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In this special episode of Will 5G Change the World, presented in partnership with NETSCOUT, we dive into the world of telco AI. As operators develop and implement long-term AI strategies, supporting it all are foundation models, specifically large language models. This episode, featuring telco AI experts from AWS, Dell Technologies, e& and Rakuten Mobile, examines how operators can align outcomes with the underlying foundation models, and whether they can fine tune existing models or whether it's necessary to develop LLMs specific to the telecoms sector.

In this episode of Will 5G Change the World? NETSCOUT's Greg Mayo, senior director of engineering, looks at where 5G is (in terms of successes and areas for improvement) after five years in what is typically a 10-year generational cycle. He discusses what the next half of the 5G cycle has in store with a focus on delivering new enterprise services against exacting SLAs. And, drawing on decades of experience with artificial intelligence, Mayo looks at how AI can help operators realize new degrees of process automation and optimization.

Fujitsu EVP and Head of Global Networks Business Femi Adeyemi joins the show to look at the state of Open RAN, including positive market traction and lingering impediments, particularly related to providing vendor optionality without creating analysis paralysis.

Telecom Infra Project Executive Director Kristian Toivo comes on the show to reflect on key learnings form the recent TIP-hosted Fyuz event in Madrid, in particular the industrialization of Open RAN. In addition to looking how buy-in from incumbent vendors can accelerate Open RAN adoption, Toivo talks about the latest in silicon supplier diversification for disaggregated radio systems, and much more.

The final episode of Well, technically... features Swisscom's Executive Vice President of Data, Analytics & AI Laure Willemin, who discusses the need for harmonized and centralized data and reveals that while what GenAI can bring tot he table for telecom is promising, it certainly isn't solving all of Swisscom's problem. And please stay tuned to the end for a special note from RCR Wireless News managing editor and host of the podcast.

Network slicing can be a game changer for communications service providers (CSPs), allowing them to offer new services to their customers and generating new revenue. Heather Broughton, AVP Marketing Service Provider Solutions, NETSCOUT, discusses the current state of 5G network slicing and where she sees this technology going both for CSPs and their subscribers.

This week, Geetha Ram, the head of telco compute at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, tells a story about her grandmother, details the relationship between Open RAN and AI and explains the difference between in-line and look-aside acceleration for Open RAN silicon.

This week, Spirent Communications' Chief Marketing Officer Cheryl Ragland discusses how telecom marketing has changed in recent years due to things like the pandemic and evolving customer expectations. She also assesses the value of hype when it comes to new technologies hitting the market.

Aïcha Ly, head of consumer insights at Opensignal, discusses her personal journey in the work place as a woman of color, how this personal journey helps her support her colleagues and the importance of harnessing the power of your speech. Plus, she shares the telecom trends she and Opensignal are keeping an eye on.

GSMA Chief Marketing Officer Lara Dewar talks through the group's priorities around expanding access to broadband, fair share for mobile broadband usage, and fostering an open developer ecosystem. She also previous the groups annual Mobile World Congress Las Vegas kicking off on Sept. 26, including a look at major themes around enterprise 5G, artificial intelligence, and more.

In the latest episode of Will 5G Change the World, Jillian Kaplan, head of global telecom thought leadership for Dell Technologies, goes through the company's approach to fostering community and collaboration to drive open architectures into market. Kaplan stresses the importance of maintaining laser focus on solutions that drive network monetization. She also goes through the technology and business sides of work Dell is doing with craft brewery Exhibit A in Massachusetts.

Arrcus CEO Shekar Ayyar returns to the show to discuss Arrcus, a startup focused on bringing virtualization and abstraction to the worlds of datacenters, hybrid cloud and 5G routing and switching. Ayyar reflects on his admiration for two-time Nobel Laureate Linus Pauling, goes into how Arrcus can enable better network monetization for service providers and much more.

