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Senza Fili Sparring Partners — 97 episodes

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AI listens to plants to improve crop production and sustainability. With Nigel Wallbridge at Vivent Biosignals

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Italy leading the way in digital ID with SPID. With Dario Betti at MEF

3

Collaboration drives innovation. With Dimitra Simeonidou, University of Bristol

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A multimodal connectivity and energy hub at Rosslare Europort. With Carl Coates at Irish Rail

5

RAN automation needs digital antennas. With Aleksis Anterow at Huawei

6

The growing power of the edge. With Manish Singh at Dell

7

MWC26 Unfiltered. Bonus episode with Sean Kinney at RCR Wireless

8

Defending democracy from social media weaponization. With Siavash Alamouti at mimik and Marconi Fellow

9

The AI expertise paradox: Why being a specialist isn't enough With Philippe Ensarguet at Orange

10

What India teaches us about monetization. With Shiv Putcha, GSMA Intelligence

11

DNA: Will regulation fix spectrum fragmentation in the EU? With Richard Haas, LS Telecom

12

Canada: Between a rock and a vast place, and the case for network sharing. With Ibrahim Gedeon, Guardian Safety Net

13

Agentic AI: From passive assistance to active execution. With Philippe Ensarguet at Orange

14

Backhaul and fronthaul for 5SA is transformative. With Andy Sutton, BT Group

15

What talking drums teach us about M-MIMO. With Zhang Jiong at ZTE

16

6G: The intelligent plumbing for shared connectivity. With Colby Harper, Pathfinder Wireless

17

Cutting through the noise: Getting attention and credibility in marketing. With Kris Kozamchak, Chanan Communications

18

Bahrain: The future is here. With Philip Marnick, TRA Bahrain

19

Are we improving energy efficiency fast enough? With Emanuel Kolta, GSMA Intelligence

20

How well does FWA work for subscribers? With Mike Dano, Ookla

21

What’s special about Argentina? With Ignacio Perrone, Frost & Sullivan

22

From dumb pipe to dumb space. With Rafael Junquera at Telesemana

23

Fiber sensing to protect telecom assets and generate revenues. With Andres Chavarria, VIAVI

24

6G standards: A balancing act in innovation, market reality and geopolitics. With Adrian Scrase at EA Consult Services

25

Bonus episode: Drones and low-altitude networks: the view from China. With Claudia Bacco, Global Airspace Radar

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The insider view on wireless security. With Silke Holtmanns at Blue Hour Consulting Oy

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How is AI changing transport? With Kristian Toivo at TIP

28

How transformative is AI RAN? With Nirlay Kundu, IMDEA Networks

29

What’s up with CBRS? With Dave Wright, Salt Point Strategies and Spectrum for the Future

30

Non-linear career paths in telecoms. With Linda Ligios, Digital Catapult

31

Is Wi-Fi in the 6 GHz band at risk? With Kevin Robinson, Wi-Fi Alliance

32

Is AI taking over telecoms? Or is it just a tool? With Azita Arvani

33

Why does sovereign AI matter in telecoms? With Chris Jefferson at Advai

34

Why not have 5G on laptops? With Giovanni Severini at Microsoft

35

Wi-Fi in the enterprise. With Bart Giordano, Ruckus Networks

36

Are global standards under threat from geopolitical tensions? With Sebastian Barros, Circles

37

Blockchain and DePIN for building and sharing infrastructure. With Sarah Aberg, Helium

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Home Wi-Fi gets better and more secure. With Tiago Rodrigues, WBA

39

Taking new technology to the market. With Alex Lawrence, TelcoForge

40

Reaching out to the enterprise. With Caroline Chan, Intel

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DiveIn | Network APIs and digital twins as the next frontier in digital innovation, with Sameh Yamani, CTO at VIAVI

42

Serendipity is not an accident. With David Cleevely

43

Network APIs: A path for enterprise transformation and CSP monetization. With Harpreet Geekee at Shabodi

44

Commercializing APIs – Taking them to the next level. With Ron Porter and Enri-k Salazar at Amdocs

45

The life of a digital twin. With Chris Murphy, VIAVI Solutions

46

How should we test for user experience? With Irina Cotanis

47

Will AI increase traffic? With Sean Kinney, RCR Wireless News

48

The long-term view on automation. With Mansoor Hanif

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Data sharing to optimize AI performance. With Paul Patras, Net AI and the University of Edinburgh

