The Week with Roger

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner are joined by Daryl Schoolar to discuss his recent experience at ZTE's 5G Summit & User Congress in Istanbul, Turkey.

00:24 Conference overview

02:36 A global view of the industry

03:51 Telco-to-techno journey

04:40 ZTE's optimization focus

05:53 ZTE company profile

07:27 Total cost of ownership metrics

08:40 ZTE's capacity focus and spectrum issues

12:24 Episode wrap-up

Tags: telecom, telecommunications, wireless, prepaid, postpaid, cellular phone, Don Kellogg, Roger Entner, Daryl Schoolar, ZTE, Turkey, 5G, AI, Ericcson, Nokia, India, MIMO, 6G, spectrum, elections, capacity

Analysts Brett Clark, Mitch Klaassen, and Roger Entner are joined by Amdocs Group President, Technology & Head of Strategy Anthony Goonetilleke to discuss AI's massive impact on customer service in the telecom industry.

00:42 Businesses are ready for AI results

03:15 Amdocs' Gen AI applications

05:32 Are customers satisfied with AI service?

09:48 AI cost savings as a game changer

12:29 Telecom deserves more credit

13:15 Applications across industries

14:15 AI accuracy is improving rapidly

15:20 Episode wrap-up

Tags: telecom, telecommunications, wireless, prepaid, postpaid, cellular phone, Brett Clark, Mitch Klaassen, Roger Entner, Anthony Goonetilleke, Amdocs, AI, KPIs, Gen AI, Agentic AI, customer service, LLM, net promoter scores, Nvidia, FWA, accuracy

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss Verizon's strategy as per their recent Q3 earnings call and sell-side analyst meeting.

00:25 Verizon's Q3 breakdown

01:20 The metrics that truly matter

03:23 Investor Day fiber discussion

05:33 Investor Day FWA discussion

09:18 What's behind bundling?

10:38 Verizon's strategy vs. AT&T and T-Mobile

15:13 Episode wrap-up

Tags: telecom, telecommunications, wireless, prepaid, postpaid, cellular phone, Don Kellogg, Roger Entner, Verizon, earnings, churn, EBIDTA, net adds, Frontier, FiOS, broadband, FWA, rural, BEAD, bundling, satisfaction, AT&T, T-Mobile, cable, capital-light

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss Verizon's recent acquisition of spectrum from US Cellular and what it means for the telecom industry.

00:25 Details of the deal

02:12 Spectrum properties

02:41 US Cellular's decisions inevitably led to the sale

04:08 The impact of rural markets

05:36 Upcoming elections will impact spectrum policy

Tags: telecom, telecommunications, wireless, prepaid, postpaid, cellular phone, Don Kellogg, Roger Entner, spectrum, Verizon, US Cellular, AWS, T-Mobile, AT&T, EchoStar, Boost, Dish, FCC, TDS, cable, fiber, C Spire, RDOF, BEAD, elections

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the ongoing battle over CBRS, spurred by a recent AT&T proposal to shift the band's frequency range.

00:24 CBRS overview

01:24 Military use of CBRS

04:46 The television incentive auction as a useful model

05:24 Power requirements and interference mitigation

07:40 Licensing and interested parties

09:56 Arguments for and against the shift

12:35 The issue's resolution will take time

Tags: telecom, telecommunications, wireless, prepaid, postpaid, cellular phone, Don Kellogg, Roger Entner, CBRS, spectrum, radar, AT&T, Wi-Fi, licensing, Verizon, cable, FWA, FCC

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss recent announcements regarding Dish, TPG and DirecTV that may result in a satellite TV shakeup.

00:23 Details of the announcements and potential deals

04:24 Is Dish's spectrum truly valuable?

