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Give me 20 minutes, and we’ll cover the next 20 years in telco. Get the latest news, insights and best practices on how public cloud is transforming telecom – and enjoy a few laughs!

Danielle Royston, TelcoDR


    • Jun 21, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 20m AVG DURATION
    • 45 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Telco in 20

    Ep 44 – DISH: The Telco Pioneer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2022 16:01


    DISH Wireless EVP and Chief Network Officer Marc Rouanne talks about DISH's cloud-native 5G network, its partnership with AWS, and more.

    Ep 43 – Telco’s Pinball Wizard: Neil McRae

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2022 18:11


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2022 23:07


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

    Telco Religious Wars: Charging Databases

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2022 20:04


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2022 22:33


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2022 20:33


    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 – WUWT: The Future of Charging

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2022 18:05


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2022 22:01


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2022 13:56


    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!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2022 20:50


    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!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2022 17:46


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2022 23:22


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2021 8:57


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2021 19:50


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2021 24:36


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2021 28:02


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2021 27:11


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2021 81:49


    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.

    Episode 26: Avoid vendor lock-in with TM Forum Open APIs

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2021 16:33


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2021 21:16


    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?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2021 8:17


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2021 23:59


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

    Ep 22 – Meet mediation vendor Digital Route

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2021 22:58


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2021 17:51


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2021 17:08


    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.

    Ep 19 – Double your ARPU with customer ❤️❤️❤️

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2021 16:07


    Switching from being network-centric to customer-centric is not only necessary, but also the best thing you'll ever do for your bottom line.

    Ep 18 – A digital telco: Meet Yaqoot

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2021 27:16


    Transformation leader Juha Korhonen shares his experience with the successful launch of Yaqoot, a digital mobile operator in the Middle East.

    Ep 17 – The Software Series: LastMileXchange

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2021 20:21


    LastMileXchange’s cloud-based access quoting solution shines a spotlight on how the public cloud can transform telecom.

    EP 16 – #SaveMWC

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2021 20:25


    The rumors are true... Public cloud is taking center stage in Barcelona and TelcoDR is leading the way!

    Ep 15 – Totogi: The new ant at the picnic

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2021 20:15


    Remember the David-and-Goliath business story of Siebel vs Salesforce? There’s a new public cloud startup in Telco that will change everything – webscale charging engine Totogi.

    Ep 14 – The Software Series: PortaOne

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2021 23:47


    Andriy Zhylenko, CEO of PortaOne, talks about leading a pivot to the public cloud via Oracle Cloud.

    Ep 13 – The Software Series: CSG

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2021 22:03


    Jon Fagan, Senior Principal Cloud Architect at CSG, talks about what the billion-dollar company is doing with the public cloud.

    Ep 12 – Monetizing 5G and IoT

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2021 22:24


    Telcos are making huge investments in 5G. Will ROI follow? Pete Bernard, Senior Director of Azure Edge Devices, Platforms and Services, talks about how 5G, IoT, AI and the edge can work together to help monetize the network.

    Ep 11 – The Software Series: MATRIXX

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2021 25:22


    The Software Series, Part 1: MATRIXX Software CTO Marc Price talks 5G, designing for the public cloud, and why customizations will be the death of vendors AND telcos.

    Ep 10 – 2021 Forecast: cloudy with a chance of OpenRAN

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2020 11:42


    In this special episode, we take a look at 2020’s big headlines and trends to watch in the coming year. Tune in to find out who will be in the winner’s circle at the end of 2021.

    Ep 9 – Microsoft’s big move

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2020 30:09


    Microsoft wants to be THE hyperscaler for the telecom industry. Yousef Khalidi, corporate VP for Azure for Operators, shares exactly what Azure is up to and why telcos need to pay attention.

    Ep 8 – The HR Series: Pair programming – the most powerful tool you’ve never used

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2020 23:07


    The HR Series, Part 2: What has two heads, two keyboards and two monitors and can help you squash the competition? It’s time to adopt pair programming.

    Ep 7 – The HR Series: Telcos, get ready for workforce transformation

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2020 22:28


    The HR Series, Part 1: If telecoms are going to survive the inevitable move to the public cloud, they need to start focusing on people - retraining, hiring, and yes, letting some workers go.

    Ep 6 – The BFCs: Is Google Cloud Platform (GCP) right for telcos?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2020 18:06


    Neil Bunn, Head of Customer Engineering, Media and Telco, for Google Cloud Canada, reviews the coolest features of Google cloud technology and offers an unexpected reason why GCP should be at the top of telcos’ list (hint: think, Anthos).

    Ep 5 – The BFCs: Putting Microsoft Azure to the test for telcos

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2020 18:43


    Rick Lievano, Worldwide Director of Technology Strategy at Microsoft, builds a good case for why Azure should be telecom’s cloud platform of choice, not the least of which is Azure for Operators -- a game changer in the quest for carrier-grade cloud.

    Ep 4 – Lift Off: Right-size your public cloud spending

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2020 16:03


    Find out how telcos can control public cloud spending and avoid leaving money on the table. Featuring cloud economist and snark-master Corey Quinn.

    Ep 3 – Lift Off: Telcos moving to the public cloud – beware of lift and shift

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2020 16:00


    Using a lift and shift strategy for public cloud migration demands clear vision around what’s waiting on the other side. Cloud architect Forrest Brazeal explains what you need to know and why.

    Ep 2 – Lift Off: Taking the first step

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2020 16:17


    Telcos need to start moving to the public cloud, like, yesterday. Migration specialist Troy O’Brien offers his advice on smart planning for a smooth journey.

    Ep 1 – It starts with…transformational leadership

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2020 15:14


    Telco needs disruptive leaders with the courage to drive change. Find out what sets these trailblazers apart and why it takes big changes to big things to succeed.

    Telco in 20 – Subscribe now!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2020 1:01


    You’ve found my podcast! Telco in 20 presents my vision for where the telco industry will be in 20 years and how savvy leaders will get there. New episodes, specifically for telco executives, drop every two weeks. Get the latest insights and best practices – and enjoy a few laughs!

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