Copper Horse’s CEO, David Rogers had a chat with Rocco’s Jason Bryan for the Rocco Radio Newsdesk about the launch of the UK government’s Secure by Design launch and the Code of Practice on IoT security. The government’s Secure by Design report is available here.

Recently we met with the Jerry Raatikainen! C.E.O. of UROS Finland, Swedish and a fan of Rock and Roll he is a real personality and shared with us his insights on UROS's work on the Internet of Things, eSIM and of course the world famous Goodspeed mifi device.

In this Newsdesk we try and provide 99% coverage of the some of the key themes at MWC 18 with a number of interviews with though leaders that we met at the conference.

We hear from Henry Hayter Senior Director of product Management at Transaction Network Services (TNS) bringing a US perspective of the scale up on VoLTE Interconnect, Roaming and Iot.

Ajay Joseph, CTO at iBasis talks to us about their solution for IoT.

With 5G Security in mind we spoke to Steve Buck Product Director from Evolved Intelligence.

And with such a buzz on RCS in the conference we heard from Dimoco's Managing Director Mathias Hollerl on the realities behind RCS coming to market.

Finally it was a real pleasure to hear from CEO and Co-Founder of 365 squared Tonio Ellul about their unique analytics solution for SMS.

All Vendors which we think between them really capture the spirit of MWC 2018.

It is always a great pleasure to get new insights in the market. Syniverse is a name that many Mobile Operators and Enterprises around the world will know well. They've been a pioneer in mobile for over 25 years and today connect more than 1,500 mobile operators, enterprises, ISPs and OTTs in almost 200 countries. In our Interview with Syniverse we tackled John Wick Vice President and General Manager, Mobile Transaction Services on many of the hot topics of day including IoT, RCS, VoLTE and we learned what's next for Syniverse in the coming year.

Recently we were truly inspired by our Well Connected interview with Hannah Metcalfe Country Manager – Tanzania and Kenya at Viamo – changing lives via mobile. What Hannah’s role is and what her background and personal goals showed us that theres truly a strong and important role for mobile engagement in Africa even without a smartphone, especially for people who genuinely want to change lives.

Last June we uncovered the tier one vendors in our A2P SMS Messaging Vendor Performance Report. Route Mobile were one of those tier one vendors. We had the chance to interview Rajdip Gupta, Group CEO of Route Mobile Ltd. In his BIG Interview Rajdip discusses the acquisition of 365 Squared, RCS and the future plans of Route Mobile Ltd.

Here at ROCCO it is always a great pleasure to interview people with passion, ambition and intelligence and Vicky Sleight expresses all of these facets with real personality.

In this podcast we talk to Vicky about her career in telecoms, working for BT Cellnet, Motorola and the GSMA and how now as an entrepreneur via her company Perfect Ltd, Vicky is taking on diversity and inclusion challenges in our industry.

Talking about artificial intelligence, the GC Index and Connected Women, in this podcast Vicky really makes you think about what more we can do to make our businesses more successful by embracing a diverse workforce.

In this first podcast of 2018 we bring you a BIG Interview. I was lucky enough to Interview one of the tier one vendors in our recent report ANAM Technologies. Joining me online were CTO John Murtagh and CCO Mr Darcy himself.

In their interview, Brian and John tell us about their secret sauce for making a leading SMS Firewall, we talk about the new Technology hub that Dublin has become and whats next for ANAM Technologies in 2018.

This weeks Well Connected was recorded in Montego Bay Jamaica where I was lucky enough to be invited to present and hold workshops with the MNO team at the 10th Digicel International Business Forum.

While I was there I had the opportunity to catch up with one of the industries most known International Business Managers, Group Head of Roaming, A2P and IoT at Digicel Group, Alex Perera.

In all aspects of Telecoms we come to the question is it better to offer a service which is economical or that is focussed on high quality. Mostly we settle in the middle somewhere, but clearly the options are cultural and differ from one country to the next.

Recently I had the great pleasure to talk to one of industries quality gurus, Torbjorn Pettersson from Telia Carrier. His insights and scope of knowledge is rare in our industry and we had a great discussion. Most people will know Torbjorn from his work in the GSMA but his history in telecoms is really extensive. A rare and interesting interview.