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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.
Episodes
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Special Episode - Telecom Minute Weekly Preview
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This Week: T-Mobile's Allan Samson on T-Mix and the Future of Customer Choice
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner are joined by T-Mobile CMO Allan Samson to unpack the new T-Mix program, its core philosophy, and how it gives customers…
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This Week: Q3 '26 Earnings: Verizon and T-Mobile, Cable's Changing Landscape
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss Q3 earnings from Verizon and T-Mobile, as well as the impact of Starlink and realignments for both rural markets…
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This Week: Q3'26 Earnings: AT&T & Comcast; Starlink Wireless Ambitions & Impact on Spectrum Policy
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner analyze Q3 earnings from Starlink, AT&T, and Comcast, while evaluating AT&T's exit from Mexico and T-Mobile's strained…
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This Week: Cohere's Ray Dolan on 6G and the Future of Physical AI
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner are joined by Ray Dolan, CEO of Cohere Technologies, to discuss what the 6G rollout will look like, the introduction of…
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This Week: The FCC's Spectrum Push and T-Mobile's AI Transformation
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the top weekly news stories in telecom, including an upcoming spectrum auction and its implications for satellite…
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This Week: AT&T/T-Mobile/Verizon Satellite JV, Panasonic, and T-Mobile/Sprint Merger Lawsuit
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner cover the top telecom news stories of the week, including key updates on satellite tech, recent lawsuit disclosures…
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This Week: Verizon's Yago Tenorio on Designing the Future of 6G
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner are joined by Yago Tenorio, SVP and CTO at Verizon, to discuss the coming of 6G and the future of networks, as well as…
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This Week: The iPhone Duo and Don't Count Out Cable
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the new iPhone Duo and its prospects vs. the Galaxy Z Fold8, as well as the various strides the cable industry is…
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This Week: Consumer Cellular's Ed Evans on Winning with the 50+ Customer
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner are joined by Ed Evans, Chairman and CEO of Consumer Cellular, to speak about the company's unique strategy for serving…
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This Week: AI Infrastructure Connectivity with Zayo's Bill Long
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner are joined by Bill Long, Chief Product & Strategy Officer at Zayo, to discuss the rapid growth of AI hardware, Zayo’s…
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This Week: CONX Acquires MobileX and Starlink MVNO Ambitions
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the recent purchase of MobileX by Charlie Ergen-controlled CONX, as well as its implications for the players…
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This Week: The FCC's Spectrum Pipeline with Arpan Sura
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner are joined by Arpan Sura, Senior Counsel to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, to discuss the current state of spectrum policy…
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This Week: When Consumer Perception Does Not Match Network Reality
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner unpack the FCC’s latest developments, examine real-world data on internet providers including Optimum, and discuss…
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This Week: Starlink's Wireless Ambitions, the Data Center Boom, and Sampath to Zayo
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the announcement of Sampath being named CEO at Zayo, their ongoing research into the immense scale of the data…
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This Week: Verizon Promotes Alfonso Villanueva and the FirstNet Race Heats Up
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the leadership changes at Verizon, changes in metric transparency and the shift to ARPA, and what AT&T's 5G…
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This Week: Q2 '26 Earnings - The Carriers Execute Their CEOs' Visions
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner break down Q2 earnings from the major players across telecom and cable, examining key numbers as well as industry-wide…
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This Week: Carrier Repositioning Through Leadership Changes
Analysts Brett Clark and Roger Entner discuss leadership changes at T-Mobile and AT&T, cable's growing role in mobile, and Verizon's retail cost-cutting. 00:00…
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This Week: The Upper C Band Auction and a Win for American Consumers
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the FCC’s move to expedite the upcoming Upper C-band spectrum auction, its impact on various companies and…
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This Week: Germany's Hyper Scaler Infrastructure Slow Dance
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner examine insights from the Handelsblatt data center conference in Düsseldorf, covering the rapid expansion of data centers…
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This Week: The Half-Connected America and the Case for Universal Offers
