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Senza Fili Sparring Partners

Opinionated conversations in telecoms with Monica Paolini, Senza Fili, and her guests. Networks should be open, and so should our discussions on them.

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48:50

Reaching out to the enterprise. With Caroline Chan,...

Senza Fili Sparring Partners ·

2025/07/11

Why is it taking so long for telecom service providers to get enterprises into the fold and deliver the connectivity and services they need? Caroline Chan, VP and GM of Telco AI, Network, and Edge Group at Intel, has worked closely with enterprises across various verticals for a long time, and shares her insights on the challenges of reaching the enterprise and how to address them.We talked about the need for a rich and well-synched ecosystem, to understand what enterprises need, and to develop the

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01:00:29

DiveIn | Network APIs and digital twins as the next...

Senza Fili Sparring Partners ·

2025/07/04

As the world moves towards hyper-connectivity, network APIs are emerging as critical enablers of innovation across industries. In this Sparring Partners, Sameh Yamani, CTO at VIAVI Solutions, will explore the driving forces behind network APIs and how they are transforming the telecommunications landscape.- The driving forces behind network APIs: core technological, software-defined networking (SDN), automation, and the emerging 5G and 6G ecosystems. - The role of digital twins in the evolution of

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48:50

Serendipity is not an accident. With David Cleevely

Senza Fili Sparring Partners ·

2025/06/27

This episode is a special one for me. David Cleevely – serial entrepreneur, investor, policy adviser, and founder of Analysys and Cambridge Wireless (just to name a couple) – was the person who hired me straight out of school, with no telecoms experience whatsoever, and gave me the opportunity to pursue my passion for the industry. It’s the kind of serendipity he explores in his new book.But this podcast isn’t about me – it’s about not just letting serendipity happen, but actively encourage it

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01:04:19

Network APIs: A path for enterprise transformation...

Senza Fili Sparring Partners ·

2025/06/13

Network APIs are a critical cornerstone to establishing a deep connection between CSPs and enterprises that is mutually beneficial. Enterprises can make their networks and services more agile, automated and secure, and improve the customer experience. CSPs can make their networks more efficient and monetize their network assets.In this Sparring Partners with Harpreet Geekee, Co-Founder and CTO at Shabodi, we will talk about the transformative potential of network APIs, their architectural

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01:06:54

Commercializing APIs – Taking them to the next level....

Senza Fili Sparring Partners ·

2025/06/07

A conversation with Ron Porter, Head of 5G, Network & OSS Product Marketing at Amdocs and Enri-k Salazar, API Commercialization Platform at AmdocsAs networks need to establish a closer integration within a growing ecosystem of connected consumers and industries, APIs are back as a crucial tool to enable improved services and user experience to unlock new revenue opportunities. Monetizing APIs requires more than exposure of network functionality. In this conversation with Ron Porter, Head of 5G,

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34:06

The life of a digital twin. With Chris Murphy, VIAVI...

Senza Fili Sparring Partners ·

2025/05/30

Digital twins give us the unprecedented opportunity to explore alternative worlds or scenarios where things are similar to the real ones, but differ from them in subtle ways, so we can see how things look like if only we make a few changes. It is a fascinating way to explore the possible but also to avoid failures, assess the impact and benefits of network changes or new technologies, and compare different decisions before implementing one.How does this work in practice, in real networks? I talked

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41:41

How should we test for user experience? With Irina...

Senza Fili Sparring Partners ·

2025/05/23

In the past, we used to test networks, not user experience. What really matters today, however, is user experience, and that requires a different approach to testing. Network tests may fail to uncover problems with user experience.I spoke with Irina Cotanis, an Independent Technical Consultant I have known for a long time, while she was at Infovista, about how user experience testing is evolving to cover both human and non-human users, as well as a wider range of applications and services that must

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33:20

Will AI increase traffic? With Sean Kinney, RCR...

Senza Fili Sparring Partners ·

2025/05/16

Everybody seems to think that AI will create a massive increase in traffic. The prediction sounds eerily similar to what we heard about 5G, before it got deployed. Sean Kinney, Editor in Chief at RCR Wireless News, and I beg to differ. We agree through most of the discussion, which is great because our view is definitely not in line with the industry consensus. Listen to the podcast if you want to hear something different.More on Senza Fili at https://senzafili.com Sign up for the mailing list at

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48:06

The long-term view on automation. With Mansoor Hanif

Senza Fili Sparring Partners ·

2025/05/09

We usually look at the present or the future of technologies. In this podcast with Mansoor Hanif, Independent Executive Advisor, we took a look at the past. What were the challenges for network automation six years ago? What did we expect? In one of the first Sparring Partners on automation included in this report, I talked to Mansoor while he was at BT about zero-touch automation, AI and much more. He then moved to Ofcom and Neom, continuing to follow the progress of automation.Here, we revisit

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30:03

Data sharing to optimize AI performance. With Paul...

Senza Fili Sparring Partners ·

2025/05/02

Training data determines how good AI models are. As with any type of learning, you need good teachers and content. In telecoms, there is more data than we need, but not all is good or relevant. One way to get AI models trained on the right data is to share data across sources—operators, vendors and others.I talked to Paul Patras, Co-founder and CEO at Net AI, and Professor of Mobile Intelligence at the University of Edinburgh, about how to share data in telecoms and how that improves the

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31:30

Getting UnLinkedIn the hard way. With Frazer McKimm,...

