19 min · Epizoda 140AI is rewriting the rules of software engineering. Roy Chua of AvidThink breaks down what that means for telco.
- Ep 139 - Can telco build an AI grid? (NVIDIA’s Kanika Atri) · 20 min · Epizoda 139Telcos are repositioning their infrastructure for the AI era, while the software layer remains the industry's biggest unanswered question.
- Ep 138 - From programmable networks to agentic AI (Chris Wade) · 19 min · Epizoda 138When AI agents start operating your network, the real challenge isn't the technology—it's building enough trust to let go of the guardrails.
- Ep 137 - Hyperscalers' $2T bet (Charles Fitzgerald) · 20 min · Epizoda 137Charles Fitzgerald returns with his tenth annual Follow the CAPEX report—and its implications for every major decision in telco.
- Ep 136 - MWC26 Wrap Up (Mobile World Live) · 22 min · Epizoda 136DR joins the Mobile World Live podcast to unpack the biggest takeaways from MWC26.
- Ep 135 - Telco has a context problem (John Abraham) · 20 min · Epizoda 135Appledore Research's John Abraham joins DR to explain why context, not data, is the real blocker for AI at scale, and how ontologies give AI the business logic it needs to…
- Ep 134 - Show me the money (MWC) · 9 min · Epizoda 134In this special episode, DR explains the one tough question you should be asking vendors before you buy AI and why the Totogi Ontology is key to delivering real world results.