Celona Marketing Director David Callisch goes through the idea that private cellular is a software and access play, and looks at the rise of cellular for use cases where Wi-Fi is not sufficient. He also highlights Celona's expansion into the red hot European private cellular market, details customer wins, and otherwise gets into the nuts of bolts of cellular-enabled digital transformation.

On this episode, Zoe Clelland, the VP of product and experience at Nintex, discusses what she calls an “infinite learning loop” and how it helps companies zero in on what matters most when it comes to deciding what to automate. She also argues that, even with the excitement around generative AI, it’s important to remember just how much automation there already is in place today.

Will Townsend, vice president and senior analyst with Moor Insights & Strategy, discusses 5G hype vs. reality, the ongoing transition from Non-standalone 5G to Standalone 5G, and what T-Mobile US is doing with network slicing. Townsend also discusses his interest in how bridging the digital divide empowers local communities, and fear, uncertainty and doubt in the global RAN market.

On this week's episode, Jeanine Charlton, the chief technology and digital officer at Merchants Fleet, explains what digital transformation looks like in the fleet management industry, touching on electric vehicles, driverless networks and the value of modern data and analytics platforms.

In this special episode of Will 5G Change the World?, the tables are turned as guest host Catherine Sbeglia Nin, managing editor at RCR Wireless News, interviews RCR's Editor in Chief Sean Kinney. Kinney reflects on how the 5G as a world-changing force narrative has changed in the past six years, and looks at ongoing coverage at the intersection of 5G, mobile edge computing and artificial intelligence. Also discussed is the real world-changer—if operators, and their customers, can somehow simultaneously deliver economic growth and sustainability on the path to net-zero.

This week's guest, Aysha Kahn, the CIO/CISO at Treasure Data, discusses the role of IT in digital transformation, how the COVID-19 pandemic and the shift to remote work impacted this transformation and what enterprises are looking for when it comes to data security.

Joy King is the Vice President of telecoms cloud company Optiva and leads the company’s Go To Market (GTM) Strategy. She joins RCR Wireless News on the podcast for a deep dive into the changing telecom landscape, detailing how business models are shifting and what telcos need to do to keep up, from embracing contemporary technologies to appealing to a more diverse and younger workforce.

Ragha Gopavarapu, a senior manager for Samsung’s carrier accounts, shares Samsung's perspective on the vRAN and Open RAN revolutions in telecom networks, and provides an update on the company's new vRAN 3.0 offering.

In the final installment of our four-part podcast series presented in partnership with Nextivity, CEO of Nextivity Michiel Lotter discusses the company's private LTE networking-as-a-service solution, HARMONY. Lotter explains where he sees the solution fitting into the larger private networking market as well as how a low-capex approach enables faster deployment and ROI for businesses of all sizes.

Qualcomm's Chief Sustainability Officer Angela Baker discusses the role that Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) will play in helping rural environments leverage advancements in sustainability. She also shares details about Qualcomm's approach to FWA and how policy and technology work together to address sustainability issues.

In the third installment of a four-part podcast series presented in partnership with Nextivity, Chief Commercial Officer Stephen Kowal reiterates the importance of both cellular and Wi-Fi in enterprise connectivity. However, he points out that Wi-Fi does have limitations, and as enterprises invest in Industry 4.0 solutions, mobility (as enabled by cellular) will have an important role to play.

Rail freight transport operators face pressure to improve the capacity and efficiency of their operations while keeping expenditures and environmental impact low. As a result, they are increasingly looking for new ways to move more for less. Adif Logistics Centers in Spain is working with Cellnex and Nokia to deploy private and public 5G networks across its logistics terminals to boost the digitalization and, ultimately, the automation, sustainability and cost reduction of its rail freight operations. Tune into the podcast and join Catherine Gull, Head of Product Solutions and Business Development at Cellnex, and Veli Kaukomaa, Cellnex Partnership Lead at Nokia, as they discuss the project and their partnership in more detail.

In the second installment of four-part podcast series presented in partnership with Nextivity, learn about the role private cellular networks can play in enabling the digital transformation of enterprises of all sizes. While there are some impediments to the deployment of private cellular networks, Nextivity CEO Michiel Lotter sees a path forward that addresses cost and complexity. He also looked at how a strong focus on enterprise use cases can help accelerate adoption of private cellular networks.

