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Telecoms.com Podcast
Once a week we get together in a studio somewhere in London to take the piss out of telecoms and technology for an hour or so.
Episodes
Telecoms.com PodcastTampnet, UK government and AI credit crunch
This week the lads were delighted to welcome guest Øyvind Skjervik of specialist operator Tampnet to the pod. Tampnet is all about offshore connectivity…
Telecoms.com PodcastNokia, AI-RAN and Starlink
No guest again this week, which allows the lads to dig deeper into some of the week’s news. After hearing about Iain’s travels and Scott’s gigging, they get…
Telecoms.com PodcastSatellite, Open RAN and enterprise wireless
Just the three of them this week as Ian and Scott both return from road trips. Scott was at the Network X trade show in Vienna and he brings stories of…
Telecoms.com PodcastISAC, satellite and UK M&A
The lads are delighted to welcome back special guest telecom consultant William Webb. Also a prolific author, William has published two books since his last…
Telecoms.com Podcast6G, Ericsson and AI agents
Just Iain and Scott this week, so the lads take the opportunity for a deeper dive into some broader telecoms topics. They start by exploring the current state…
Telecoms.com PodcastTaara, voice UI and AI agents
The lads are delighted to welcome special guest Mahesh Krishnaswamy, CEO of wireless innovator Taara, this week. After an opening tangent comparing travel…
Telecoms.com PodcastVodafone, 6G and AI regulation
The lads are delighted to welcome back former Telecoms.com deputy editor Jamie Davies, in his first appearance on the pod for six years. As you would expect of…
Telecoms.com PodcastTotogi, AI and Bell Labs
In their second recording in two days, the lads are delighted to welcome back special guest Danielle Rios, CEO of Totogi. It is also the second day in a row of…
Telecoms.com PodcastCohere, ISAC and Huawei
The lads celebrate a return to the studio by recording a pod two days in a row, so the lucky audience gets a bonus one this week. They’re delighted to welcome…
Telecoms.com Podcast5G+, wifi and fair share
A studio pod is thwarted once more, this time due to train trouble, so the IRL reunion will have to wait another week. The lads start by talking about 5G+ -…
Telecoms.com PodcastSatellites, network slicing and social media
The lads have just about finished their summer breaks but this is still a remote one because Scott is in the Canaries. They start by assessing the plausibility…
Telecoms.com PodcastAI, automation and enshittification
This special episode of the pod was recorded remotely with tech and science fiction author Cory Doctorow. Cory has recently published a book titled: The…
Telecoms.com PodcastNokia, AI dystopia and Huawei
The lads are back after a break for Iain’s summer holiday in Slovakia. After some opening tangents on the country, they get into a review of recent news coming…
Telecoms.com PodcastCityFibre, broadband and BT
The lads are delighted to welcome back special guest Neil McRae, in his first appearance as CTIO of CityFibre. Pausing only for a semi-regular check in on the…
Telecoms.com PodcastAI optimisation, DTW and IoT
The lads are delighted to welcome back special guest Paul Nolan of PR agency CC Group Hoffman. Pausing only to reflect on the delights of summertime…
Telecoms.com PodcastRakuten, Ericsson and social media
The pod is back after a break for Scott’s summer holiday and the lads are delighted to welcome back special guest Geoff Hollingworth of Rakuten Symphony. They…
Telecoms.com PodcastHuawei, VodafoneThree and EU
This is your last pod for a few weeks as Scott is selfishly going on holiday, sorry. There’s no guest this week, which gives the lads the opportunity to dive a…
Telecoms.com PodcastHyperoptic, fibre and BT
The lads are delighted to welcome special guest Dana Tobak, CEO of UK altnet Hyperoptic. Dana is one of the founders of Hyperoptic, so they start by discussing…
Telecoms.com PodcastRegulation, spectrum and Ofcom
The lads are delighted to welcome telecoms consultant (and Iain’s mate) Amit Nagpal of Aetha Consulting to the pod this week. Pausing only to mix some…
Telecoms.com PodcastSecurity, geopolitics and BT
The lads are delighted to welcome back returning special guest – analyst John Strand. The implications of policy and regulation on the global telecoms industry…
Telecoms.com PodcastFWA, Samsung and AI
No guest this week, so you get the usual more meandering, self-indulgent fare from the lads. They set the scene by doing a taste test of Irish whiskies kindly…
Telecoms.com PodcastCambridge Consultants, robots and Nokia
The lads are delighted to welcome their second guest from Cork in Ireland in a row – Frank Long from Cambridge Consultants. At MWC this year, Cambridge…
Telecoms.com PodcastIBM, Ericsson and satellite
The lads hobble back into the studio this week to chat to special guest Eoin Coughlan of IBM. Helped along by the medicinal effects of an excellent Irish…
Telecoms.com PodcastVMO2, Huawei and AI doom
A rare Zoom pod this week as overwhelming audience demand persuades Scott to overcome his aversion to the format. They start by exploring the news of UK mobile…
Telecoms.com PodcastAI grid, Nokia and social media
The lads manage to squeeze in a second recording in a week and this time it’s a rare pod when there’s no guest. As a consequence, Iain and Scott are able to do…
Telecoms.com PodcastNetomnia, altnets and fibre
The lads are delighted to welcome special guest Jeremy Chelot, CEO of UK altnet Netomnia, to this early pod. Jeremy is very much in the news these days thanks…
Telecoms.com PodcastSatellite, AI and 6G
Back in the studio, the lads are delighted to be joined by returning special guest, Opensignal analyst Sylwia Kechiche. This being the first pod after MWC…
Telecoms.com PodcastLive from MWC 2026
