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Senza Fili Sparring Partners — 97 episodes
AI listens to plants to improve crop production and sustainability. With Nigel Wallbridge at Vivent Biosignals
Italy leading the way in digital ID with SPID. With Dario Betti at MEF
Collaboration drives innovation. With Dimitra Simeonidou, University of Bristol
A multimodal connectivity and energy hub at Rosslare Europort. With Carl Coates at Irish Rail
RAN automation needs digital antennas. With Aleksis Anterow at Huawei
The growing power of the edge. With Manish Singh at Dell
MWC26 Unfiltered. Bonus episode with Sean Kinney at RCR Wireless
Defending democracy from social media weaponization. With Siavash Alamouti at mimik and Marconi Fellow
The AI expertise paradox: Why being a specialist isn't enough With Philippe Ensarguet at Orange
What India teaches us about monetization. With Shiv Putcha, GSMA Intelligence
DNA: Will regulation fix spectrum fragmentation in the EU? With Richard Haas, LS Telecom
Canada: Between a rock and a vast place, and the case for network sharing. With Ibrahim Gedeon, Guardian Safety Net
Agentic AI: From passive assistance to active execution. With Philippe Ensarguet at Orange
Backhaul and fronthaul for 5SA is transformative. With Andy Sutton, BT Group
What talking drums teach us about M-MIMO. With Zhang Jiong at ZTE
6G: The intelligent plumbing for shared connectivity. With Colby Harper, Pathfinder Wireless
Cutting through the noise: Getting attention and credibility in marketing. With Kris Kozamchak, Chanan Communications
Bahrain: The future is here. With Philip Marnick, TRA Bahrain
Are we improving energy efficiency fast enough? With Emanuel Kolta, GSMA Intelligence
How well does FWA work for subscribers? With Mike Dano, Ookla
What’s special about Argentina? With Ignacio Perrone, Frost & Sullivan
From dumb pipe to dumb space. With Rafael Junquera at Telesemana
Fiber sensing to protect telecom assets and generate revenues. With Andres Chavarria, VIAVI
6G standards: A balancing act in innovation, market reality and geopolitics. With Adrian Scrase at EA Consult Services
Bonus episode: Drones and low-altitude networks: the view from China. With Claudia Bacco, Global Airspace Radar
The insider view on wireless security. With Silke Holtmanns at Blue Hour Consulting Oy
How is AI changing transport? With Kristian Toivo at TIP
How transformative is AI RAN? With Nirlay Kundu, IMDEA Networks
What’s up with CBRS? With Dave Wright, Salt Point Strategies and Spectrum for the Future
Non-linear career paths in telecoms. With Linda Ligios, Digital Catapult
Is Wi-Fi in the 6 GHz band at risk? With Kevin Robinson, Wi-Fi Alliance
Is AI taking over telecoms? Or is it just a tool? With Azita Arvani
Why does sovereign AI matter in telecoms? With Chris Jefferson at Advai
Why not have 5G on laptops? With Giovanni Severini at Microsoft
Wi-Fi in the enterprise. With Bart Giordano, Ruckus Networks
Are global standards under threat from geopolitical tensions? With Sebastian Barros, Circles
Blockchain and DePIN for building and sharing infrastructure. With Sarah Aberg, Helium
Home Wi-Fi gets better and more secure. With Tiago Rodrigues, WBA
Taking new technology to the market. With Alex Lawrence, TelcoForge
Reaching out to the enterprise. With Caroline Chan, Intel
DiveIn | Network APIs and digital twins as the next frontier in digital innovation, with Sameh Yamani, CTO at VIAVI
Serendipity is not an accident. With David Cleevely
Network APIs: A path for enterprise transformation and CSP monetization. With Harpreet Geekee at Shabodi
Commercializing APIs – Taking them to the next level. With Ron Porter and Enri-k Salazar at Amdocs
The life of a digital twin. With Chris Murphy, VIAVI Solutions
How should we test for user experience? With Irina Cotanis