This week's guest, Kelly Burroughs, enterprise solutions director at iBwave Solutions, provides a deep dive into a private network deployment at a mining facility that the company supported. Specifically, Kelly discusses how iBwave helped the mining company discover its tech needs and then design its new network, as well the importance of tech integration.

BIC's Head of Fraud Prevention and Security Katia Gonzalez provides an update on STIR/SHAKEN and argues that while the FCC's initiative has made a dent in the robocalls being experienced by many Americans, spam, fraud and other related telco issues must be considered on an international level for real change to take place.

Gabby Mann is a product sales specialist in Intel Corporation's Sales and Marketing Rotational Program and on this episode of Well, technically... she tells listeners how she ended up in the tech field, how her career goals have changed along the way and what her generation can bring to the industry.

Gabby Mann is a product sales specialist in Intel Corporation's Sales and Marketing Rotational Program and on this episode of Well, technically... she tells listeners how she ended up in the tech field, how her career goals have changed along the way and what her generation can bring to the industry.

In this four-part podcast series presented in partnership with Nextivity, learn the ins and out of a robust and effective enterprise wireless strategy for the Industry 4.0 era. The first episode, featuring Nextivity Chief Commercial Officer Stephen M. Kowal, digs into how public and private cellular connectivity, along with Wi-Fi, and low-power sensor networks all have an important role to play in the digital transformation of enterprises of all sizes.

This week’s episode features Alorica's Chief Administration Officer Colleen Beers and Chief Culture OfficerJoyce Lee. The women discuss motherhood, their roles at Alorica, which provides customer experience management and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services, as well as how they work together to create an inclusive, welcoming company culture, especially in challenging times.

Pearl TV's Managing Director Anne Schelle explains Next Gen TV and how the broadcast landscape is evolving as streaming and social media change the way we consumer all sorts of information and entertainment.

Supply chain transparency is key to helping companies meet their sustainability and equity goals, so why are so few making use of the tools that already exist to take a deeper look? In the latest episode of Well, technically..., Barbara Dunin, the ESG and Marketing Director at Beontag, weighs in.

Jennifer McCarthy, VP of Legal Advocacy at Federated Wireless, takes us through the current state of spectrum in the U.S. and some of the spectrum strategies she thinks are most likely to emerge.

Sandra Yao, SVP at Thunes, discusses how the company is improving the global payment infrastructure for a better, more inclusive payment experience, and the role that mobile service providers can play in this market.

Lily Yusupova, strategic account executive at Schneider Electric, discusses the company's position as a 5G and edge leader and shares the applications that these advanced technologies have enabled.

Industry 4.0 technologies such as IoT, Artificial Intelligence (AI), extreme automation and digital twins indisputably provide significant benefits to many enterprises, including increased productivity, greener operations and enhanced worker safety. Yet, many industrial sites may appear difficult to digitalize. From rock quarries and mining pits to factories, warehouses and chemical plants, achieving ubiquitous connectivity that securely and reliably powers all people, machines and devices in complex, dynamic and often harsh environments has proven challenging in the past. With the paradigm shift brought by flexible, high-performance private wireless networks these challenges are no longer a concern of enterprises. Tune in to hear Joel Albert, VP of Services for Industrial Networking Solutions, and Jim Connor, Partner Sales Manager at Nokia discuss how to accelerate Industry 4.0 digitalization for your operations.

Increased productivity, better operational resilience and improved worker safety – Industry 4.0 digitalization has proven to be a game-changer for many industries. To unlock the benefits of digital transformation, enterprises first need a robust foundation of high-performance connectivity throughout their operating site. A great way to kick-start this digital transformation journey is through the rapid deployment of a 5G private wireless mobile field unit. This unit enables you to test the performance and capacity of a private 5G network in your unique operating environment, giving you a good sense of how your organization can benefit from everything that 5G has to offer. Listen to Bas Piek, Commercial Director at MCS, and Henk Stallaert, Enterprise Partner Sales Manager at Nokia discuss the value of the 5G mobile field unit and highlight opportunities and use cases of 5G private wireless networks across enterprises such as a chemical manufacturing facility and a university.

