Kavit and Justin are joined by CCS Insight senior analyst Luke Pearce to delve into the booming direct-to-device satellite market, following a big 2025 so far. Later on, we chat to Skylo Technologies' co-founder Tarun Gupta about the fast-rising company's future plans and how it is approaching a fierce competitive landscape.

0:00 Intro 2:00 Satellite Takeaways from MWC/Sat Show 2025 9:00 MWL Topic Panel Review 15:00 State of Play in Satellite 23:00 Interview - Skylo Technologies

In an exclusive, we sit down with Vivek Badrinath, GSMA's new director general in his first media interview since taking over from Mats Granryd. During a candid 30-minute discussion, we get an insight into his early impressions of the association, tackle key industry topics, get his take on the recent MWC and discuss how the show can evolve.

0:00 Intro 1:45: First impressions of the GSMA 5: 10: Appeal of the role 6:20: Strength of the GSMA 11:00: Past experience 15:00 GSMA an association or a company? 17:00: Management style 18:00: Objectives for the GSMA 21:00: Monetising 5G/Geopolitical challenge 24:40: European telecoms landscape 27:10: Reflection on MWC25 33:00: GSMA Foundation

The team are back from MWC25 to review everything that happened at the big show. Joined by special guests Zoe Osy de Zegwaart from CCGroup PR and head of GSMA Intelligence Peter Jarich, we talk showfloor action, AI, geopolitics, satellite, devices and more.

0:00 Intro 2:00 First Time at MWC 4:30 Going Beyond Mobile 7:01: The PR Experience 10:01: Showfloor Action 16:30: Chat With GSMA Intelligence 18:04: Breaking Down Key Themes

The team preview the big show, chatting personal attendance records, an end of an era for the Show Daily, what’s new in our TV broadcast and overall major show themes. Later on analyst Paolo Pescatore gives us his take and we send you off to Barcelona with a tune generated by the power of AI.

0:00: Intro 3:00: MWC Preview Week 5:30: History of the Show Daily 11:01: Launch of Insight 15:30: MWL TV in 2025 17:00: Keynote Preview 20:03: Interview with Paolo Pescatore 31:00: One More Week Song

Join Sasha Twining and guests Amy Cameron (Managing Director – Research, STL Partners), Francisco Jeronimo (VP EMEA – Devices, IDC) and Peter Jarich (Head of GSMA Intelligence, GSMA) as they dive into the hot topics likely to dominate discussion at this year’s big event. 

With the big event fast approaching, join Justin Springham and a host of special guests as we reveal what to expect from the world’s most exciting mobile tech show.

0:00: Intro  1:00: Interview with GSMA  11.40: Top tips for a newcomer   15:00: Interview with Ericsson  23:00: Interview with Euan Blair 28:00: Interview with Decantalo  32:00: Interview with Mobile World Capital  42:00: What not to miss at MWC25 

The team rundown the biggest telecoms and technology stories of 2024, including reaction to Ericsson’s threat to leave Europe, Nokia’s mobile networks future and major satellite launches. Looking ahead to 2025, we give you our predictions for next year.

0:00: Intro  3:00: Vendor Headlines from 2024  7:00: A Year of Openness 13:30: AI in Telecoms/Education  18.30: Satellite Space  21.00: 2025 Predictions 

0:00: Intro 6:01: Open RAN rundown with Vodafone 13:25: AT&T comments on Ericsson open RAN deal 18:25: Disruptive AI 21.01: Verizon on private networks 24:55: 5G 5 years from now - SK Telecom 33.01: Interview with Cedric Foray, Ernst & Young

This month’s Mobile World Live podcast comes to you live from the showfloor at MWC Las Vegas, as the team discuss all the highlights from the enterprise-focused event. In a packed episode, we also hear from big hitters at T-Mobile US, Nvidia, UScellular and Cohere about the biggest challenges they face in making the most of 5G enterprise.

The tech world came back from a summer break with a bang. In this Podcast, we chat to renowned industry expert David McClelland about Apple's big AI play and US Editor Mike Robuck reveals all about his trip to Florida to witness five AST SpaceMobile satellites blasting into space. We wrap up the Pod with an exclusive insight into Verizon's cloud activity and a brief look ahead to MWC Las Vegas.

0:00 – Intro 3:00 Apple event   6:10 Apple Cloud Compute 15:00 AST SpaceMobile Launch from Cape Canaveral 27:00 Cloud Topic Panel Takeaways 29:30 Verizon interview 39:30 Look ahead to MWC Las Vegas