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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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37:26

Wi-Fi in the enterprise. With Bart Giordano, Ruckus...

Senza Fili Sparring Partners ·

2025/08/15

How many connected enterprises do not have Wi-Fi? Hardly any. Yet, there are many different ways to use Wi-Fi within the enterprise. And to decide whether Wi-Fi is sufficient or if in-building cellular networks, such as CBRS, are also needed.I talked with Bart Giordano, President at Ruckus Networks, about how the role of Wi-Fi in the enterprise keeps evolving, with the evolution of Wi-Fi technology and access to the 6GHz band. More on Senza Fili at https://senzafili.com Sign up for the mailing list

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35:04

Are global standards under threat from geopolitical...

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2025/08/08

Complain as much as you want about 3GPP or IEEE — they’ve given us global standards that have been essential to the adoption, low cost, and ease of use of cellular and Wi-Fi.I spoke with Sebastian Barros, Managing Director at Circles, about the future of global standards and shared access to new technologies. Are we on the verge of losing this? Geopolitical divisions are pushing us toward building barriers, making it harder to sustain the collaborative work that underpins global standards,

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37:48

Blockchain and DePIN for building and sharing...

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2025/08/01

Wireless infrastructure can be expensive to build, and the business case is difficult to make in indoor and digital divide environments. Sharing the infrastructure is a powerful and efficient way to reduce costs and encourage deployments, but so far, it has been difficult to do because the business models and incentives were not there.I talked with Sarah Aberg, Chief Legal Officer at Helium, about how decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePINs) use blockchain technology to enable a new

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34:40

Home Wi-Fi gets better and more secure. With Tiago...

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2025/07/25

We all use Wi-Fi at home. It is so pervasive that people no longer think of having a broadband connection at home; instead, they will tell you they “have Wi-Fi.”What is talked about less is that the Wi-Fi connection is getting better and more secure. I covered this gap with Tiago Rodrigues, President and CEO at the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA). As the number of devices and the traffic loads increase, we need more capabilities and security assurance from our home Wi-Fi networks. Wi-Fi

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48:50

Taking new technology to the market. With Alex...

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2025/07/18

A recurring challenge in wireless is how to get new technology to the market and generate revenue. We are good at deploying new technologies, but struggle to monetize them sufficiently to profit from the investment made to deploy them.This has happened with 4G, is happening with 5G and is likely to happen with AI and 6G, and it is not because the technology is not good enough. What creates the disconnect? Do we need to find new ways to bring technologies to the market? Alex Lawrence, Managing

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48:50

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

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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...

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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...

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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....

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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...

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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

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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,...

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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

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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

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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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