Enea's SVP, Chief Marketing Officer and Head of ESG Stephanie Huf shares what sustainability challenges the telecom industry is grappling with even as the business case for going green has become clearer than ever.

The move to 5G has led to an explosion of endpoints, providing bad actors with a larger area of attack. AT&T's Rebecca Finnin discusses how using the intelligent networks of the 5G era themselves as security tools can help enterprises and consumers feel less intimated by the prospect of protecting their data.

An interview with Jim Neuens, Viavi Solutions' VP and GM of wireless field instruments, about the realities of 5G deployments, including spectrum issues, ongoing evolution at the cell site and workforce challenges that have to be addressed in order for mobile network operators to get the most out of their deployments. This is the second of a two-part sponsored podcast series.

Arelion's Global Ethernet Product Manager Anna Maslewska discusses the evolving role of ethernet in an increasingly wireless world. She also explains that for consumers, the quality of their connection trumps everything else, even cost.

In the latest episode of Well, technically.... Ann Heyse, global telco solutions manager at BICS, tells the story of Industry 4.0, focusing on private networks and telcos, both of which, she says, are main characters.

The co-founder of Weaver Labs Maria Lema takes listeners on a network desegregation deep dive and explains how this growing trend is changing the telecoms industry and how service providers operate in "really fun" ways.

An interview with Jim Neuens of Viavi Solutions, VP and GM of wireless field instruments, about the actual reality of 5G deployments, as well as issues that have to be addressed in order for mobile network operators to get the most out of these deployments. This is the first of a two-part sponsored podcast series.

In this episode of Will 5G Change the World?, Ericsson's Sashieka Seneviratne, director of sustainability for networks, discusses how operators can sustainably scale 5G without compromising user experience. She discusses this topic from the perspectives of holistic network evolution planning, deployment considerations, and smart data-driven operations. This episode is presented in partnership with Ericsson.

AT&T's Director of Cybersecurity Amy Zwarico is excited about the telco trend of move to more software-defined networks because it's increases mobility and allows them to more quickly implement new security controls. However, as more elements of our networks are implemented in software, the security of that software is becoming a major concern and focus for operators.

In this episode of Will 5G Change the World?, Nokia's Nicole Robertson discusses the company's updated ESG strategy. The latest environmental sustainability efforts rest on five pillars: environment, industrial digitalization, security and privacy, the digital divide, and responsible business.

The RAIN RFID Alliance's newly appointed President and CEO Aileen Ryan shares advice for woman looking to advance their careers and also the growing role of RAIN RFID technology in an increasingly connected world.

Emergencies can strike anywhere and it's absolutely critical that first responders have robust communication capabilities. Jen Neenan, the chief operating officer at Parsec Technologies, discusses some of the industry's biggest challenges around supplying reliable connectivity in emergency situations and how the company is helping to solve them.

In this episode of Will 5G Change the World? Telecom Infra Project Chief Marketing Officer Eugina Jordan discusses how TIP's community-driven approach to test and validation of deployment-ready disaggregating network solutions is driving innovation in the telecoms area. Jordan touches on TIP's approach to enabling Industry 4.0 use cases, as well as the evolution of the wireless workforce as networks become increasingly cloud-native and software-oriented. This podcast is presented in partnership with Netscout.

What is the app economy? And what role do service providers play in it? Tune in to hear Melissa Zeloof, VP of marketing at ironSource, answer these and other questions.

Jill Stelfox, who is the CEO of Panzura, is the only female CEO in the data management space. She comes on the podcast to discuss why it's important to change that. She also shares insights into how businesses can better prepare for the many changes taking place in data management and security.