05:46 Challenges persist regardless of the deal

07:14 Charlie Ergen remains an adept businessperson

07:50 Episode wrap-up

Tags: telecom, telecommunications, wireless, prepaid, postpaid, cellular phone, Don Kellogg, Roger Entner, Dish, EchoStar, DirecTV, TPG, AT&T, satellite television, Charlie Ergen, Boost, Spectrum, Sprint, T-Mobile, US Cellular, Mint

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the FCC's recent extension for Dish's

buildout requirement, as well as the uphill battle the company faces as a whole.

00:25 Dish's FCC decision overview

03:05 The FCC has flip-flopped on this issue

04:11 Other commitments are already underway 06:20 Dish's network is not its main problem

10:55 The FCC shows Dish considerable leeway

12:10 Other companies are not as lucky

13:30 Episode wrap-up

Tags: telecom, telecommunications, wireless, prepaid, postpaid, cellular phone, Don Kellogg, Roger Entner, Dish, EchoStar, FCC, buildout, 5G, data, Release 17, AT&T, interest rates, customer acquisition, marketing, Mint, Verizon, T-Mobile, spectrum, 12 GHz, DirecTV, Elon Musk, Charlie Ergen, Starlink, BEAD

Analyst Don Kellogg is joined by Roger Entner in person to discuss the recent T-Mobile Capital Markets day, which they both attended.

00:10 Don and Roger are live in San Francisco

00:30 Roger's thoughts on the event

02:40 Cash flow projections and German involvement

04:02 Fiber growth projections

5:10 Guest speakers and AI

07:12 T-Mobile's overall message

08:17 Network speed and satisfaction

11:11 Network slicing and government contracts

14:10 FWA improvements and cable implications

15:23 T-Mobile's vision and industry roles

17:02 Episode wrap-up

Tags: telecom, telecommunications, wireless, prepaid, postpaid, cellular phone, Don Kellogg, Roger Entner, T-Mobile, SMRA, FWA, Verizon, Lumos, Metronet, US Cellular, Deutsche Telekom, fiber, Sam Altman, Jensen Huang, OpenAI, Nvidia, AI-RAN, Ericsson, Nokia, 5G, 6G, Ulf Ewaldsson, network speed, AR, network slicing, AT&T, FirstNet, first responders, cable, Charter, Chris Winfrey, Mike Sievert, Denny Strigl

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner are joined by AT&T's Chris Sambar, JR Wilson, and John Wojewoda, who are live from Cape Canaveral, to discuss AST's latest launch and what it means for ground-to-satellite communication by mobile users.

00:24 AST's latest launch and satellite communication capabilities

02:54 Emergency and first responder applications

04:25 All phone users should benefit

05:02 Limitations of satellite communication

06:45 Spectrum usage & coverage gap reduction

07:29 Device operation

08:29 Satellite density will determine overall capacity

09:32 Availability timeline 10:15 Episode wrap-up

Tags: telecom, telecommunications, wireless, prepaid, postpaid, cellular phone, Don Kellogg, Roger Entner, Chris Sambar, JR Wilson, John Wojewoda, AT&T, AST, satellites, BlueWalker 3, emergency communication, SOS, first responder, FirstNet, Abel Avellan, spectrum, densification, data

Analysts

Don Kellogg and Roger Entner are joined by Srinivasa Kalapala, SVP of Technology and Product Development at Verizon, to discuss the exciting developments in satellite technology that will soon be available to the average user.

00:25 Verizon's partnership with Skylo for emergency satellite communication

02:30 Possible expansion from emergency use and limitations

06:14 Verizon's satellite strategy

07:50 Verizon's partnership with AST

08:43 Consumers favor mobile operators for satellite

11:12 Satellites should close remaining coverage gaps

12:01 Episode wrap-up

Tags: telecom, telecommunications, wireless, prepaid, postpaid, cellular phone, Don Kellogg, Roger Entner, Srinivasa Kalapala, Verizon, Skylo, satellite, SOS, Google Pixel, Samsung Galaxy, L band, spectrum, Project Kuiper, broadband, AST