Will AI increase traffic? With Sean Kinney, RCR Wireless News
The long-term view on automation. With Mansoor Hanif
Data sharing to optimize AI performance. With Paul Patras, Net AI and the University of Edinburgh
Getting UnLinkedIn the hard way. With Frazer McKimm, New Way Networks
Ageism and talent in telecoms. With Nirlay Kundu, IMDEA Networks
The latest on APIs: Wi-Fi and adoption. With Markus Kümmerle, CAMARA and Deutsche Telekom
Telco APIs from the TM Forum. With Andy Tiller, TMF
Growing pains in telecoms. With Joel Brand, Marvell
Better indoor Wi-Fi connectivity with Passpoint and Wi-DAS. With Howard Buzick, American Bandwidth
Wireless ticketing on trains in the US: Why is it so hard? With Jim Allison, CCJPA
Real-life, revenue-generating network APIs at TIM Brazil. With Leonardo Siqueira, TIM Brazil
Open DAS: Open RAN and DAS converge. With Upendra Pingle, ANDREW
Does 6G need private networks? Do private networks need 6G? With Dean Bubley, Disruptive Analysis
DeepSeek, Agentic AI: Moving forward with AI. With Siavash Alamouti, mimik
AI-RAN: All you need to know. With Alex Jinsung Choi, SoftBank and the AI-RAN Alliance
Attracting talent in telecom. With Simona Marinova, Bell Canada
Catching up with Yago Tenorio, Verizon: A new job and 2025 predictions
How will quantum computing change telecoms? With Sapphire Lally and Amit Nagpal, Aetha Consulting
Is RCS finally taking off? With Mario Betti, Mobile Ecosystem Forum
Blockchain enables new offload and sharing models. With Mario Di Dio, Nova Labs
Trump Administration: What should we expect? With Monica Alleven, Fierce Wireless
FYUZ24 behind the scenes. With Eugina Jordan, TIP
5G lessons learned. With Azita Arvani
Wireless/Wireline: Is the contraposition still relevant? With Mark Gilmour, ConnectiviTree
QuickFire | Was 5G a failure? With Geoff Hollingworth at Rakuten Symphony
QuickFire | Why does it take so long to innovate? With Sumit Roy, University of Washington
QuickFire | How do analysts learn about the industry? With Emmy Johnson and Daryl Schoolar
QuickFire | What should 6G do for us? Part 2 With Preston Marshall, Google
QuickFire | Why monetization is harder to find than love
QuickFire | What should 6G do for us? With Preston Marshall, Google
QuickFire | The software developer view on telco APIs, with Magnus Olden, Domos
Quick Fire | Open networks, open RAN, with John Baker, Mavenir
QuickFire | Introduction: What Sparring Partners is about
APIs: the good, the bad, the debatable, with Markus Kümmerle, Deutsche Telekom and CAMARA, and Daryl Schoolar at Recon Analytics
AI-driven automation at AT&T, with Jennifer Yates
NETSCOUT: Rethinking AIOps – It’s all about the data, with Rick Fulwiler
VIAVI: The decomposable AI landscape. With Per Kangru and Takai Eddine Kennouche
Will AI change how humans operate in telecoms? With Paul Patras and Azita Arvani
Intel: AI everywhere, from the edge to the cloud with Cristina Rodriguez
Mavenir: The future network is open and autonomous. With Brandon Larson
Fujitsu: How AI, ML and GenAI can increase network efficiency today. With Blake Hlavaty
Tareq Amin, Aramco Digital: Driving innovation in the Middle East
VIAVI: GenAI: Network autonomy or network automation? With Anbu Ganesh
Mavenir, Rakuten, Nokia: Vendor perspectives on open RAN
Keysight: Getting open RAN up and running. With Kalyan Sundhar
VIAVI: Automation at an inflection point: Are you ready to go? With Per Kangru
Bell Canada: How will RIC make open RAN more efficient? With Simona Marinova
Getting RIS off the ground with AI and ML. With Melike Erol-Kantarci at the University of Ottawa
What’s the best way to share the 6 GHz spectrum? With Pasquale Cataldi
Open RAN: The path to 6G. With Ravi Sinha, O-RAN ALLIANCE
Is Wi-Fi more energy efficient than 5G? With Claus Hetting at Wi-Fi NOW