Airgain's Director of Channel Management Tracy Liu explains the company's shift from selling components to selling systems and solutions and what this transition suggests about the wireless industry at large.

Kajeet's Derrick Frost discusses the company's new private 5G managed service offering, including technical details, enterprise buying patterns, and how this new line of business maps to Kajeet's focus on education, healthcare and other key verticals.

On this twofer, Kyndryl's Global Practice Leader for Security and Resiliency Kris Lovejoy and Chief Innovation Officer/CTO Global Security and Resiliency Rhonda Childress discuss how technology sprawl has led to a shift in cybersecurity best practices. While prevention is still important, enabling cohesive architectures and establishing resiliency and recovery tactics is becoming far more critical.

In this episode of Will 5G Change the World? we hear from Chris Vassallo of ExteNet Systems about how the digital divide is more than a rural problem. Pockets of dense urban areas are also underserved by cellular connectivity which has sweeping implications for educational inclusivity, economic mobility and more.

Clearfield's CEO Cheri Beranek discusses how ongoing supply-chain constraints are impacting the fiber industry and explores to what extent federal funding will help address this and other challenges related to building out fiber assets and closing the digital divide.

Matrixx Software CEO Glo Gordon discusses the business challenges and opportunities that COVID-19 presented for the company and tips for establishing an inclusive and supportive work culture.

Jennifer Kyriakakis, the founder & CMO of Matrixx Software, defines the modern telco and lays out why 5G is a catalyst for the changes they are undergoing. She also explains why things like cloud-native and agnostic architecture should be at the heart of this transformation.

On this episode, Heather Ritchie, the chief marketing officer at Ubicquia, uses specific smart city projects around the world as examples of the benefits, and the considerations, such initiatives can bring. She also discusses how recent developments, like COVID-19 and 5G, have finally gotten many smart city efforts out of "project purgatory."

This week's guest, Donna Johnson, the SVP of Marketing at Cradlepoint, discusses the evolution of SD-WAN over the years and how it is adapting to support 5G networks. She also details the progress of private cellular networks and the importance of having empathy in a leadership role.

GenCell Energy's Marketing Content and Strategy Manager Shelli Zargary discusses the evolution of the company's fuel cell solutions as it sought to better address its own and its customer's sustainability goals.

Caban Systems founder and CEO Alexandra Rasch details the energy-as-a-service model and how it can help operators to achieve their sustainability goals, while lowering costs.

Beyond smartphone-specific use cases, cellular coverage inside buildings is key to unlocking the vast potential of the internet of things and deriving the value that flows from real-time, data-driven decision making.   In the final episode of this limited podcast series, Nextivity Chief Commercial Officer Stephen Kowal reiterates why businesses need to invest in in-building cellular coverage, the solutions and deployment models available to them, and highlights the role of cellular in unlocking untapped business value. Kowal also looks ahead to how Nextivity is working with its customers and partners, as well as following the trajectory of carrier investments, to stay ready to support a range of business critical, cellular-enabled solutions.

In the latest episode of this podcast series, Nextivity's CCO Stephen Kowal discusses how in-building cellular coverage underlines the digital transformation of key verticals. Beyond talk, text and data, cellular coverage supports a wide range of internet of things use cases that can drive meaningful change—and attendant business outcomes—in sectors like hospitality, retail, logistics and manufacturing.

As network operators continue the shift to 5G and as they look for ways to bring the network closer to their customers, a call for simplifying network management has been issued. Gina Nienaber, the director of Product Marketing, Routing and Switching Portfolio at Ciena, comes on the podcast to discuss how the company is helping operators navigate some of the industry's most pressing trends and challenges.

This past April, Preeti Ohri Khemani was elected chair of the NFC Forum. On this episode, Preeti delves into the possible use cases for NFC, or Near Field Communication, that go beyond the well-know tap-to-pay and provides an overview of the current standards climate around this technology.

Akanksha Sharma, the global head ESG of Sustainability, Social Impact, Governance & Policy at Sterlite Technologies Limited (STL), details the company's sustainability goals, how it plans to get there and also, some key takeaways that every technology company should consider.