The guys wasted no time in bringing you their special podcast recorded from the show floor in Barcelona. Overwhelming demand means they’re delighted welcome no…
Telecoms.com PodcastMWC 2026 preview
As has become tradition, the guys are delighted to welcome back special guest Analyst Dean Bubley, to look ahead to the main themes of this year’s big telecoms…
Telecoms.com PodcastRed Hat, software and 6G
For the second day in a row the lads were delighted to welcome a special guest, this time Fran Heeran, head of telecoms at Red Hat. For once they waste little…
Telecoms.com PodcastSovereignty, geopolitics and automation
Just Iain and Scott this week as their guest had one of those ubiquitous UK winter bugs. After acknowledging some recent social engagements, they get into the…
Telecoms.com PodcastEricsson, AI and Nokia
The lads were delighted to welcome special guest Ibrahim Eldeftar, who heads up Cognitive Software and Services at Ericsson. What does that mean, we hear you…
Telecoms.com PodcastOokla, Europe and Ericsson
The lads celebrate a premature end to dry January with a nip of Irish Whisky, courtesy of special guest Luke Kehoe of Ookla. Luke has been into all things…
Telecoms.com PodcastAltnets, Ericsson and Grok
The guys were delighted to welcome special guest, fellow hack Kieran Smith of the Financial Times, to another sober episode of the pod. Among Kieran’s areas of…
Telecoms.com PodcastRobots, 5G SA and Venezuela
The lads are back in the studio after an extended Christmas break and are managing to stay off the beers for a bit. After reflecting on the festive period and…
Telecoms.com Podcast2025 Christmas quiz
The final pod of the year features traditional guest host Elena Davidson of Liberty Communications. Elena is kind enough to not only compile a quiz of the…
Telecoms.com PodcastParadise Mobile, telco innovation and Intel
The guys are delighted to welcome special guest Sam Tabbara, CEO of Paradise Mobile, this week. Paradise is a mobile network operator from Bermuda and Sam was…
Telecoms.com PodcastNokia, Nvidia and BT
The lads were delighted to welcome back special guest Gabriel Brown of analyst firm Omdia. Pausing only to reflect on some mixed sporting news, they get…
Telecoms.com PodcastTelco survey, AI and geopolitics
The lads are delighted to welcome special guest Zoe Osy de Zegwaart of PR agency CC Group/Hoffman this week. The three of them recently hung out in Dublin, so…
Telecoms.com PodcastFYUZ, Huawei and BT
Just the two lads back in the studio this week, back from their adventures in Dublin. They start by reviewing the reason for being in Dublin, the FYUZ industry…
Telecoms.com PodcastCohere, FYUZ and ISAC
For this special edition of the podcast we partner with Cohere Technologies to explore a number of areas of wireless innovation. The main segment is recorded…
Telecoms.com PodcastTotogi, public cloud and Nokia
The guys are delighted to welcome back special guest Danielle Rios of Totogi this week. Pausing only to acknowledge Danielle’s continued contribution to the…
Telecoms.com PodcastASML, chips and geopolitics
This special midweek bonus episode of the pod features a conversation with special guest Marc Hijink. Marc is the author of Focus – The ASML Way, which charts…
Telecoms.com PodcastNeos Networks, Vodafone and Ericsson
The lads are delighted to welcome back special guest Lee Myall of Neos Networks. Pausing only to reflect on the recent Network X trade show, they get straight…
Telecoms.com PodcastNetwork traffic, AI and Verizon
The lads were delighted to welcome back special guest, telecoms consultant William Webb. William is a prolific writer and a pod with him wouldn’t be the same…
Telecoms.com PodcastPost Office, HPE and Vodafone
The guys are delighted to welcome special guest Karl Flinders, a journalist at Computer Weekly, this week. Karl is a colleague who also happens to be the…
Telecoms.com PodcastWWT, AI and smart glasses
The lads were delighted to welcome special guest Simon Dumbleton from World Wide Technology this week. WWT is a system integrator that does a lot of work with…
Telecoms.com PodcastNokia, Nokia and Oracle
It’s double Nokia this week as our guest is from that company and the lads were also Nokia’s guests in Finland recently. Special guest Bjorn Capens is from…
Telecoms.com PodcastEchoStar, Huawei and UK vs US
One more summer bonus episode that will also be the last for two weeks as, ironically, Iain and Scott are off on their travels. The main focus this week is the…
Telecoms.com PodcastAI, geopolitics and Nokia
Another bonus summer episode of the pod, courtesy of Pierre’s travel misfortunes, but with no guest this week. Both Iain and Scott had been writing about AI so…
Telecoms.com Podcast5G SA, Intel and Trump
This bonus episode of the pod comes courtesy of Pierre’s travel challenges and features returning special guest Gabriel Brown, Analyst at Heavy Reading. After…
Telecoms.com PodcastAPFN, fair share and online safety
The lads are back in the studio and delighted to welcome back Ronan Kelly of All Points Fibre Network. APFN is a UK wholesale fibre provider, so they start by…
Telecoms.com PodcastNokia, Intel and AT&T
With Pierre returning to his roots, it’s a rare remote pod this week. After acknowledging a couple of great recent sessions, conversation turns to reflections…
Telecoms.com PodcastDTW, Mavenir and Trump phone
This episode was recorded from the show floor of the Digital Transformation World 2025 event with special guest Analyst John Strand. Pausing only to review the…
Telecoms.com PodcastThreedafone, Apple and AI
The lads were delighted to welcome special guest, Analyst Paolo Pescatore, to the latest pod. Iain and Scott had already downed a couple before recording, so…
Telecoms.com PodcastOpenreach, Threedafone and AI
The guys were delighted to welcome special guest Juliette Scott from Openreach, following their half-term break. Openreach is the UK’s biggest wholesaler of…