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The Appledore Research Podcast

Insights on the transformation of telecom.


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  • 37. Episode 37 - Inventing the Future, with Nokia Bell Labs

    39:03||Season 2024, Ep. 37
    A conversation with the AI lab leader at the legendary Bell Labs, owned by Nokia since 2016. We focus on networks and AI, but take a peek into the future, as well as putting AI into a wider context of successive industrial revolutions.

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  • 36. Episode 36 - GenAI in Digital Enablement, Q&A with Huawei Software

    49:53||Season 2024, Ep. 36
    GenAI shows no sign yet of losing its status as the hottest topic in telecom. In this episode Robert hears the latest from Appledore Principal Analyst for Digital Enablement, John Abraham, and gets a far-reaching in-depth explanation from Huawei Software on how they are using AI and GenAI into a range of digital enablement offerings and telco operator business processes.
  • 35. Episode 35 - Thinking Differently About Network Autonomy

    42:31||Season 2024, Ep. 35
    Grant, Francis and Robert explore the topic of autonomous networks in telecom, challenging some misconceptions, clearing up some misunderstandings, and generally taking out some of the mystery about how to go about establishing them.
  • 34. Episode 34 - Transforming Telecom with APIs

    38:19||Season 2024, Ep. 34
    Patrick and Robert are joined by Nik Willetts, CEO of the TM Forum in a discussion that ultimately finds its way to Network APIs - but necessarily taking in the wide view of where telecom is at, and how things are more different today than at any point in its history.
  • 33. Episode 33 - Quantum Utility, with IBM's Imed Othmani

    21:40||Season 2024, Ep. 33
    In this week’s episode Patrick Kelly is joined by IBM Quantum Industry Partner, Imed Othmani, in a discussion on progress and obstacles in Quantum Computing. In particular, what and when will be the first practical applications of this technology. It’s a fascinating insight into the path from pure research to business value, and IBM’s approach to finding it.
  • 32. Episode 32 - Orchestrating to $100 Billion, with Itential's Chris Wade

    31:01||Season 2024, Ep. 32
    Telcos are right to look to enterprise customers for near term growth. But that growth will see them selling new kinds of services, and is dependent on a new level of self-serviceability. In this episode Robert and Grant are joined by Itential CTO Chris Wade to discuss how the next big wave of digital services - an incremental revenue potential of $100B for telcos - can be enabled.
  • 31. Episode 31 - Telecom: A Software Engineering Perspective

    38:37||Season 1, Ep. 31
    What do software leaders within telcos think about the tremendous rate of change and technological innovation taking place? How do they view topics like SaaS, GenAI, or edge computing? How do they consider the vendor landscape? What principles are most important in the era of cloud and continous delivery? In this thoughtful episode, Robert and John talk with Rob Bennett, SVP of Software Engineering at Echostar - the new name for the combined Dish Wireless and Echostar assets that were re-merged in early 2024.