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The Week with Roger

Each week, join Roger Entner and the Recon Analytics team for an analysts perspective on the world of telecom.

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16:32

This Week: The Future of 5G with David Christopher of...

The Week with Roger ·

2022/03/21

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology with this week’s guest - David Christopher, the EVP and General Manager of Partnerships & 5G Ecosystem at AT&T and the Chairman of CTIA.0:26: David shares the most recent update about 5G.1:48: What innovations could we expect to happen in this decade?3:42: 5G is much more powerful than 4G and how we’ve become an on-demand society.5:28: The innovations that excite David.8:30: Manufacturing

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14:07

This Week: AT&T and Verizon Investor Day Recap

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2022/03/14

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology.0:29: AT&T just had their Investor Day - what the highlights were.4:26: How Verizon surprised everyone at their recent Investor Day.6:10: Verizon improved their revenue estimates.7:17: How is the market defined these days?9:22: Thoughts on where T-Mobile will sit after seeing AT&T and Verizon’s presentations.11:21: T-Mobile now believes they are done with the churn from the Sprint merger.12:05:

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13:03

This Week: 5G Network Design with Bill Stone of Verizon

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2022/03/07

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner welcome Bill Stone to the show. Bill is the Vice President of Technology Development and Planning at Verizon.0:37: Bill shares why C-Band is so important to Verizon.1:37: How is Verizon on track to exceed their goal for 2023 by the end of 2022?4:16: Verizon is getting better coverage with C-Band than with AWS thanks to massive MIMO.5:32: Spectrum efficiency is improving with 5G.7:01: Bill talks about some of the network challenges of adding fixed wireless into

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22:23

This Week: Semiconductor Supply Chain Update with...

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2022/02/28

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner welcome Leonard Lee and Matt Hamblen to the show. Leonard Lee is the Managing Director & Founder of neXtCurve. Matt Hamblen is the Editor of Fierce Electronics. The topic of discussion is Supply Chain.0:50: Semi supply chain issues - an update from Leonard.2:37: Discussing the example of the auto industry.5:01: The supply chain will be affected by the Russia-Ukraine conflict.7:00: Roger shares about his article on resilience.8:56: Intel is trying to build

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13:00

This Week: Verizon Goes Big on Fixed Wireless with...

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2022/02/21

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner welcome Sampath Sowmyanarayan to the show to talk about wireless broadband and 5G. Sampath is the Chief Revenue Officer at Verizon Wireless.0:46: Verizon announced their recent 5G fixed wireless at the Super Bowl - what is fixed wireless all about?3:34: How does Verizon expect businesses to react and what role does C-Band play in this rollout?7:30: How reliable will this new network be?10:40: Verizon brought back Jim Carrey as the Cable Guy for their Super Bowl

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17:29

This Week: Redefining Broadband with Rick Welday of AT&T

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2022/02/14

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner welcome Rick Welday to the show. Rick is the Executive Vice President & General Manager of Broadband at AT&T.1:40: The changes that Rick has made since he took over and what is important to consumers about broadband access.5:14: How AT&T is addressing security risks.6:16: What AT&T has to say about simplicity for customers.10:50: AT&T recently announced its participation in the Affordable Connectivity Plan14:39: AT&T is a Fixed Wireless

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16:55

This Week: T-Mobile, Charter and Comcast Earnings

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2022/02/09

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner do a special edition episode on quarterly earnings as well as discussing the latest news in telecom, media, and technology.0:33: T-Mobile is very enthusiastic about their 4th quarter performance.4:49: How T-Mobile compared to Verizon this quarter and where their net adds came from.7:45: Pre-paid to post-paid conversions were high.8:49: How it’s going with integrating Sprint into T-Mobile.12:04: How Charter and Comcast’s quarter looked.14:14: Will the net add

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17:11

This Week: The Messy World of Mid-Band Spectrum...

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2022/02/07

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner welcome Mike Dano to the show. Mike is Light Reading's Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies and has covered the wireless industry as a journalist for almost two decades.0:47: Mike shares a bit about his recent article titled “Inside the Messy World of T-Mobile’s Midband 5G Spectrum Licenses.”2:21: What spectrum does T-Mobile own?4:04: What happened when one of the organizations that actually owns some of T-Mobile’s spectrum wanted to sell it.6:09: The

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16:18

This Week: Q4 Earnings Recap- How did Verizon and...

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2022/01/31

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology.0:27: Verizon’s earnings are out - time to analyze their execution on their plans.2:55: Even though C-Band deployment was been delayed, Verizon is working to get more markets ahead of schedule.4:36: What’s Verizon doing with fixed wireless?6:10: How does Verizon compare to T-Mobile?7:14: AT&T launched their multi-gig fiber - the initial reports are in.8:55: AT&T released their earnings report -

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14:58

This Week: FCC Spectrum Auction 110- Who Played and...

