BT Chief Architect Neil McRae talks about the company's digital transformation and strategies for working with hyperscalers ... and pinball, of course!

Ep 42 – Talking Telco with Google Cloud

May 31st, 2022 22m 45s

Amol Phadke, Google Cloud's MD & GM for the Global Telecom Industry, talks about what the hyperscaler is doing in the telco space.

Ep 41 – Telco Religious Wars: Charging Databases

May 17th, 2022 20m 4s

When it comes to charging, the database you use is critical. Database expert Alex DeBrie talks about the pros and cons of database options.

Ep 40 – New ways to build your future-ready workforce

May 3rd, 2022 22m 33s

Telcos need to hire a gazillion people with cloud skills. How can CSPs cultivate the talented teams they need? Good news – there are new workforce management strategies and AI tools that can help.

Ep 39 – Hacking Cloud Costs

Apr 19th, 2022 20m 33s

A cottage industry has popped up to help companies optimize their cloud environment and spending. Find out what you can do to hack cloud costs.

Ep 38 – What’s Up with Totogi? The Future of Charging

Apr 5th, 2022 18m 5s

Nothing new has happened in charging in decades – until now. Find out why Totogi’s API-based, pay-by-the-use system is a game changer for telcos.

Ep 37 – A Chat with AWS about the Future of Telco Tech

Mar 22nd, 2022 22m 1s

I had a great conversation with Claus Verner from AWS at MWC22. We talk about how the public cloud is helping to build innovative telco software companies, the launch of TelcoDR, and more.

Ep 36 – The Public Cloud is NOW

Mar 8th, 2022 13m 56s

Listen to the most exciting talk from MWC 2022 to learn how to turn the public cloud into a competitive advantage.

Ep 35 – Azure has private networks, too!

Feb 22nd, 2022 20m 50s

Microsoft Azure’s private network offering unites 5G, edge computing, and a robust partner network to deliver private networks to enterprises. Shriraj Gaglani, GM, Azure Private MEC, tells us what this means for telco.

Ep 34 – Get ready for CLOUD CITY 2022!

Feb 8th, 2022 17m 46s

CLOUD CITY is back, baby! And 100% in the cloud this year. Find out what we’ve done to bring an in-person experience to our virtual platform, and what you’ll find during the event.

Ep 33 – Quick and easy real-time communications with Amazon Chime SDK

Jan 11th, 2022 23m 22s

Amazon Chime SDK general manager Sid Rao shares insights into what this set of real-time communication tools can do for telcos.

Ep 32 – 2022 Predictions: All aboard the public cloud train

Dec 28th, 2021 8m 57s

In this special episode, we take a look at telco and public cloud trends to watch in 2022. Tune in to find out what you need to know.

Ep 31 – Verizon’s public cloud journey

Dec 7th, 2021 19m 50s

Nanda Kumar, executive director of cloud engineering at Verizon, has helped pilot the company’s successful digital transformation. He tells us about the journey, which started back in 2016.

Ep 30 – What’s up with Totogi? Achieving Feature Velocity with the Totogi APIs

Dec 7th, 2021 24m 36s

Totogi APIs can help CSPs bring new features to market fast, and boost customer satisfaction and ARPU in the process.

Ep 29 – Telco in 20’s Best of 2021

Nov 16th, 2021 28m 2s

In our most popular episode from 2021, transformation leader Juha Korhonen shares his experience with the successful launch of Yaqoot, a digital mobile operator in the Middle East.

Ep 28 – Talking public cloud with GSMA

Oct 19th, 2021 27m 11s

Telco in 20 sits down with Mats Granryd, Director General for GSMA, to talk about the future of the public cloud and telco.

Ep 27 – Talking public cloud with Telecoms.com

Oct 4th, 2021 1h 21m

Telco in 20 sits down with Scott Bicheno and Iain Morris of the Telecoms.com podcast to have an awesome conversation about the public cloud and telco.

Ep 26 – Avoid vendor lock-in with TM Forum Open APIs

Sep 28th, 2021 16m 33s

TM Forum’s Open APIs are giving telcos a way to build IT solutions that are easier and cheaper to deploy, integrate, and upgrade. It’s time to change your thinking about the best way to build applications.

Ep 25 – Get ready to use the public cloud… in Afghanistan

Sep 21st, 2021 21m 16s

Former Roshan CFO Imtiaz Esmail and his team refused to be sidelined by two devastating attacks on the Afghan telecom. Instead, they guided the company through a successful digital transformation.

EP 24 – What’s up with Totogi?

Aug 24th, 2021 8m 17s

Here's the latest on Totogi, the telco software darling built specifically for the public cloud – 80% lower TCO, anyone?

Ep 23 – DynamoDB: A tier 0 database

Aug 10th, 2021 23m 59s

AWS' Rick Houlihan tells us why flexible and scalable NoSQL databases are a great fit for telco.

Ep 22 – Meet mediation vendor Digital Route

Jul 27th, 2021 22m 58s

Jonas Wallenius, Strategic Product Manager at Digital Route, has a clear view of the public cloud's potential for telco, and ideas about how the industry can get there.

Ep 21 – How we rocked MWC21

Jul 13th, 2021 17m 51s

CLOUD CITY shifted the spotlight to the public cloud for telco for the first time in MWC history.

Ep 20 – The paradox of the public cloud

Jun 30th, 2021 17m 8s

There are massive upsides to the public cloud for telcos, but that’s not the whole story. TelcoDR CEO Danielle Royston tells it all in her MWC21 keynote.