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss Roger's report, "The Half-Connected America," exploring why some people choose not to use broadband and what…
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This Week: Verizon’s Simplicity Plan and Another Attempt to Eliminate Device Subsidies
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner evaluate the benefits of Verizon's new Simplicity Plan, discuss the evolving device upgrade landscape, and examine AT&T's…
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This Week: 300th Episode with Craig Moffett on Convergence and Fiber Economics
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner celebrate the 300th episode of the show by welcoming telecom legend Craig Moffett, co-founder of Moffett Nathanson, to…
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This Week: Verizon’s New Network Leader and the Growing AI Memory Crunch
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner examine the newest leadership shakeup at Verizon, as well as explore the escalating computer memory crunch and its…
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This Week: 5 Gig Cable, BEAD Shakeups, and the Starlink Opportunity
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner examine the key domestic telecom developments of the week, including rural cable upgrades, recent BEAD turbulence, the…
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This Week: Modular Pricing, Network Strain, and California's Copper Standoff
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner unveil insights from Fiber Connect 2026 on data centers and material shortages, and discuss AT&T's new Build-A-Plan…
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This Week: AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile Join Forces on Satellite Connectivity
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the new satellite joint venture agreement in principle between Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile, exploring its massive…
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This Week: Promises, Promises, Promises - Price Locks and the Cost of Predictability
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner dive into the current state of carrier price locks as well as consumer sentiment, exploring the findings from Roger’s new…
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This Week: Q1 '26 Earnings - Verizon, T-Mobile, and Key Takeaways from Deutsche Telekom
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner break down Q1 earnings for Verizon and T-Mobile, alongside key strategic takeaways from the Deutsche Telekom B2B…
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This Week: Q1 '26 Earnings - AT&T, Comcast, and Charter and the Rise of Fiber Castles
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner dive into Q1 earnings from AT&T, Comcast, and Charter, the importance of fiber castles, and future predictions for…
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This Week: What Comes Next When All Networks Are Good Enough?
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the current state of networks, why carriers must shift their strategic focus, and the challenge of truly…
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This Week: Churn and the Future of Loyalty with Jay Cary and Dave Whetstone
Analysts Brett Clark and Roger Entner are joined by TLC Worldwide CEO Jay Cary and Connex Studio CEO Dave Whetstone to discuss current customer retention…
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This Week: AT&T’s OneConnect Plan
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner evaluate AT&T’s new OneConnect plan, examining its impact on both consumer value and the competitive landscape, as well…
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This Week: The Telecom Value Story, The FCC Router Ban Threatens a New Digital Divide
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner unpack this week’s top telecom news, including the FCC’s new foreign router ban, the digital divide in switching, and how…
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This Week: Of Fiber Castles, Cable Forts, FWA Camps, and Satellite Warbands
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the fierce competition between fiber, cable, FWA, and satellite, including who's winning – and where. 00:00…
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This Week: Recon Analytics Acquires Atom Insights adding Device Data dimension
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner are joined by Hanish Bhatia from AtomInsights to discuss the company’s recent acquisition by Recon Analytics and how the…
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This Week: AI, 6G, and Satellites- What Really Mattered at Mobile World Congress
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss insights from the recent Mobile World Congress connectivity event in Barcelona, including updates on Starlink…
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This Week: Fiber, Phones, and Farewells: The Reshaping of Telecom's Landscape
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner unpack the week’s top telecom stories, including a leadership shakeup at Charter, accelerating rural consolidation, and…
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This Week: It’s Not Complicated More Transparency Is Better. AT&T vs T-Mobile
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner examine the shifting reporting metrics at AT&T and T-Mobile, and why these optics don’t alter the underlying…
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This Week: T-Mobile - AI, Live Translation, and Key CMD Takeaways
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner share insights from the recent T-Mobile Capital Markets Day update event, covering changes in the retail store strategy…