Senza Fili Sparring Partners ·

2025/04/24

Our identity, who we are, is increasingly becoming defined by our online self. For many of us, our LinkedIn presence has become the main or a major channel for professional social media. What happens if that disappears overnight? Literally during the night. You no longer have access to it, and someone else with a different gender, name and nationality takes over.This is what happened to Frazer McKimm, Director at New Way Networks, who told us his story and how he managed to get himself back. I

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32:46

Ageism and talent in telecoms. With Nirlay Kundu,...

Senza Fili Sparring Partners ·

2025/04/21

It seems fitting to have a podcast on ageism after a popular one with Simona Marinova on attracting young talent in telecoms. Ageism is not only hard on the people affected by it, but also limits the ability of the industry to benefit from the experience of the senior workforce. At the same time, letting older people run the show may also slow down innovation and make telecoms less appealing to the younger generations. I talked to Nirlay Kundu, Head of Technology Standards at IMDEA Networks. I have

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37:16

The latest on APIs: Wi-Fi and adoption. With Markus...

Senza Fili Sparring Partners ·

2025/04/11

It was after the Sparring Partners with Markus Kümmerle, Chair of Marketing at CAMARA and Magenta API Exposure Tribe Leader, Deutsche Telekom, that I decided to write my report on APIs, and so we came full circle in getting an update on APIs and getting Markus' feedback on the report.We started talking about how Wi-Fi and cellular APIs need to coexist and then went further into fixed APIs and non-telco APIs—those provided by Google, Apple, vendors, and those distributed by hyperscalers in their

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36:08

Telco APIs from the TM Forum. With Andy Tiller, TMF

Senza Fili Sparring Partners ·

2025/04/04

Most of the talk today is on network APIs, but the universe of APIs is much bigger, and it is not only proprietary, non-telco, and Wi-Fi APIs. The TM Forum APIs have been around for a long time and have been widely adopted by service providers.I talked with Andy Tiller, EVP Products and Services at TMF, about what the TMF APIs do, what different role and functionality they have compared to network APIs (the CAMARA and GSMA Open Gateway), how they help operators, and what spurred their adoption. We

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32:25

Growing pains in telecoms. With Joel Brand, Marvell

Senza Fili Sparring Partners ·

2025/03/29

Telecoms has become a mature industry after decades of explosive growth. How do we manage innovation, the introduction of new technologies, and the growth expectations in this new environment?I talked with Joel Brand, at AVP Product Management at Marvell, about how we can adjust to the new environment and what changes we need to make. Telecoms has been and still is an astounding success, even though we often complain about not meeting our expectations. We spanned many topics, including dumb pipes,

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38:45

Better indoor Wi-Fi connectivity with Passpoint and...

Senza Fili Sparring Partners ·

2025/03/21

Most indoor connectivity already goes through Wi-Fi. Why do we need Passpoint to improve access to Wi-Fi networks? How can a Wi-DAS deployment help? Howard Buzick, Co-Founder at American Bandwidth, told us how Passpoint makes our Wi-Fi connections more seamless and secure and how American Bandwidth helps retail, healthcare, education and government organizations use Passpoint and a Wi-DAS architecture to make it easier to connect to their networks and to improve coverage.Check out American Bandwith

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36:11

Wireless ticketing on trains in the US: Why is it so...

Senza Fili Sparring Partners ·

2025/03/16

If you use public transportation across countries, you probably noticed how much easier it is to pay with your phone in Europe or Asia than in the US. In part, this may be due to the more limited public transportation infrastructure and use and lower use of contactless payments for non-cash payments (half that of Europe). But what I learned from talking to Jim Allison, Manager of Planning, Capitol Corridor Joint Power Authority (CCJPA), is that setting up wireless ticketing in the US is extremely

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42:55

Real-life, revenue-generating network APIs at TIM...

Senza Fili Sparring Partners ·

2025/02/21

Commercial adoption of APIs is still in the early days in most markets, but there are a few exceptions. Brazil is one of them, with operators offering them to app developers and getting revenues from them, supported by market demand and a facilitating regulatory environment. I talked with Leonardo Siqueira, Data Monetization and Mobile Ads Director at TIM Brazil, about the API rollout from 2023, the use cases, business models and what lies ahead.If you want to read the transcript or watch us on

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38:13

Open DAS: Open RAN and DAS converge. With Upendra...

Senza Fili Sparring Partners ·

2025/02/14

It is hard to overstate the need for more indoor capacity and better coverage when you think that over 80% of traffic comes from indoor locations. And to address this need, we need more indoor infrastructure. But what’s the best way to get there? DAS or small cells? Or is Wi-Fi enough?I talked to Upendra Pingle, General Manager, Indoor Cellular Networks at ANDREW, an Ampehnol company, one of the most passionate advocates of indoor coverage, and we talked about what could be a third way: Open DAS

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46:59

Does 6G need private networks? Do private networks...

Senza Fili Sparring Partners ·

2025/02/07

Dean Bubley at Disruptive Analysis and I had a broad and deep discussion on the future of private networks as we move to 6G. We talked about indoor coverage, Wi-Fi networks, standardization, 3GPP and future adoption. But I do not want to spoil your experience, so you have to listen to know what our answers are.More on Senza Fili at https://senzafili.com Sign up for the mailing list at https://senzafili.com/senza-fili-mailing-list/ to receive invitations to the live Sparring Partners events.

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