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2022/01/24

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology.0:26: The results for Auction 110, 3.45 MHz are in.2:08: A breakdown of who bid and who won. And who didn’t.3:58: What AT&T won.6:22: What could AT&T’s strategy for fixed wireless be?7:56: What are the plans for the next spectrum auction?8:47: A breakdown of who else won spectrum at Auction 110.11:47: This was the third largest auction in recent memory, how the competitive landscape has changed

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12:45

This Week: What the Affordable Connectivity Program...

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2022/01/17

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology.0:28: The Affordable Connectivity Program was passed in November. What is it and why is it important?1:52: Can it be used for wireless?3:00: T-Mobile is cautious about the program. Why that could be.5:46: How each carrier is handling the C-Band deployment.8:14: What the latest developments are in DISH and DirecTV.Tags: telecom, telecommunications, business, wireless, cellular phone, cellular service, Don

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13:08

This Week: More C-Band Developments

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2022/01/10

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology.0:28: Roger and Don are experiencing Groundhog Day - just when you think C-Band has nothing new that’s newsworthy, the Department of Transportation jumps into the wireless area!2:23: Verizon has announced their plans for C-Band.3:36: Verizon is rolling out in HOW MANY MARKETS?6:24: Verizon has incentives to bundle internet into your phone plan which means competition is heating up.8:35: How could this

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16:29

This Week: How will the Tracfone Acquisition Impact...

The Week with Roger ·

2022/01/03

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner welcome Jeff Moore to the podcast. Jeff is the Principal and Founder at Wave7 Research which monitors wireless competition in the United States.0:43: Jeff shares about how Verizon’s recent acquisition of Tracfone will affect the retail and consumer markets.3:15: Breaking down what this looks like at BestBuy.4:15: Verizon took control of Total Wireless - what this could mean for their business strategy.6:45: Discussion of Verizon’s history with StraightTalk.7:29:

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17:38

This Week: Will Cable's CBRS Spectrum Change the Game...

The Week with Roger ·

2021/12/27

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner welcome Diana Goovaerts, Senior Editor at Fierce Wireless, to the show. They discuss what the cable operators are doing with CBRS spectrum.0:58: Comcast and Charter have bought CBRS spectrum. What they can do with it.2:14: Are Charter and Comcast going to be competition for the larger companies such as Verizon?5:20: An outline of how the strategies are different between the two companies.8:05: How are consumers responding to these offers?10:59: It seems that

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11:32

This Week: The C-Band delay is pure lunacy

The Week with Roger ·

2021/12/20

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology.0:26: Roger is upset about something in the wireless business regarding President Biden’s Build Back Better Plan.3:34: Where the mobile carriers are going to cut spending and what the effects will be on the Digital Divide and the nation as a whole.5:06: What is going on with the airline industry interfering with C-Band?8:27: What could happen as the wireless carriers fight with the airline industry.10:30:

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17:10

This Week: Wireless vs Cable and the Future of Broadband

The Week with Roger ·

2021/12/13

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology.0:27: Last week the CEOs and CFOs of all the major network operators spoke at investor conferences. Here's what they said about broadband.3:19: The role that millimeter wave could play for T-Mobile and Verizon.4:26: The economics of using extra capacity in the network.6:22: Is there an opportunity to upsell mobile customers to broadband or vice versa?8:40: The carriers have started reporting net adds for

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11:36

This Week: A Peek Inside the Recon Analytics Mobile...

The Week with Roger ·

2021/12/06

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology.0:27: Roger and Don share about the Mobile Intender Survey research they are doing and some of the results.2:15: What was driving customer happiness in October? What then happened in November?4:29: How did Black Friday affect the net promoter scores?5:10: What this could mean for the 4th Quarter across the industry.6:21: Is there a window of opportunity for one of the carriers to jump through to offer

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09:00

This Week: How has Broadband in the US Performed...

The Week with Roger ·

2021/11/29

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology.0:27: Roger shares about the white paper he wrote on the pandemic’s influence on broadband performance.1:50: Fixed broadband was utilized more than the wireless networks.2:31: Why did broadband perform as it did during the pandemic?5:46: Comparing the U.S. and Japan in terms of broadband performance.7:07: How Smart TVs affect broadband.Check out Roger’s White Paper and study results in detail here:

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12:24

This Week: Infrastructure Week! What it means for...

The Week with Roger ·

2021/11/22

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner break down how the infrastructure bill that Congress passed will influence the telecom industry and how it might level the playing field for rural providers.0:41: How does the infrastructure bill that passed this week impact the telecom industry?4:41: Will the federal funding for fiber level the playing field for rural telcos?7:32: Where does this leave cable providers?9:30: Is everybody eligible for the funding from the bill or are there restrictions?10:34:

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23:36

This Week: Telecom Leadership Changes and the Future...

The Week with Roger ·

2021/11/15

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner welcome Dan Meyer to the show. Dan is the Editor-in-Chief of SDxCentral, a publication that covers the software-defined space.0:52: Roger shares the news of leadership changes at Verizon.2:03: Who’s gone from T-Mobile?3:57: Who the clock is ticking for.5:40: Roger is waiting for a flattening of the AT&T Corporate structure.8:44: What’s happening with back-end deals with cloud companies and hyper-scalers versus legacy carriers?10:40: How is Google

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