The Appledore Research Podcast

By Robert Curran

Appledore analysts and guests discuss trends and developments in the transformation of the telecom industry.

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July 08, 2025 Episode 50 - Monetizing DT's Network APIs.
Joined by two special guests from Deutsche Telekom, Robert and John explore progress on DT's efforts to commercialize its network APIs and engaging with a new and unfamiliar customer base - solution developers.
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39min
June 12, 2025 Episode 49 - Autonomous Networks: A Business and Organizational Approach, With Swisscom and Netcracker
In this episode, we get a unique perspective from Swisscom and their partner Netcracker on their transformation towards greater speed, efficiency and agility. The discussion focuses less on the technology and architecture and more on the organizational and delivery approach: domain by domain, and replicable blueprints and process. Includes some key findings on benefits achieved to date, and recommendations and lessons learned along the way.
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32min
April 08, 2025 Episode 48 - Quantum Security
Introducing Luca De Matteis, and a discussion on infrastructure security as we head inexorably towards a post-quantum age.
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30min
April 04, 2025 Episode 47 - Reinventing Telecom, with CSG CEO Brian Shepherd
How is the transformation of telecom different from transformation in other industries? What can telecom learn from those and what is its own unique set of challenges? More importantly - given the mixed history of transformation thus far, is it time to reinvent telecom from a new perspective?
In a highly enlightening discussion with Robert and John, Brian Shepherd, CEO of CSG, shares his thoughts on the need for reinvention in telecom, the right (and wrong) approach, and what to expect.
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39min
February 14, 2025 Episode 46 - Autonomous Networks and Agentic AI, with Nokia
Not one but two guests this week, representing insights from Nokia's Digital Operations and AI teams - Deepa Ramachandran, Head of Portfolio Management for Nokia Digital Operations, and Henrietta Katajakoski, from AI & Analytics marketing. They both draw on plenty of time spent on real projects and customer discussions. Topics covered include Autonomous Networks, the Network Autonomy Chasm, Digital Twins, the size and impact of Agentic AI, and Nokia projects in North America and China.
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48min
February 02, 2025 Episode 45 - AWS in Telecom
AWS has been the most successful of the hyperscalers in convincing telcos to put mission-critical workloads onto public cloud. But it's taken a decade. In this episode, AWS' Chief Technologist for Telco, Ishwar Parulkar, explains the strategy behind AWS's significant impact and growing presence in telecom. With Patrick Kelly and Robert Curran.
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27min
January 27, 2025 Episode 44 - The AI-RAN Alliance with Alex Jinsung Choi
AI - in the form of predictive models - has been part of the radio access network already for quite a few years. So what does the AI-RAN Alliance consortium bring that's new? And how has it progressed in the year since it was publicly announced. Just ahead of MWC2025, Patrick and Robert revisit the goals and work of the AI-RAN Alliance with its Chair, Dr Alex Jinsung Choi.
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21min
January 09, 2025 Episode 43 - Open RAN Reality Check with Mavenir CEO Pardeep Kohli
In a discussion that is as candid as it is well-informed, the CEO and President of Mavenir, Pardeep Kohli, shares his perspectives on the prospects for Open RAN, and Mavenir's strategies for growth in a challenging market. It's a frank and honest account of what it will truly take for operators - and the wider industry to achieve the transformative goals that open, disaggregated and cloudified networks make possible. the With Robert Curran and Patrick Kelly.
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41min
December 30, 2024 Episode 42: Transforming Test from Lab to Live
In this episode, we explore how the testing of networks has evolved to cope with rising complexity, new technologies, disaggregation, the acceleration of growth in networks, and fundamental changes in how telecom networks are used. We zero in on the re-framing of test from siloed function to a continuous process spanning vendor supply chains, traditional telco in-house test, through to live networks - a concept called "lab-to-live". Francis and Robert talk with Anil Kollipara, VP of Product Management for Test Automation at Spirent, one of the world's oldest established network test companies.
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41min
December 20, 2024 Episode 41 - Christmas Episode: AWS, Mavenir, Open RAN
In the final episode of 2024, Robert and Patrick swap notes from some major vendor events - AWS Re:invent, Mavenir's analyst day, Fyuz plus Telecom TV's Great Telco Debate.

Merry Christmas, one and all!
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35min

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