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This Week: Verizon Consumer's Shakeup and the Search for a New Leader
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner react to news of Sampath’s pending departure as CEO of Verizon’s Consumer Group, discuss potential successors, and…
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This Week: Q4 '25 Earnings - AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, & Charter - Convergence Takes Center Stage
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner analyze Q4 earnings for AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, and Charter, with additional insights on convergence and FWA. 00:00…
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This Week: Comcast’s Xfinity Membership and the True Nature of Rewards Programs
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss Comcast’s new loyalty program, Xfinity Membership, and whether it will work as intended for the cable giant…
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This Week: Verizon — Two Major Wins and One Temporary Setback
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss several Verizon-related topics, including the recent outage, new rules on device unlocking, and the Frontier…
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This Week: T-Mobile’s Better Value Plan & Who Loyalty Plans Really Target
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss T-Mobile's new three-line Better Value family plan, what it means for retention, and how competitors might…
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This Week: The Anxiety Premium and the US Device Insurance Market
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner are joined by Recon's XJ Wang to share insights from the new report on device insurance and discuss the changes carriers…
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This Week: Genius Myopia - Why Smarter Models Aren't Enough
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner are joined by Recon's CEO of AI, Joe Salesky, to discuss his new report on the obstacles to mass AI adoption and what the…
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This Week: Christmas Episode - A Spirited Discussion on Wireless Industry Economics with Peter Adderton and Ronan Dunne
On the Christmas episode, analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner are joined by Peter Adderton, founder of Boost and MobileX, and Ronan Dunne, former CEO of…
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This Week: Super Owner Economics - Comcast & Charter’s Network Jiu-Jitsu
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner share insights from Recon’s new Super Owner Economics report as Comcast and Charter look to reshape the wireless industry…
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This Week: Starlink’s Victory Lap, Amazon’s Sprint, and GEOs Crashing
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner break down the satellite market’s shift toward three dominant players, as well as the complex mix of big personalities…
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This Week: A New C-Band Auction & What It Means for Wireless and Satellite
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner examine the FCC’s forthcoming C-band spectrum auction and its broader implications for both the wireless and satellite…
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This Week: Vegas Baby! T-Mobile Easy to Switch Un-carrier Event
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner share insights from T-Mobile’s recent Switching Made Easy event in Las Vegas and explore how the Un-carrier’s bold…
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This Week: Verizon’s Cost-Cutting Drive - A Difficult Step to Ignite Growth in 2026
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the growing expectations of Verizon layoffs, what a potential restructuring could mean for carrier retail, and…
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This Week: EchoStar’s AWS-3 Deal with SpaceX & T-Mobile’s Text-to-911 Move
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss Dish’s Q3 earnings, its sale of spectrum to SpaceX, and T-Mobile’s new Text-to-911 offer that's free to all…
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This Week: Q3 '25 Earnings - Verizon, Comcast, and Charter - The Problem Children
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss Q3 earnings from Verizon, Comcast, and Charter, and what these trends signal for the industry heading into 2026…
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This Week: Q3 '25 Earnings - Breaking Down AT&T and T-Mobile’s Results
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner break down Q3 earnings for AT&T and T-Mobile, exploring strengths, weaknesses, and what the numbers reveal about their…
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This Week: Change is Afoot- All About Verizon's New CEO Dan Schulman
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss Verizon’s appointment of Dan Schulman as its new CEO, exploring what his leadership could mean for both the…
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This Week: ZTE’s Analyst Summit - AI, 6G, and Global Network Innovation
Analysts Don Kellogg and Daryl Schoolar discuss the recent ZTE Global Summit & User Congress, including insights on the practical use of AI, 6G development…
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This Week: Honoring Pioneers at the 2025 Wireless Hall of Fame Induction
Analysts Don Kellogg and Jake Hawkridge discuss the recent Wireless Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, highlighting the five new inductees, their career…
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This Week: T-Mobile’s New CEO Srini Gopalan and What to Expect Next
Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the upcoming appointment of Srini Gopalan as CEO of T-Mobile and what it means for the future of the company…