Twilio's Head of Communications Policy Rebecca Thompson discusses the importance of having a global business outlook even if you're not a global company, especially in these uncertain times. She also explores Twilio's role in regulatory affairs like the FCC's crackdown on robocalls and less considered issues around phone number exhaust.

In the second episode of this series, Nextivity's Stephen Kowal, chief commercial officer, goes over the company's unique approach to hybrid active DAS and how this differs from traditional DAS. Kowal provides a walk-through of how this solution is deployed and discusses the ability to scale up coverage area and even expand system capacity. The takeaway is that focusing on performance and simplification converges to provide Nextivity customers with a fast, effective solution for in-building cellular.

Eugina Jordan, the VP of of marketing at Parallel Wireless, comes on the podcast to provide a few reality checks about Open RAN and poses some questions of her own .She also shares some exciting company news.

In this limited series presented in partnership between RCR Wireless News and Nextivity, we explore how in-building cellular coverage is a fundamental piece of enterprise digital transformation that is less costly and faster to deploy than most enterprises realize. In this episode, Nextivity Chief Commercial Officer Stephen Kowal discusses the current state of in-building cellular, as well as the challenges and opportunities faced by all enterprises that now rely on cellular connectivity.

5G networks will result in more data, and so testing needs to be more efficient. But at the same time, 5G networks will have critical applications running on them, and so testing also has to be more accurate. Jaana Tengman, director of Product Management at Infovista, comes on the podcast to discuss this balancing act in more detail, as well as how things like automation are helping.

Rhonda Holloway, Fujitsu Networks' director of Network Automation Solutions Marketing comes on the podcast to reveal how enterprise and business digitalization has changed and accelerated in the COVID era.

Founder and CEO of Dell'Oro Group Tam Dell'Oro provides insight into the ongoing supply-chain constraints impacting the entire technology industry and weighs in on when we can expect things to go back to normal.

In this episode of Will 5G Change the World, GenCell CEO Rami Reshef discusses the pressing need for operators to shift to renewable energy as they deploy 5G networks. He talks through GenCell's approach to using fuel cell technology to enable supplemental power during peak demand, back-up power during emergencies, and off-grid power to remote telecom sites. Reshef also highlights GenCell's work with Deutsche Telekom as the operator pursues its own sustainability objectives.

Although Wi-Fi 6 and 6E are still making waves in the enterprise and consumer markets, Wi-Fi 7 is here and it brings exciting new features that enable peak performance. In this episode of the Powering the Future of Wireless Connectivity Podcast, Qualcomm’s Dino Bekis, vice president and general manager of Mobile and Compute Connectivity, highlights how 4K QAM, support for 320 megahertz channels, and multi-link deliver faster speeds, lower latency, and more immersive experiences.

In this episode of Will 5G Change the World, Oracle's Anil Rao discusses the complexities associated with operationalizing 5G which relies on, as he said, "Automation, automation, automation." As operators work to deliver both private networks and network slicing to capture enterprise opportunity, they must embrace automation and cloud-native technology and operational principles.

Sumita Gupta Sharma, head of Transmission Networks at Arelion (formerly Telia Carrier) speaks to the company's name change and ambitions around disaggregating its optical networks. She also describes the need for more direct optical routes around the globe.

Teresa Monteiro, Infinera's director of Solution Marketing, Software and Automation, discusses the benefits and challenges of disaggregated optical networks, how the increase in traffic is impacting these networks, and also, why she believes everyone should have a basic science education.

In this episode of Will 5G Change the World?, Nokia's Olivier Guéret talks through strategies for operators to monetize their 5G investments. In addition to shifting from selling connectivity to selling business outcomes, Guéret highlights the need for a strong focus on ecosystem development from both a governance and engagement perspective.

Cora Brito, application support manager at IntelePeer, teaches me all about CPaaS and voice-automated AI. We also discuss the controversial topic of call bots. Are they just infuriating or are they also helpful?