50

Getting UnLinkedIn the hard way. With Frazer McKimm, New Way Networks

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Ageism and talent in telecoms. With Nirlay Kundu, IMDEA Networks

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The latest on APIs: Wi-Fi and adoption. With Markus Kümmerle, CAMARA and Deutsche Telekom

53

Telco APIs from the TM Forum. With Andy Tiller, TMF

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Growing pains in telecoms. With Joel Brand, Marvell

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Better indoor Wi-Fi connectivity with Passpoint and Wi-DAS. With Howard Buzick, American Bandwidth

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Wireless ticketing on trains in the US: Why is it so hard? With Jim Allison, CCJPA

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Real-life, revenue-generating network APIs at TIM Brazil. With Leonardo Siqueira, TIM Brazil

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Open DAS: Open RAN and DAS converge. With Upendra Pingle, ANDREW

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Does 6G need private networks? Do private networks need 6G? With Dean Bubley, Disruptive Analysis

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DeepSeek, Agentic AI: Moving forward with AI. With Siavash Alamouti, mimik

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AI-RAN: All you need to know. With Alex Jinsung Choi, SoftBank and the AI-RAN Alliance

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Attracting talent in telecom. With Simona Marinova, Bell Canada

63

Catching up with Yago Tenorio, Verizon: A new job and 2025 predictions

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How will quantum computing change telecoms? With Sapphire Lally and Amit Nagpal, Aetha Consulting

65

Is RCS finally taking off? With Mario Betti, Mobile Ecosystem Forum

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Blockchain enables new offload and sharing models. With Mario Di Dio, Nova Labs

67

Trump Administration: What should we expect? With Monica Alleven, Fierce Wireless

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FYUZ24 behind the scenes. With Eugina Jordan, TIP

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5G lessons learned. With Azita Arvani

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Wireless/Wireline: Is the contraposition still relevant? With Mark Gilmour, ConnectiviTree

71

QuickFire | Was 5G a failure? With Geoff Hollingworth at Rakuten Symphony

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QuickFire | Why does it take so long to innovate? With Sumit Roy, University of Washington

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QuickFire | How do analysts learn about the industry? With Emmy Johnson and Daryl Schoolar

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QuickFire | What should 6G do for us? Part 2 With Preston Marshall, Google

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QuickFire | Why monetization is harder to find than love

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QuickFire | What should 6G do for us? With Preston Marshall, Google

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QuickFire | The software developer view on telco APIs, with Magnus Olden, Domos

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Quick Fire | Open networks, open RAN, with John Baker, Mavenir

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QuickFire | Introduction: What Sparring Partners is about

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APIs: the good, the bad, the debatable, with Markus Kümmerle, Deutsche Telekom and CAMARA, and Daryl Schoolar at Recon Analytics

81

AI-driven automation at AT&T, with Jennifer Yates

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NETSCOUT: Rethinking AIOps – It’s all about the data, with Rick Fulwiler

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VIAVI: The decomposable AI landscape. With Per Kangru and Takai Eddine Kennouche

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Will AI change how humans operate in telecoms? With Paul Patras and Azita Arvani

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Intel: AI everywhere, from the edge to the cloud with Cristina Rodriguez

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Mavenir: The future network is open and autonomous. With Brandon Larson

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Fujitsu: How AI, ML and GenAI can increase network efficiency today. With Blake Hlavaty

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Tareq Amin, Aramco Digital: Driving innovation in the Middle East

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VIAVI: GenAI: Network autonomy or network automation? With Anbu Ganesh

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Mavenir, Rakuten, Nokia: Vendor perspectives on open RAN

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Keysight: Getting open RAN up and running. With Kalyan Sundhar

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VIAVI: Automation at an inflection point: Are you ready to go? With Per Kangru

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Bell Canada: How will RIC make open RAN more efficient? With Simona Marinova

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Getting RIS off the ground with AI and ML. With Melike Erol-Kantarci at the University of Ottawa

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What’s the best way to share the 6 GHz spectrum? With Pasquale Cataldi

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Open RAN: The path to 6G. With Ravi Sinha, O-RAN ALLIANCE

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Is Wi-Fi more energy efficient than 5G? With Claus Hetting at Wi-Fi NOW