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EPISODE · May 27, 2026 · 25 MIN

AI’s Real Payoff In Telecom

from What's Up with Tech? · host Evan Kirstel

Interested in being a guest? Email us at [email protected] carrier has more data than almost any company you interact with, yet most telcos still struggle to turn that advantage into growth. We sit down with Miguel Carames, the Chief Product Officer at Mobileum to sort out what’s real, what’s next, and what’s pure hype when it comes to AI in telecom, 5G monetization, and the future of operators as intelligence-driven businesses. Along the way, we get honest about why “we invested billions” doesn’t automatically translate to new revenue and why regulation and privacy expectations reshape every AI roadmap.We also challenge the idea that AI only arrived with generative tools. Telecom has used machine learning for years in automation, anomaly detection, and capacity planning, but the story hasn’t been told well. Miguel shares concrete, production-minded examples: using LLM-style interfaces to make deeply technical testing platforms usable for roaming managers and analysts, moving toward automated root cause analysis, and deploying agent workflows in fraud and revenue assurance so cases arrive pre-analyzed with evidence and a human still making the final call.From there we go into customer experience, where proactive network intelligence can prevent tickets before customers ever feel the pain, and into churn reduction, where the opportunity is huge but the privacy line is delicate. We wrap with fraud and security, the whack-a-mole reality of bad actors, and what it takes to escape pilot purgatory so telecom can move at AI speed. If you found this useful, subscribe, share it with a telecom leader, and leave a review. What’s the best AI use case you’ve seen a telco actually scale?Everyday AI: Your daily guide to grown with Generative AICan't keep up with AI? We've got you. Everyday AI helps you keep up and get ahead.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifySupport the showMore at https://linktr.ee/EvanKirstel

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Interested in being a guest? Email us at [email protected] Your carrier has more data than almost any company you interact with, yet most telcos still struggle to turn that advantage into growth. We sit down with Miguel Carames, the Chief Product Officer at Mobileum to sort out what’s real, what’s next, and what’s pure hype when it comes to AI in telecom, 5G monetization, and the future of operators as intelligence-driven businesses. Along the way, we get honest about why “we invested bil...

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