The Week with Roger

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This Week: All about Broadband and Wireless Net Promoter Score Dec 18, 2023

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Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology.

0:30 Roger recently presented at the New Street Research / BCG Future series conference- what the Recon Analytics data says about Net Promoter Score

4:30 What the industry has learned with FWA

7:00 The relationship between ARPU and NPS

14:00 Verizon FWA has separated from the rest of the industry in the last several months

Tags: telecom, telecommunications, business, wireless, cellular phone, Don Kellogg, Roger Entner, Fixed Wireless Access, FWA, Net Promoter Score, NPS, Verizon, T-Mobile

This Week: The State of OpenRAN with Bejoy Pankajakshan of Mavenir Dec 11, 2023

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Analysts Roger Entner, Daryl Schoolar and Brett Clark discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology with special guest Bejoy Pankajakshan, Chief Technology and Strategy Officer at Mavenir.

1:00 Key themes and takeaways from the 2023 Mavenir industry analyst day

5:45 Where AI ties in for OpenRAN

7:30 The scope of Mavenir’s offerings within the CSP ecosystem

12:45 Looking at the year ahead for OpenRAN and Mavenir

Tags: telecom, telecommunications, business, wireless, cellular phone, OpenRAN, Mavenir, Artificial Intelligence, Packet Core, Virtualized RAN, Cloud Native, Recon Analytics, Roger Entner, Daryl Schoolar, DISH, Telefonica, 5G, 6G

This Week: New Spectrum Policy?? Dec 04, 2023

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Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology.

0:30 The Whitehouse announces new spectrum policy, but where is the beef?

5:00 The economic benefits of licensed and unlicensed spectrum

Tags: telecom, telecommunications, wireless, cellular phone, wireless spectrum, FCC, whitehouse, Recon Analytics, Don Kellogg, Roger Entner, MVNO

This Week: Net Neutrality Back in the News Nov 27, 2023

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Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology.

0:45 Reintroduction of Net Neutrality rules

2:45 Recent history of FCC implementing Net Neutrality

6:30 Regulations on ISPs and Operators vs Tech companies

8:15 Greater threats to free and open internet

11:20 Impact on Network Operators

This Week: Innovations in Telecom as a Service with Nico Girard of Oxio Nov 20, 2023

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Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology with special guest Nico Girard, CEO of OXIO

0:45 What is Oxio and how is it different?

3:05 How Oxio got started

4:30 How Oxio delivers advanced services for MobileX

8:00 How can Oxio help invigorate the MVNO market and extend telephony services across borders

12:00 How Oxio creates a custom telecom service for a ride hailing service in LATAM

Tags: telecom, telecommunications, business, wireless, cellular phone, OXIO, Telecom as a Service, Nicolas Girard, cellular service, Recon Analytics, Don Kellogg, Roger Entner, MVNO

This Week: The Status of OpenRAN with Alok Shah of Samsung Networks Nov 13, 2023

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Analysts Daryl Schoolar and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology with special guest Alok Shah Vice President, Networks Strategy, BD, & Marketing at Samsung Electronics America.

1:25 Samsung’s approach to OpenRAN and VRAN

4:00 OpenRAN vs VRAN and how are operators choosing between the two

7:30 Samsung’s view on what constitutes OpenRAN

12:00 Outlook for In-line vs Look-aside architectures

Tags: telecom, telecommunications, business, wireless, cellular phone, cellular service, Recon Analytics, Daryl Schoolar, Roger Entner, Samsung America, OpenRAN, Virtual RAN

This Week: Cable's Continued Growth in Wireless, Verizon Names a Permanent CFO Nov 05, 2023

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Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology.

0:24 - Altice releases information about how much of their free mobile customers are converting to paid plans

6:00 FWA a discussion of FWA bundling versus cable bundling

8:45 Verizon names a new CFO

Tags: telecom, telecommunications, business, wireless, cellular phone, cellular service, Recon Analytics, Don Kellogg, Roger Entner, FWA, Cable, Altice USA, Comcast, Charter, Spectrum Xfinity, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile 5G, Fixed Wireless Access, Tony Skiadas

This Week: Q3 Earnings Spectacular- AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Comcast & Charter Oct 30, 2023

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Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology.

0:40 An overview of AT&T’s earnings

3:25 Roger’s article on who is winning on iPhone 15 so far

https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/whos-leading-iphone-upgrade-game-entner

7:15 Verizon’s Q3 ‘23 earnings

10:37 Discussion on Verizon’s prepaid strategy & MobileX

MobileX endcap - courtesy of Jeff Moore of Wave 7 @wave7jeff

https://twitter.com/wave7jeff/status/1716861085817426203

12:35 T-Mobile earnings

16:12 Comcast and Charter earnings results

Tags: telecom, telecommunications, business, wireless, cellular phone, cellular service, Recon Analytics, Don Kellogg, Roger Entner, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Charter, Comcast, Spectrum, Xfinity, 5G, C-Band, mmWave, Fixed Wireless Access, earnings, net adds, postpaid phone

This Week: Joe Russo on the Future of Verizon's Network Oct 23, 2023

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Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology with special guest Joe Russo, EVP and President of Global Networks & Technology at Verizon.

0:45 An update on the state of the Verizon network

1:40 Verizon’s network gets high grades on the Recon Analytics Pulse tool- particularly for FWA and mobility in urban areas. What is the timeline to expand C-band and mmWave to more rural and suburban areas?

3:30 What are Verizon’s plans for building out more mmWave spectrum?

4:45 What is the most surprising thing about mmWave?

8:40 Verizon’s perspective on 5G standalone core

11:00 Where are we with Mobile Edge Compute and Private Networks?

Tags: telecom, telecommunications, business, wireless, cellular phone, cellular service, Recon Analytics, Don Kellogg, Roger Entner, Joe Russo, Verizon, 5G, Mobile Edge Compute, C-Band, mmWave, Fixed Wireless Access

This Week: Impressions of the 5G Americas Event with the Recon Team and Peter Linder of Ericsson Oct 16, 2023

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Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology.

This week Roger and Don are joined by the Recon Analytics team, live from the 5G Americas analyst forum: Brett Clark, Mitch Klaassen, Jake Hawkridge and Jared Chavez. Peter Linder of Ericsson also joined the podcast to talk about what he saw at the event.

0:45 5G Americas is the premier analyst event in the Americas

4:50 Fixed Wireless Access and the Enterprise

7:20 5G use cases beyond FWA and connected smartphones

8:45 Mobile devices have changed from content consumption devices to content creation devices

Tags: telecom, telecommunications, business, wireless, cellular phone, cellular service, Recon Analytics, Don Kellogg, Roger Entner, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, DISH, FCC, 5G Americas

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