Deborah Simpier, CEO at Althea, a networking company, comes on the podcast to explain how the company's solution offers a different approach to a distributed network, and why the current internet business model doesn't work for everyone.

On this episode, Marisa Viveros, vice president of Strategy & Offerings for the Telecom, Media and Entertainment Industry at IBM defines the IBM telco cloud network ecosystem, delves into the specifics of the company's recent cloud partnerships with Verizon and Telefonica and explains how Open RAN fits into the larger telco cloud conversation.

In this episode of Will 5G Change the World?, Ericsson Chief Technology Officer for North America, Mike Murphy, discusses how network infrastructure modernization and other factors can help operators break the energy curve as the upgrade to 5G. Further, Murphy discusses Ericsson's own sustainability initiatives, and shares his thoughts on how 5G can enable other applications with positive impacts on sustainability.

In this podcast, Qualcomm Technologies Inc.’s Tim McCarthy, senior director of product management, discusses the importance of FastConnect to the company’s currently products as well as how it figures into a recently-articulated 10-year growth plan that applies mobile technologies to new market areas like compute, XR, gaming and more.

Shannon Rosales Mirani, senior human resources business partner for Global Sales at Tanium, comes on the podcast to discuss how prioritizing diversity and equity helps the company to grow and innovate.

According to Oracle's Director of Product Marketing Chantel Cary, there are still more questions than answers around how to best monetize 5G. Listen to this week's episode to discover how the company is helping CSPs tackle this reality.

Carla Guzzetti, VP of customer experience at Extreme Networks explains what distributed networking is, why it's something you should care about and what it has to do with the concept of the infinite enterprise. She also uses her own experience as a podcast host to give me some solid podcasting tips.

On this week's episode, FiberLight's SVP of Enterprise Sales Sue Kelly discusses the important, and often overlooked, role that fiber will play in the 5G era, as well as what operators and enterprise customers are looking for in their fiber solutions.

Gena Sbeglia is a biologist and biology education researcher at Stony Brook University, and perhaps most importantly, my big sister. On this week's episode, we talk about what it means to have a STEM identity and how traditional approaches to science and STEM education prevent true learning in a way that disproportionally impacts female students and students of color.

Innovate5G's President and CTO Rashmi Varma shares the company's 5G efforts and vision and offers a deep dive into why making technology and innovation more accessible has been at the heart of her work.

By mid-2021, roughly 170 service providers had launched 5G networks, adding 1 million subscribers per day. 5G's growing adoption is exciting, but it also requires a new approach to network design, deployment and management. On this week's episode, Ericsson's Cecilia Atterwall and Sibel Bahadir discuss how the company has evolved its network service offerings to help its customers better tackle 5G implementation.

Movandi Corporation's CEO and founder, Maryam Rofougaran compares key characteristics of C-Band and mmWave. She also details the company's demonstration in which it placed mmWave repeaters inside a moving vehicle, advancing C-V2X communications for the next generation of connected cars.

Rachel Van Gorp, co-founder and creator of a new mobile app that lets you buy drinks for loved ones from anywhere in the world, shares her experience being a female tech founder and her perspective on our changing social behaviors.

According to Sandy Carter, vice president at Amazon Web Services, the company's customers are moving past the technology implementation stage of the digitalization journey and are beginning to focus on developing and achieving their mission. Listen to this week's episode to hear more about this transition, as well as Sandy's involvement with Girls in Tech.

IBM's Steve Goetz, vice president, senior partner, and global leader of the Telecom Media Entertainment Industry Center of Competency, discusses the role of system integrators as mobile networks become disaggregated and operators look to sell 5G into enterprise verticals.

With the industry’s first programmable 800G solution now on the market, how fast have customers been embracing it? Well, according to Helen Xenos, senior director of Portfolio Marketing at Ciena, pretty fast. Take a listen to find out what's behind the high interest in 800G and what challenges it helps solve for service providers, as well as an update on what's happening at the edge of our networks.