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February 22, 2024 #112 Accenture's Paolo Sidoti
Mobile World Congress returns to Barcelona from this weekend and to preview some of the major themes of the event we spoke with Paolo Sidoti, ANZ Communications, Media, Technology (CMT) client group lead of Accenture. We cover a gamut of topics including AI and network transformation.

Also we speak with Rohan Pearce about the latest telecom developments at the Quad.
19 min
February 09, 2024 #111 NBN CEO Stephen Rue & Zella DC CEO Angie Keeler
In this episode:

* we speak with NBN CO CEO Stephen Rue following 1H results, focusing on the increasing uptake of Fibre Connect and the implementation of the new Special Access Undertaking

* we also find out about Zella DC, the Perth based micro DC company, which is kicking goals in the US, with CEO Angie Keeler,

and, we speak with CommsDay's Rohan Pearce about Telstra's AI announcements this week
21 min
February 02, 2024 #110 AWS' chief telco technologist Ishwar Parulkar on AI, APIs, cloud RAN and more
This week Grahame Lynch chats with AWS chief technologist, telco Ishwar Parulkar from California on his predictions for 2024 including increased use of AI by telcos, more comfort with SaaS and APIs, and a renewed move to cloud RANs. Grahame also chats with CommsDay managing editor Rohan Pearce about the news of the week
27 min
January 18, 2024 #109 Kearney's Shivani Parekh and Sarovar Agarwal on network resilience, MEF CEO Dario Betti on his regulatory predictions for 2024
In the first episode of CommsDay Live for 2024:

We have an extended chat with Kearney partners Shivani Parekh from Chicago and Sarovar Agarwal from Melbourne from that consulting firm's telecom, media and technology practice on why network resilience is rising rapidly up the list of priorities for telco executives. And a hint: getting it right is as much about culture as technology.

CommsDay chief editor Rohan Pearce joins us to look at the new Samsung AI-enabled handsets released this week which are making quite an impression.

And finally, we are joined by London-based CEO of the Mobile Ecosystem Forum, Dario Betti, who shares with us his top global regulatory predictions for 2024 including what is happening with privacy and identity.

47 min
December 21, 2023 #108 Capti’s Todd Maunder, Sat.One’s Daniel Fairbairn and shadow comms minister David Coleman
In the last episode of CommsDay Live for 2023, Grahame Lynch speaks with:

* Capti CEO Todd Maunder about what he finds compelling about the Vision Network product set which he resells
* Sat.One's Daniel Fairbairn on his company's first OneWeb enterprise signing
* Shadow communications minister David Coleman on the issues that dominated 2023 and how they will play out in 2024
20 min
November 10, 2023 #107 Amplitel CEO Jon Lipton
In this sponsored podcast, Grahame Lynch talks with Amplitel CEO Jon Lipton. Amplitel is one of the new breed of tower companies that have emerged in recent years, but we discuss how it is more than a real estate play, but a company going up the value stack in terms of what it offers to customers and developing innovative solutions in areas such as the use of digital twin technology.
14 min
October 16, 2023 #106 A deep dive on cybersecurity with Absolute Software and Rapid7 | Netskope talks borderless WAN
In this episode we hear from:

* Rapid7 global chief security officer Jaya Balloo talking about the cyber threats of AI and quantum,
* Netskope SVP, borderless WAN Parag Thakore, and
* Absolute Software CTO Nicko van Someren on the hype around AI in cybersecurity
49 min
September 08, 2023 #105 A deep dive into AI with Amdocs and Juniper
In this episode we talk with two visiting executives from the US - Amdocs group president of technology and head of strategy Anthony Goonetilleke and Juniper Networks' Senior Director of Product Marketing for AI-Driven Enterprise Christian Gilby - about artificial intelligence, the impact it is having in the market and how it can benefit telcos
36 min
July 07, 2023 #104 Telstra network executives Nikos Katinakis and Channa Seneviratne
In this episode, Grahame Lynch chats with CommsDay's Rohan Pearce about the future of co-regulation as the minister moves to impose a standard over financial hardship cases and ACMA sets ultimatums over industry code revision.

And we hear from Telstra network executives Nikos Katinakis and Channa Seneviratne who spoke at a major briefing on what is happening with 5G and satellite at the telco: in their own words, given some of the selective and inaccurate reporting about what was discussed.
33 min
June 23, 2023 #103 A new cybersecurity czar, Optus on the MOCN decision and a talk about 6G
In this episode, we hear from

* PM Anthony Albanese and cybersecurity minister Clare O'Neil about their new national cybersecurity co-ordinator appointment
* Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin and MD marketing and revenue Matt Williams about the reaction to an appeal court's rejection of the Telstra-TPG regional sharing deal
* Optus's MD enterprise Gladys Berejiklian on the company's approach to partnerships, and
* a chat with Mathworks' Ruth-Anne Marchant about what 6G might look like
24 min

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